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My Intervention in the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education Settings Ministerial Statement
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
Will individual schools have direct access to the money and the temporary accommodation, if they need it? And will every local education authority make an urgent statement about their role in commissioning the schools in the first place and about maintenance, where they are responsible?
Gillian Keegan, Secretary...Read More »
The Energy Bill
Last night just 19 of us voted against the Energy Bill. The Bill was supported by Labour, SNP, Lib Dems , and the Green MP. These parties tried to amend it to stop UK oil and gas earlier and to increase the costs on UK business more. The Conservative government...Read More »
How is the Energy and net zero policy going to work?
I did not vote for the Climate Change Act of 2008. I was critical of the lack of costings and forecasts of what would be needed to undertake such a fundamental change of the energy we used and the ways we used it. No one proposing it could tell us...Read More »
Homes to rent
Around the country especially in the hotspots there is a shortage of rented accommodation. There are reports of high and rising rents and little or no choice of homes for people needing them. There are demands for further changes to the law to give tenants more rights, as tenants worry...Read More »
ONS, OBR and Bank of England forecasts and figures
The recent revisions to the ONS GDP and national income figures for recent years show they do not know what has happened to our economy. It is good news the UK has leapt from bottom to third from top amongst G 7 nations for post pandemic growth. It is worrying...Read More »