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On Thursday 11 February 2016 I asked the Leader of the House about the £300m transition funding for local authorities. It is a scandal that the Prime Minister’s own local authority in Oxfordshire will receive £9m from the new £300m transition fund and 83% of this fund will go to Tory-run councils, mostly in the
The Shadow Leader of the House, Chris Bryant MP was granted an Urgent Question by Mr Speaker. On 11 February 2016 the leader of the House chose to send the Minister, John Penrose, the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office. The UQ was about the removal of Short Money, which is given to Opposition parties
It was recently announced that following a Care Quality Commission inspection at the Manor Hospital that the Hospital was placed in special measures. This means that the hospital has not achieved the standards expected. On Tuesday 9 February 2016 at health questions I was able to ask a question on Manor hospital to the Secretary
On 9 February 2016, the Science and Technology Committee held an oral evidence session on Satellites and Space. Below are the questions that I asked.
On Monday 8 February 2016, I chaired European Committee C which considered:
On Saturday 6 February 2016 I attended the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards, where I met Paul Elliott, CBE who was given a special award.
On Thursday 5 February 2016, I made an intervention in the debate on the ongoing conflict in Yemen. The United Nations suggest that over 2,800 people have been killed in Yemen since March last year. The civilian infrastructure has been largely destroyed by the fighting making it difficult for civilians to get vital access to
I asked a question to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on Tuesday 2 February 2016.