Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Michael Ellis and Huw Merriman

Thursday 26th October 2023 Commons Chamber

[Huw Merriman]

I will happily write to the hon. Lady with the details she requires, but I restate that it comes down to choices. The choice that this Government have made is to go forward with transport projects across the entirety of the country that can deliver faster and better benefits and that have a better business case. That is why this decision has been made.

[Sir Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con)]

Does my right hon. Friend think that people of the Jewish faith are safe on the London underground? I have to tell him that many Jews in London do not feel safe. Does he agree that London Underground employees who misuse Transport for London equipment to take part in intimidatory acts should not only be disciplined for gross misconduct, but considered for prosecution for causing harassment, alarm and distress under the Public Order Act 1986?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Michael Ellis and Huw Merriman

Thursday 25th November 2021 Commons Chamber

[Michael Ellis]

As is so often the case, the hon. Gentleman is so right in his focus on education. Of course, the Government recognise the importance of education for all our young people, at primary, secondary and tertiary level. That recognition manifests itself in the extra funding that the Government have supplied, through the Department for Education, to the education sector. There is the £3 billion education recovery fund, and I will be very happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with more details about the breakdown of those sums.

[Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con)]

10. What recent assessment the Government have made of the transparency of decisions taken by Government agencies.