Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Gove and James Duddridge

Monday 5th June 2023 Commons Chamber

[Michael Gove]

I will do everything in my power to ensure that there is at least six months between those regulations coming forward and any general election.

[Sir James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) (Con)]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for levelling up, the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison), has been generous with her time in discussing the future of Essex. Can she reassure the House that no plans for a combined authority will go forward without the support of the majority of Essex MPs, because at the moment I am pretty sure that none of us wants it?