Written Question
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Asked by:
Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to consult the public before allowing part of Victoria Tower Gardens to be used for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The Government decided to locate the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens so that the view of Parliament from the Memorial will serve as a permanent reminder that political decisions have far-reaching consequences. A public consultation is currently being undertaken by Westminster City Council on the planning proposals put forward to build the Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens.
Written Question
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Asked by:
Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies relating to potential development in the Victoria Tower Gardens of his duties under section 8 (1) of the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1900.
Answered by Michael Ellis
The Government decided to locate the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens so that the view of Parliament from the Memorial will serve as a permanent reminder that political decisions have far-reaching consequences. The development of plans will take proper account of relevant legislation and regulations.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Feb 2019
Cairncross Review
"Codes and reviews are all very well, but we are being weak with these American tech giants, and I think they are taking us for fools. They are a monopolistic, anti-competitive force in our society. This is not a luddite view; I believe in competition. I very much echo what …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Nov 2018
Centenary of the Armistice
"I remember that I prepared a scrapbook of cuttings at the 50th anniversary for my grandfather who had fought in the first world war, but I was rather embarrassed in front of him because the coverage in the 1960s was relentlessly negative. Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"5. What steps the CPS is taking to increase the rate of prosecution for crimes against older people. ..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"We all have constituents and relatives, elderly people, who are the victims of telephone scams. This is a particularly horrible form of crime where people pretend to be banks and it causes acute distress. Often the police shuffle off responsibility to Action Fraud, so can we have real action on …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"6. What recent assessment she has made of progress towards the target of 95% superfast broadband coverage. ..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"When it comes to broadband in rural Lincolnshire, there is not much of a season of good will. The fact is that even 150 years ago, the Post Office could roll out a universal service—it did not matter where people lived—but in many rural villages in Lincolnshire, including mine, the …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Dec 2017
Russian Interference in UK Politics
"We are coming up to Christmas, one of the great feasts of the Christian year that marks the birth of Christ and the bringing of hope to all mankind, but we should recall another event, which is much more recent in time but which happened more than a quarter of …..."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Dec 2017
Russian Interference in UK Politics
"I am about to deal with the evidence, but of course I will give way...."Edward Leigh - View Speech
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