Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gordon Henderson and Ed Davey

Thursday 17th May 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Davey]

Unlike the right hon. Lady, I have read the letter from the Foreign Secretary and I wrote the letter to the Prime Minister. They are very positive about what we want to do on low carbon technologies and climate change in this country and abroad. We are leading the way.

[Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Con)]

T4. Despite assurances from my hon. Friend the Minister, small double-glazing companies in my constituency still feel that they are being elbowed out of green deal work by larger national companies. What more can my hon. Friend say to reassure small and medium-sized enterprises in Sittingbourne and Sheppey that they will be able to access green deal work?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gordon Henderson and Ed Davey

Thursday 18th November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Con)]

In my constituency, small businesses have historically been able to visit our local Crown post office to collect their mail early in the morning. Now the Post Office has informed those businesses that in future they will have to pay £225 per month if they want to collect their post before 8.30 in the morning. Will my hon. Friend encourage the Post Office to drop that additional burden on small business?

[Mr Davey]

As my hon. Friend knows, such issues are operational matters for the management of Royal Mail, but I will certainly raise that matter with them.