"BBC news coverage in north-east Wales is poor. Does the Secretary of State agree with the proposal in today’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee report that the BBC should work closely with local news organisations to improve regional news coverage?..." Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
"5. What assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the introduction of a local television service in north-east Wales...." Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
"The licence granted does not cover Wrexham, which is the largest town in north-east Wales. MPs from all parties in north Wales support the extension of the current licence to cover the largest population centre, which all parties believe would be in the best interest of improving the very limited …..." Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
"Does the Secretary of State therefore reject Sir Michael Wilshaw’s assessment that public schools offer the state sector only crumbs from the table?..." Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is quite extraordinary that there seems to be such a strong voice for preventing new market entrants from moving into the brewing industry? Those are important small businesses that want to make progress. The message I hear from microbreweries is that they are …..." Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that there is an enormous inequality of bargaining power in the brewing industry between the big businesses that he supports and the small businesses that I am sure he also supports?..." Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
"Does the hon. Gentleman accept that there is a massive inequality in bargaining power between the large pubcos and the small licensees?..." Ian C. Lucas - View Speech