Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jake Berry and Oliver Letwin

Wednesday 2nd November 2011 Commons Chamber

[The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr Oliver Letwin)]

What the hon. Gentleman needs to deal with is the fact that the regional development agencies in their time never managed to achieve what they set out to achieve and acquired vast liabilities—an astonishing achievement for development agencies. The solar tariffs had to be reduced because they were a disgrace and would have cast ill-repute on the whole of the very important programme that we have for supporting renewables and feed-in tariffs in this country.

[Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con)]

T5. People in Edgworth in my constituency found out that their bus service is being scrapped for want of £10,000, although the local authority can still find almost £100,000 to support trade union activity. What action will the Government take to end taxpayer-funded activity within the public sector?