Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Williamson and John Bercow

Tuesday 3rd July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Who can ask a single-sentence question? I call Chris Williamson.

[Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab)]

Public services define a decent society, but analysis by the Local Government Association has revealed that councils face a £8 billion black hole by 2025; public services are in meltdown. When will the Chancellor stop behaving like a public services vandal and start resourcing the public services that communities desperately need?

[Mr Speaker]

The hon. Gentleman is clearly a devoted fan of the semicolon.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Williamson and John Bercow

Wednesday 13th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Chris Law—not here.

All these Opposition opportunities are being lost, and I think that should not continue.

[Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab)]

The Prime Minister will be aware that schools are often targeted in warzones. A couple of months ago, I met year 7 students from Lees Brook School in my constituency, and they implored me to ask the Prime Minister to sign the safe schools declaration, which I understand has subsequently been signed. Does that declaration mean that she will now veto future arms sales to brutal regimes such as Saudi Arabia, which has been targeting schools as part of its military campaign in Yemen?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Williamson and John Bercow

Tuesday 30th January 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We have a lot of questions to get through, so we do need to speed up a little bit.

[Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab)]

4. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the work of the legal working group on seafarers and the national minimum wage.