Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and John Bercow

Tuesday 21st March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

What a magnificently enjoyable life the Secretary of State has—not to mention Mrs Bone.

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

Last week, to the distress of its vulnerable residents, Aldingham House care home in Blackheath became the latest care home in south-east London to close. Do the Government accept that the care home industry is at breaking point, and, if so, what are they doing about it?

Business of the House

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and John Bercow

Thursday 27th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We have had an enjoyable Cook’s tour of South East Cornwall, but I am not quite sure it constituted a business question. Nevertheless, it is permanently on the record, and colleagues can study it in the long winter evenings that lie ahead.

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

Earlier this year, Greenwich clinical commissioning group awarded a contract for the provision of musculoskeletal services to CircleHealth without adequate public consultation and seemingly without an impact assessment by either the CCG or NHS England. May we have a debate about the adequacy of the procedures that Greenwich CCG followed in awarding that contract and about patient involvement in the commissioning process more generally?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and John Bercow

Thursday 25th February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Jess Phillips. Not here.

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

3. What steps the Government are taking to increase the number of BME young people receiving a university education.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and John Bercow

Thursday 19th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I feel sure that the Minister will have looked into the matter by lunch time.

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

13. What recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of statutory regulation of the district heating sector.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and John Bercow

Monday 7th September 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Of course, there is no obligation on colleagues to ask helpful questions.

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

T8. The planned reduction in support of £30 a week for those in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group is causing considerable anxiety. If I heard the Minister for Employment correctly, she said that no existing claimants will lose financial support. Does that mean that existing claimants reassessed after April 2017 will not be designated as new claimants and subject to that £30 reduction?