Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard and Elizabeth Truss

Tuesday 25th April 2017 Commons Chamber

[Elizabeth Truss]

I thank the Chairman of the Justice Committee for his question. I know how committed he is to prison reform, given the leadership that he and the Committee have shown. I have to tell him that our manifesto will be announced in due course, and the Prime Minister will be making such decisions.

[Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) (UUP)]

T7. This afternoon in Parliament, the families of four British soldiers murdered by the IRA in the Hyde Park bomb are launching their campaign to bring the chief suspect of the atrocity, John Downey, to justice and to ensure that no terrorist is ever allowed to act with impunity within the United Kingdom. Will the Secretary of State meet Members and peers who support the victims’ campaign to consider the Government making exceptional funding available to remedy a situation in which the victims have been denied justice for 35 years?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard and Elizabeth Truss

Thursday 4th February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Elizabeth Truss]

I would be delighted to visit some of the fantastic producers in Dorset that my hon. Friend mentions, such as the Blackmore Vale dairy, and to see what they have to offer as well as using the Great British Food Unit to promote them both here and overseas. We are working to reduce regulation on our food and farmers, and over the course of this Parliament we are looking to reduce the costs by £500 million, so that we can see more new businesses opening, more exporting and more selling their fantastic food here in Britain.

[Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) (UUP)]

6. What assessment she has made of the effect of recent flooding on the agriculture industry.

Flooding

Debate between Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard and Elizabeth Truss

Tuesday 5th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[Elizabeth Truss]

An official Cobra call is taking place at the moment to ensure that the people of Durham have every resource that can be provided for them.

[Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) (UUP)]

I am sure that the Secretary of State will join me in sending condolences to the family of the late Ivan Vaughan, who was swept away by the floods in my constituency and killed as a result.

The £5,000 that has been paid to homes and businesses in England seems great when compared with the £1,000 in Northern Ireland. Will Northern Ireland benefit from the significant amounts that have been paid by the Government as a result of Barnett consequentials?