Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Andrew Bingham Excerpts
Wednesday 22nd March 2017

(7 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ben Gummer Portrait Ben Gummer
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My right hon. Friend the Minister is a decent and honourable man, and he will make his own decision about his ministerial responsibilities. It is wrong to impugn his motives in the House, if I may say so.

Andrew Bingham Portrait Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con)
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Does the Minister intend to expand the One Public Estate initiative? It not only rationalises our public buildings for financial reasons, but gives us the opportunity to create better and more streamlined services for our residents.

Ben Gummer Portrait Ben Gummer
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My hon. Friend has it in one: not only does this initiative allow us to save costs so that we can direct money to the frontline, but it means that public services are far simpler for our citizens to deal with, because they are located in one place.