Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Bob Blackman Excerpts
Thursday 22nd March 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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The hon. Gentleman does a first-class job of championing the cause of those in his constituency who are out of work. Of course he is entitled to a response to the letter or questions that he sent to my colleagues, and I will do what I can to chase that up and ensure that he gets a prompt reply.

Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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Among the excellent measures announced in the Budget yesterday was £70 million of additional funding for London for the Growing Places fund, which will help Mayor Boris Johnson produce 200,000 new jobs over the next four years. That brings into sharp contrast the choices before Londoners on 3 May. May we have an urgent debate on those choices?