Business of the House

Charles Walker Excerpts

Thursday 16th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Mr Charles Walker.

[Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con)]

Oh sorry, Mr Speaker, you took me by surprise!

[Mr Speaker]

As the hon. Gentleman was standing and seeking to catch my eye, his expression of incredulity is perhaps a tad misplaced.

[Mr Walker]

And as I am only the Chair of the Procedure Committee, these things are lost on me!

May we have an urgent debate on the conduct of the Hertfordshire local enterprise partnership in relation to its possible misuse of £6.5 million of public money to promote and ease a planning application on behalf of Veolia? The relationship between Veolia, the LEP, Hertfordshire County Council, the relevant planning authority and the owner of the Veolia contract is too close to carry the confidence of my constituents.

[Mr Lidington]

As always, my hon. Friend makes his point powerfully on behalf of his constituents. I note that he has been successful in securing an Adjournment debate on Thursday 23 March, so I am sure that he will pursue those arguments then.