Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Craig Whittaker and John Bercow(9 years, 10 months ago)
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Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con)
17. What assessment she has made of the effect of the introduction of regional schools commissioners.
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Craig Whittaker and John Bercow(12 years, 1 month ago)
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Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con)
T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Flooding
Debate between Craig Whittaker and John Bercow(12 years, 5 months ago)
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Urgent Questions are proposed each morning by backbench MPs, and up to two may be selected each day by the Speaker. Chosen Urgent Questions are announced 30 minutes before Parliament sits each day.
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Mr Speaker
Order. There is a statement by the Prime Minister to follow. I do not expect exchanges on this urgent question to continue beyond 4 o’clock, so if the level of interest is to be accommodated, there is a premium on brevity from Back Benchers and Front Benchers alike.
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con)
The Environment Agency has invested millions of pounds in Calder Valley’s flood defences over recent years, but nothing could have stopped what happened with the onslaught of water on Friday night. My wife and I saw first hand, from the valley bottom to up to 1,000 feet above these communities, a month’s rainwater coming down the country lanes in waterfalls and torrents. Will my right hon. Friend join me in saying to the communities of Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd that our thoughts are with them, and will she explain what extra help may be available to them to make sure that they quickly get back on their feet?
Business of the House
Debate between Craig Whittaker and John Bercow(14 years, 4 months ago)
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Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con)
May I ask a question in a similar vein to the request from my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Mark Lancaster) for a debate on how our consulates aid and advise our residents abroad in extreme circumstances? I am thinking in particular about the Calder Valley resident who died last week, Sarah Royle, and her family. She fell off a balcony watching the England match in the World cup. Sarah lost her parents at a very early age and her two remaining sisters, who are of limited means, are being asked to sign an indemnity against the costs of bringing the body home and paying the bills, because the insurance company believes that she might have been drinking at the time.
Mr Speaker
I assume that the hon. Gentleman is seeking either a statement or a debate on the matter.