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Business of the House

David Nuttall Excerpts
Thursday 19th December 2013

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lansley Portrait Mr Lansley
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The Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis), responded to an urgent question yesterday and did so very well. As he said to the House, the information on the local government finance settlement was distributed in a way that is consistent with previous years. In fact, laying it by means of a written ministerial statement is exactly the same process as was adopted by the previous Government in the last year before the election.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Given the ongoing need to raise funds for the public purse, may we have a statement setting out the reasons why the Government think it is still necessary to own Channel 4?