Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Grant Shapps and Jerome Mayhew

Monday 19th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[Grant Shapps]

My hon. Friend will be interested to hear that I have a slightly different number. My number is that 106 of his report’s 110 recommendations have been accepted. Regardless of the exact figure, I entirely agree on the importance of making sure that armed forces families live in decent accommodation. When we ask armed forces personnel to fight abroad, they should live in good accommodation when they come home.

My hon. Friend is familiar with the steering group, which includes families, federations and the authors of his excellent report, and he will be pleased to hear that it meets again on 28 February.

[Jerome Mayhew (Broadland) (Con)]

6. What steps his Department is taking to tackle recruitment challenges in the armed forces.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Grant Shapps and Jerome Mayhew

Thursday 3rd February 2022 Commons Chamber

[Grant Shapps]

The trouble is, when someone writes that kind of passage in advance and practises it in front of the mirror, they potentially miss the announcement that was made in the original answer. We have now spent £4.5 billion propping up TfL to help out, rightly, because of the pandemic and, in addition, because of the decisions that failed to be made earlier, such as the four-year fare freeze and the concessions that go way above anything available elsewhere in the country.

[Jerome Mayhew (Broadland) (Con)]

17. What recent steps he has taken to support the launch of rockets and satellites from UK soil.