Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between John Glen and Katherine Fletcher

Thursday 13th October 2022 Commons Chamber

[John Glen (Salisbury) (Con)]

I thank the Secretary of State for reaching out to me in the early days in her new role. I urge her to make a final, binding decision on the tunnel at Stonehenge on the A303. We have been waiting nearly eight years for a definitive statement and I would welcome a decision by the end of this month.

[Katherine Fletcher]

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I read a weighty document on the A303 recently, and perhaps we can meet to discuss it in more detail.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between John Glen and Katherine Fletcher

Tuesday 7th January 2020 Commons Chamber

[Katherine Fletcher (South Ribble) (Con)]

T6. South Ribble is blessed with many creative and hard-working smaller businesses whose products can and do grace the world. Will my hon. Friend confirm how small business exports are growing our national economy and set out what the Government are doing to support them?

[John Glen]

I welcome my hon. Friend to her place. I know she has great experience as an SME leader. The Government recognise that SMEs are the backbone of the economy. We have international trade adviser networks giving peer-to-peer support to encourage more exports. The Government’s export strategy, launched in August 2018, lays the foundations of how to extend that. I hope she will be able to make use of it during her time in the House.