Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kevin Foster and Scott Mann

Wednesday 10th July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Scott Mann]

Cornish minority status was granted in 2014. The Minister will be aware that the Office for National Statistics is resisting giving Cornish people the ability to recognise as Cornish on the census. The six Cornish MPs will be submitting an amendment to the census Bill. Will the Minister apply pressure on the ONS to ensure that Cornish people can recognise as Cornish?

[The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Kevin Foster)]

I recognise the passion with which Cornwall’s champions in this House put the county’s case, but the Government will be guided by the ONS’s recommendations to Government and Parliament regarding the demand for particular questions in the next census.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kevin Foster and Scott Mann

Wednesday 5th June 2019 Commons Chamber

[Kevin Foster]

I always welcome the determination shown by my hon. Friend to be a strong Cornish voice for Cornwall in the Chamber and to put the county first on the agenda. The Government will be guided by the recommendation of the Office for National Statistics to the Government and Parliament about the demand for particular questions when we lay the census orders before Parliament later this year.

[Scott Mann (North Cornwall) (Con)]

One of the best ways in which the Department could recognise Cornish minority status is to drop the ludicrous suggestion of having a Cornwall-Devon boundary review. Will the Minister commit to giving the Cornish the same rights as the Welsh and the Scots?

[Kevin Foster]

The boundary review is independent, and in due course we will bring the orders before the House so that it can make a decision.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kevin Foster and Scott Mann

Tuesday 17th July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Scott Mann (North Cornwall) (Con)]

16. What steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in the south-west.

[Kevin Foster (Torbay) (Con)]

20. What steps he is taking to support growth in the small business sector.