Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lee Barron and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 12th March 2026 Commons Chamber

[Lee Barron (Corby and East Northamptonshire) (Lab)]

15. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of postal delivery services.

[Mr Speaker]

We’ve made it!

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Blair McDougall)]

It was worth waiting for. We are clear that Royal Mail’s service performance has not been good enough. I met the sector’s independent regulator Ofcom yesterday to stress the widespread concerns among hon. Members about service standards. My hon. Friend has deep experience in this area, and I welcome his engagement with the main delivery office in Corby, where Royal Mail tells me that it is recruiting nine new postal workers to support the timeliness and quality of its postal services.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lee Barron and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 6th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. This is sub judice, and the hon. Member should not go into the actual detail of the application before the Court at the moment. Can the Minister say anything? If not, we will have to move on.

[Lee Barron (Corby and East Northamptonshire) (Lab)]

T6. Over a decade ago, planning permission was given to build an incinerator on the outskirts of Corby. That location now has thousands of houses, a school and a nursery. Frankly, it is now in the heart of the community and no longer on the outskirts. Given that the incinerator is yet to be built, does the Minister agree with me that, in the light of the crackdown on waste incinerators, the planning application should be looked at again and the incinerator moved?