Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Thursday 7th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. It is open to the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) to seek to shoehorn Question 9 into the question with which we are dealing now. It is not obligatory, but his opportunity exists if he wants it, and it looks as though he does.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

9. I would be foolish not to accept such a generous offer, Mr Speaker. Fylde is one of the biggest exporters of any constituency in the country and, with Brexit fast approaching, trade deals are more important to the sector than ever. What has been done to ensure that future trade deals are processed with the least possible delay and with the best interests of business in mind?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Thursday 13th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am shocked by the Secretary of State’s mother’s observations. I have a vivid imagination, but I find that utterly inconceivable.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

T4. The Secretary of State will be aware that consent has been given for the first horizontal shale gas site at Preston New Road in my constituency. Will she assure me that the Environment Agency will conduct immediate on-the-spot inspections, and that many of them will be unannounced? What powers does the Environment Agency have to close down a site if it finds it to be in breach of regulations?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Thursday 7th July 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Finally and very briefly, Mark Menzies.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has a very important visitor centre at Fairhaven lake in my constituency. The Ribble estuary, one of the most important estuaries anywhere in the UK, attracts about 270,000 birds per year. What are the Government doing to ensure that local children are engaging with the RSPB and gaining bird knowledge?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Tuesday 2nd February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Mark Menzies.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

Question 7, Mr Speaker.

[Mr Speaker]

No, it is topical questions. Get in there, your moment has arrived!

[Mark Menzies]

T7. You caught me off guard there, Mr Speaker, and I apologise.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Wednesday 4th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I have not forgotten the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies); I never do.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

10. If the Government will make an assessment of access to university education for people from the lowest income families in (a) England and (b) Scotland.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Thursday 23rd October 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I want to hear from the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies).

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

T6. The roads Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Mr Hayes), from whom I anticipate an excellent answer and whom it is always a pleasure to welcome to my constituency, will be aware that the M55 link road received £2 million of Government money as part of the regional growth fund announcement. Will he meet me to ensure that the work on this vital road begins in 2015, as planned?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Wednesday 5th March 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Not you. Another time, if the hon. Gentleman is lucky.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

Q5. May I put on the record my thanks to the Prime Minister for all the efforts that he personally puts into securing Typhoon export orders? However, may I ask for his assurance that his Government will leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of Typhoon exports to support apprenticeships and highly skilled jobs in Warton in my constituency, as part of this Government’s long-term economic plan?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Wednesday 12th September 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

Q14. The Government—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The House must calm down, as I want to hear Mr Menzies.

[Mark Menzies]

The Government do aspire to be the greenest Government ever, so, with that in mind, will the Prime Minister assure me that before any decision is taken to extract shale gas from Fylde there will be both a public consultation and the establishment of an independent body to co-ordinate a gold standard of regulation so that the environment is never compromised?

Nuclear-powered Submarines

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Monday 18th June 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Mr MacNeil) is signalling, from a sedentary position, his interest in participating. He is holding out his hands to imply the wings of an aeroplane. He may have flown here, but I am afraid that he did not fly here quickly enough. It is always a delight to hear the product of the hon. Gentleman’s lucubrations, but I am afraid that that will have to wait for another day, as he was not here at the start. We will hear the hon. Gentleman another time. We will save him up. It will be worth hearing, I feel sure.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

As a Member of Parliament lucky enough to have HMS Inskip on the edge of my constituency, may I welcome today’s announcement? As someone who went to school on Clydeside, just a few miles down the road from Faslane, may I ask the Secretary of State, when he looks at job numbers, to look also at the wider supply chain and the taxi firms and hotels that would benefit from this decision?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Menzies and John Bercow

Tuesday 29th March 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am grateful to the Minister.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

18. How much was paid to convicted criminals by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.