Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Pritchard and Caroline Spelman

Thursday 9th December 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mrs Spelman]

I just said in answer to the previous question that the Environment Agency would make decisions on all pending schemes after the close of the consultation on 16 February. As regards the figure that Opposition Members keep quoting, at no point has the figure of 145,000 properties receiving more protection ever been attributed to a time any sooner than 2015, the end of the spending review period. It would be inappropriate to compare spending levels with those of the previous Government, because Labour has failed to say how it would have accommodated the 50% cut in capital that the previous Chancellor had committed it to.

[Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)]

4. If she will bring forward proposals to prohibit the sale of primates as pets.