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Business of the House

Martin Whitfield Excerpts
Thursday 20th December 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Martin Whitfield Portrait Martin Whitfield (East Lothian) (Lab)
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Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish you and all the staff a happy Christmas.

I have tabled a written question about the Civil Nuclear Constabulary’s pension predicament. It has been awaiting an equality impact assessment that was undertaken by the Treasury and then passed to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In its answer, BEIS tells me that it cannot release it yet until all policy discussions on this matter are complete. May we have a statement on why we are awaiting policy decisions when the request was for the publication of the impact assessment?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that I have not had sight of his question, so I am not aware of exactly what the position is. We have BEIS questions on Tuesday 8 January; I encourage him to raise it directly with Ministers then.