Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Nick Fletcher Excerpts
Wednesday 7th September 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Prime Minister
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We are facing very serious issues as a country, partly as a result of the aftermath of covid and partly as a result of Putin’s war in Ukraine. What the British people want is a Government who are going to sort it out, and that is what I am determined to do as Prime Minister: sort out the energy crisis, get our economy going and make sure that people can get doctors’ appointments. That is what I am focused on.

Nick Fletcher Portrait Nick Fletcher (Don Valley) (Con)
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I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her position as Prime Minister, but I would also like to thank her for her support for my campaign to keep Doncaster Sheffield airport open. Will she now help further by writing to South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and Peel Holdings chairman John Whittaker to remind them of their powers, duties and responsibilities to the people of South Yorkshire and beyond? Will she use the full weight of her office on these decision makers to keep our Doncaster Sheffield airport open?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Prime Minister
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Regional airports, including Doncaster Sheffield airport, are a vital part of our economic growth. I will make sure that the new Secretary of State for Transport is immediately on the issue.