Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Pat Glass and Iain McKenzie

Thursday 8th September 2011 Commons Chamber

[Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab)]

8. What assessment he has made of the process for using ministerial statements to make major Government announcements.

[Mr Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde) (Lab)]

10. What assessment he has made of the process for using ministerial statements to make major Government announcements.

[The Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (Mr David Heath)]

So far this Session, there have been 139 oral ministerial statements and more than 1,500 written ministerial statements made to the House. My assessment is that this Government have a much better record than the previous Government.