Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Penny Mordaunt and Bridget Phillipson

Monday 17th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Penny Mordaunt]

This was part of the consultation on business rate retention and is being considered at the moment.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

T10. As the Secretary of State will know, the north-east still has the highest unemployment rate in the UK, with far too many people desperate to find secure work. Is this what the Government mean by a northern powerhouse, or have Ministers abandoned the idea altogether?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Penny Mordaunt and Bridget Phillipson

Monday 8th June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Penny Mordaunt]

As I speak, we have over 3,600 personnel deployed on 21 operations across 19 countries. We are actually doing more operations, although they might not have the profile of some recent operations, so our armed forces are still incredibly busy. We are also regenerating capability that was lost under the Labour Administration.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

6. What plans the armed forces have to commemorate VJ Day.