Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Penny Mordaunt and Mark Menzies

Monday 10th November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Penny Mordaunt]

I have outlined in several previous answers the reason that we cannot use the regulation: we have more than one fire authority in England—we have 46. We must go through the national framework, but it will be on a statutory footing. I caution the hon. Lady on this: we want older firefighters and women to stay in the fire service, and she is not helping by spreading myths about the existing scheme.

[Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)]

3. What assessment he has made of the level of the take-up of neighbourhood planning and community rights.