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Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Gibson Excerpts
Thursday 23rd September 2021

(2 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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I invite the hon. Gentleman to read the court’s judgement in the 2015 Tower Hamlets case, and he will find out exactly the nature of the problem that the Government are seeking to redress. We will redress other problems as and when they become necessary.

Peter Gibson Portrait Peter Gibson (Darlington) (Con)
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May I commend the Government on their plans to move civil service jobs out of London? In welcoming my right hon. Friend to his position, may I invite him to visit Darlington and see the progress that has been made with the delivery of jobs in the Treasury, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and other Departments, which is real evidence of our levelling-up agenda?