Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Robin Walker Excerpts
Thursday 26th January 2012

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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My hon. Friend will know that we have proposed some changes to the employment tribunal regime, one of which would oblige those who are taking cases to an employment tribunal to make a contribution towards the costs. I hope that those and other initiatives that we announced last year will go some way to meeting my hon. Friend’s aspirations.

Robin Walker Portrait Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con)
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Can the Leader of the House advise how the scores of hon. Members who spoke out in the Back-Bench debates on BBC local radio can put on record their support for the recommendations made by Lord Patten yesterday that many of the planned cuts be reversed and that afternoon programming be protected?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend; that sounds an appropriate subject for a Backbench Business Committee debate. I welcome what Lord Patten said yesterday when he indicated that some of the proposed closures of local radio stations were being rethought. I am sure that we would all support that initiative and want to encourage whatever support is necessary to maintain local radio in our constituencies.