Local Government Finance

Rory Stewart Excerpts

Wednesday 9th February 2011 Commons Chamber

[Tony Lloyd]

I have checked and there is a communications officer, whom, the House might be interested to know, was asked to have competence in new technologies such as Twitter and is equivalent to a number of people in the Minister’s Department who have the same role, the same salary band and the same competences. His Twitter tsars massively outgun Manchester’s ability to communicate. He should think very carefully, because trading insults at this level does nothing for the people who are going to lose adult social services. [Interruption.] Does the Secretary of State want to intervene?

[Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border) (Con)]

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

[Tony Lloyd]

I will give way to the Secretary of State. I hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive me.