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Wed 12th Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
Commons Chamber
Wed 5th Jul 2017
Public Sector Pay Cap
Commons Chamber (Urgent Question)

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rosie Cooper and Elizabeth Truss
Wednesday 12th October 2022

(1 year, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Prime Minister
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We in the Conservative party understand who pays our wages—it is the people who get up every day to go to work and the businesses that are set up. Those are the people driving our economy and we will be unashamedly pro-growth, pro-business and pro-opportunity.

Rosie Cooper Portrait Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab)
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Q7. My constituents were absolutely delighted that the fracking application in West Lancashire was withdrawn after a moratorium was declared. Since then, we have not seen any new scientific evidence that indicates that fracking would now be safe. Despite that, the Government have decided to reverse that moratorium, committing to granting fracking licences only in areas that have local consent. I would be grateful if the Prime Minister would reassure West Lancashire residents —my constituents—and please explain in detail how she will honour her statement that no fracking licences will be forced on communities that do not want them.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Prime Minister
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First, let me offer my best wishes to the hon. Lady on her appointment as chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. I can assure her and colleagues around the House that fracking will only go ahead in areas where there is local community support.

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Public Sector Pay Cap

Debate between Rosie Cooper and Elizabeth Truss
Wednesday 5th July 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Urgent Questions are proposed each morning by backbench MPs, and up to two may be selected each day by the Speaker. Chosen Urgent Questions are announced 30 minutes before Parliament sits each day.

Each Urgent Question requires a Government Minister to give a response on the debate topic.

This information is provided by Parallel Parliament and does not comprise part of the offical record

Rosie Cooper Portrait Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab)
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This issue is also about fairness—a word I have heard repeatedly. Liverpool clinical commissioning group paid themselves increases of between 15% and 81%, with a non-executive getting £105,000. An NHS investigation has confirmed that that is far outside the rules, yet the accountable officer and governing body have not been held to account. Does that send a message from the Government to the NHS that people can do what they want, that anarchy rules and that the pay cap will be applied selectively and is not fair?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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It is very important that all public sector bodies stick within the rules.

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