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Rupa Huq Excerpts
Monday 9th January 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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My hon. Friend is yet another fantastic champion for her constituents. No further information is needed at this stage, but I should be happy to meet her to discuss the issue that she has raised.

Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Ind)
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T9. First we saw footage of the Prime Minister admitting to activists that he had diverted money away from urban Labour-voting areas. Then we saw the ex-Culture Secretary, the right hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries), saying that the decision to defund the English National Opera was “politically motivated” and a “stunt”. To avoid accusations that levelling up is based merely on Tory targets and is anti-London, can the Minister tell us which funding formulas were changed, with what justification, and on whose authority?

Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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A great deal of transparent information is available on gov.uk, which I should be happy to send to the hon. Lady.