Debates between Shailesh Vara and Amanda Solloway during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Shailesh Vara and Amanda Solloway
Monday 14th March 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shailesh Vara Portrait Mr Vara
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As far as the six options are concerned, all of them have a cost. It is time that the Opposition started to think about where the money would come from. The hon. Lady lays the blame at the feet of this Government, but she might reflect on the 13 years during which her party was in power, when it did absolutely nothing. [Interruption.] She is chuntering from a sedentary position about £20-something billion. May I just say to her that the cost of undoing the Pensions Act 2011 would be £30 billion?

Amanda Solloway Portrait Amanda Solloway (Derby North) (Con)
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9. What progress his Department has made on reducing the rate of unemployment.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Shailesh Vara and Amanda Solloway
Tuesday 26th January 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shailesh Vara Portrait Mr Vara
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No final decisions have yet been taken, and we are taking into account a whole variety of considerations. The consultation concerns 91 courts throughout England and Wales, and it is about making our system better and one of the best in the world.

Amanda Solloway Portrait Amanda Solloway (Derby North) (Con)
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Following the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis (James Morris), what steps are being taken to ensure that all prisoners with mental health issues are dealt with safely, appropriately and compassionately?