Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Shailesh Vara and Amanda Solloway

Monday 14th March 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Vara]

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 (Derby North) (Con)]

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 Commons Chamber

[Mr Vara]

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 (Derby North) (Con)]

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?