Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Phillips Excerpts
Wednesday 20th March 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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An announcement will be made shortly, but it is worth pointing out that the hon. Gentleman’s party was in power for 13 years and did the square root of nothing on this.

Stephen Phillips Portrait Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con)
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T5. What services have been affected by the PCS strike today? Does my right hon. Friend agree that responsibility for the strike lies exclusively with the PCS leadership?

Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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That is exactly right. I can confirm that there has been minimal impact on public services and that the public will have been inconvenienced to a very small extent by today’s strike. The borders at the airports and ports have been properly manned, queues have been minimal and I am delighted to say that at Birmingham airport alone, there have been significant seizures of illegal drugs to the benefit of protecting the public.