Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Williams and Lord Watts

Monday 20th January 2014 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Williams]

I am the Minister responsible for race equality and I take the issues that the hon. Gentleman raises seriously. Perhaps we can have a separate discussion about it. Local authority settlements are not predicated on that basis, as a whole basket of factors goes into them. The Government are still putting substantial amounts of money into our integration budget to ensure that communities cohere, through measures such as specific funding for English language.

[Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab)]

10. What recent progress his Department has made on negotiations regarding firefighters’ pensions.