Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Steve McCabe Excerpts
Monday 30th April 2012

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Grant Shapps Portrait The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps)
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I do not believe that the coverage was fair, balanced or timely, given that the election for the Mayor of London is taking place in Newham exactly a week after the coverage. Given that the BBC chose not to mention to any Department that it was running the story, it is impossible to understand how it thought it could be running a fair and balanced story.

Steve McCabe Portrait Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)
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T4. Does the Secretary of State agree with the Minister for Housing and Local Government that Birmingham’s claim to have only nine rough sleepers is ludicrous? Furthermore, is that the only thing that he finds ludicrous about the antics of those who are running Birmingham city council?