Hacker House

Wera Hobhouse Excerpts
Wednesday 25th September 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Warman Portrait Matt Warman
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I am grateful to you, Mr Speaker, for providing me with my Dispatch Box debut, as my hon. Friend alluded to. He is right to refer to the fact that this matter concerns a company that was founded in 2016 and that the Government did not hide anything—we put out press releases. Perhaps the Mayor of London does not check the gov.uk website as often as we might like.

Wera Hobhouse Portrait Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
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Some £47,000 of the £100,000 grant money has now been awarded to Hacker House. Will the remaining £53,000 be withheld until a review has been concluded?