Philip Dunne highlights the benefits of the contractual risk sharing approach taken by the Ministry of Defence under the Coalition Government which has left the burden of cost to remedy current deficiencies of the Ajax programme falling on the contractor, not the taxpayer as would have happened under the previous Government.
Philip Dunne asks the President of COP26 if he believes the current structure of Government is adequate to ensure that, at every level, the UK Government is focused on delivering a more ambitious net zero target for the next major climate conference, COP27.
Philip Dunne calls on the Government to deliver the £312m investment in Shropshire’s healthcare facilities and not delay by taking the process back to the start with uncosted, unfunded plans for a single site hospital.
Philip Dunne intervenes in a debate on the Health and Care Bill amendment on the cap on care costs, to point out that domiciliary care costs are being included within the means tested maximum payment individuals may have to fund, for those who need care in their homes, which at present are excluded.
Philip Dunne calls on the forthcoming Planning Bill to include measures for the proper separation of surface and foul water systems for new developments and for the priorities of Ofwat to be adjusted to focus not just on leakage and keeping bills down, but on keeping sewage out of our rivers by investing more in the treatment network.
Philip Dunne supports the Government amendment to the Environment Bill that places a legal duty on water companies to reduce sewage discharges, to be set out every 5 years in a formal plan in which each company will show how it will achieve and fund progressive reductions in sewage discharges each year, with a power for the Government to direct water companies if the plans are not good enough.
Intervening in a debate on sustainability and climate change in the national curriculum, Philip Dunne highlights the Environmental Audit Committee Green Jobs Report recommendation that environmental sustainability be included across all subjects in primary and secondary schools, and in the vocational curriculum.