Following the Government statement on security arrangements relating to ministerial offices and communications Philip Dunne raises concerns about sensors being used to eavesdrop on Ministers, and others who work in Government buildings, without their knowledge.
Philip Dunne promotes South Shropshire Climate Action’s constituency based plan with practical ideas of what local communities can do to help get to Net Zero and asks if there is scope for such community groups to attend COP26 in Glasgow in order to spread this practice.
Following the Government statement on the Ajax armoured vehicles programme, Philip Dunne asks if the cancellation of the Warrior programme will impact the delivery of turrets and cannons into the Ajax programme as the original design relied upon economies of scale to bring a state-of-the-art turret for both vehicles.
Philip Dunne outlines the scale of the task ahead in order to improve the energy efficiency of our homes and urges the Government to work closely with the industry when developing any successor scheme to ensure it has the confidence of the industry and consumers.
Philip Dunne welcomes the Queen’s Speech focus on covid recovery and achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. He particularly welcomes three amendments to the reintroduced Environment Bill which take forward the principles of his Private Members’ Bill to end sewage pollution and address the state of our sewage and drainage infrastructure.
Philip Dunne calls on the Defence Secretary to ensure that lessons are learned from the aircraft carrier procurement process as procurement proceeds for the fleet solid support vessels that will be designed to accompany the carrier strike group in future.
Philip Dunne, who is a Commissioner of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, welcomes the report and commits to ensuring the Commission delivers on the detailed action plan to address the recommendations made by the special committee and renews the commitment to equality in commemoration with all communities of the former British empire touched by both world wars.