Philip Dunne uses his final appearance in the House of Commons chamber to present a petition to Parliament on behalf of residents of Earls Ditton Lane near Cleobury Mortimer where the road surface is so poor as to be unsafe. He calls for some of the £289 million of funding announced by the Government for roads in Shropshire to be spent on this road.
Philip Dunne welcomes the £289 million increase in funding for Shropshire's roads, including from the reallocation of HS2 funding and asks the Transport Secretary what that will mean in practical terms for road repair spending during the next Parliament.
Philip Dunne takes the opportunity of War Graves Week and the approaching 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings to highlight in Prime Minister's Questions the fact that standing up to tyrants who bring about war in Europe is as much in our national interest today as it was 80 years ago.
Philip Dunne speaks in a debate on War Graves Week to pay tribute to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, of which he is one of the two parliamentary commissioners, and the work it undertakes to maintain the memorials and cemeteries in 153 countries to commemorate the 1.7 million Commonwealth servicemen and women who lost their life through the two world wars.
Philip Dunne welcomes DEFRA’s River Wye action plan, which the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and asks the Minister if there is any action by the Welsh Government to match the UK Government’s commitment to cleaning up the polluted River Wye.
Philip Dunne welcomes the Government commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, and asked the Defence Secretary to elaborate on the balance of extra spending between meeting the existing challenges in the Equipment Plan and introducing innovative new capability through the new procurement model.
