Philip Dunne welcomes the Government’s response to the Ockenden Report into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and seeks reassurance for expectant mums that lessons have already been learned and safety and standards have improved in the women’s and children’s unit.
Philip Dunne welcomes a new focus on location-based impacts in defence procurement decisions and urges the Treasury to recognise that a pound spent on defence in the UK is worth more than a multiplier of 1 in the levelling-up impact on the UK economy.
Philip Dunne calls on the Prime Minister to show international leadership when the UK hosts the forthcoming UN Summit by setting out an ‘ambitious but achievable’ emissions target for 2030 as the UK’s Nationally Determined Contribution.
Following the statement to the House of Commons on the Government’s agricultural transition plan, Philip Dunne raises concerns about farming viability for those who will miss out on the environmental land management scheme pilots and that the scheme for new entrants risks consolidation of farming businesses into larger holdings.
Philip Dunne welcomes Government funding for the modernisation of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and asks when the requested £6.3 million advance funds for enabling work by architects, structural engineers and others will be available.