High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Lords): High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill.
Witnesses: (at 2:00 PM) Mr David Reilly, Lea Marston Parish Council Ms Jean Thomas, Kingsbury Parish Council Ms Linda Carter, Brackley Town Council Mr Craig Tracey MP, Lea Marston Parish Council Ms Jane Cerone, Kingsbury Parish Council Councillor Mark Morrell, Brackley Town Council Mr John Warren, Water Orton Parish Council Mr John Rowland, Middleton Parish Council Ms Gill Keegan, Middleton Parish...
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to reform UK Trade and Investment.
Craig Tracey: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether students aged over 18 years in higher education are separately identified as an element in the sub-national population and household projections by the Office of National Statistics.
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend national planning policies so that development of land designated as Green Belt will be resisted until the implications of the UK exiting the EU, and its effect on population and household projections, have been fully assessed and new projections issued for the use of local planning authorities.
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in relation to the sub-national population and household projections, if he will review with the Office of National Statistics, the methods of recording and counting of students as an element of the population in local authority areas having significant student populations.
Craig Tracey: I am delighted that the Government are giving local people the opportunity to shape the future of their communities. Our constituents have long asked for a greater say on planning, so I welcome the fact that the Bill gives them more power and delivers on our manifesto promises. There can be no doubt that there is a need for housing, but it is vital that it is delivered in a way that is not...
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps the Government is taking to support businesses in Scotland.
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the article in The Lancet, Adjuvant bisphosonphate treatment in early breast cancer: meta-analyses of individual patient data from randomised trials, published in July 2015, what steps he has taken to ensure that bisphosphonates for the indication of preventing secondary breast cancer are routinely available to the patients who need them.
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to make available data which sets out the results achieved from the Careers and Enterprise Company investment for pupils in secondary schools and colleges.
Craig Tracey: I want to pick up very quickly on something that Mr Thomson from the CPREQ talked about, which was about councils having to chip away at the green belt to deliver the provision. He mentioned that often they do not feel that they are getting the backing of the Secretary of State. I am aware that several local authorities in my area have jointly commissioned a report to grade areas of green...
Craig Tracey: Q As a quick follow-on question—where a constituency like mine comes under pressure, because we are a rural constituency surrounded by big areas we are having to co-operate with, what are the mechanisms for challenging their assessed need? That is where the calculation figures are often seen to be well away from what we would expect.
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of Russia's military manoeuvres in Eastern Europe and through the English Channel for (a) UK and (b) NATO security policy.
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect the UK leaving the EU will have on the number of new houses needed in future years; and what guidance he has provided to councils on reviewing their housing targets in response to the outcome of the EU referendum.
Craig Tracey: North Warwickshire has consistently suffered due to a lack of engagement from HS2, so I was alarmed to learn this morning that despite assurances given by HS2 to my local council just three weeks ago, there would be no changes to the line locally. The line will, in fact, move around 150 metres nearer to the village of Austrey, although that significant change was not even mentioned in the...
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the finding in the Report by Breast Cancer Care, Secondary not second rate, published in July 2016, that 21 per cent of secondary breast cancer patients are treated for another condition by their GP before eventually being diagnosed, what plans his Department has to ensure that GPs are supported to spot suspected cases of metastatic...
Craig Tracey: What assessment he has made of prospects for the future relationship between the UK and the US.
Craig Tracey: Does my right hon. Friend agree that, now that a democratic process has taken place, the UK and the US need to focus on working ever more closely together on shared priorities?
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the lack of direct guidance to GPs on suspected cases of metastatic cancers in the NICE guideline Suspected cancer: recognition and referral on the (a) time taken for the diagnosis, (b) accuracy of diagnosis and (c) number of cases of such cancers.
Craig Tracey: Does the Minister agree, given that the UK market is four times the size of the EU market in Scotland, that it is clear why businesses are saying loud and clear that they do not want talk of another independence referendum, but instead want stability to strengthen the economy?
Craig Tracey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for the viability of successful peace talks between the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority of the Palestinian Authority naming schools after terrorists who have killed Israelis.