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Tag Archives: Chris Grayling
Three DfT broken-buses crawl along together!
My blog yesterday focused on the unwillingness of the Department for Transport to answer a very simple and straightforward question, raised by Cheryl Gillan MP on the 13th March in the House of Commons regarding HS2. The Minister who refused … Continue reading
Complete un-accountability regarding Grayling
A few days ago Steve Bassam asked a very simple question directed at the Department for Transport regarding their senior Minister. On Wednesday the department took the trouble to answer the question or perhaps more accurately they responded by acknowledging … Continue reading
Let’s compare School and Port inspections
A recent written question by Karl Turner who is the Shadow Transport Minister was presumably aimed at his opposite number, Chris Grayling. However Chris chose to let his junior Minister Nusrat Ghani answer the question. The question was “To ask … Continue reading
An empty port and unbuilt Bridge
Over the last few days news has emerged regarding two very different Government sponsored projects which were each high profile, albeit for different reasons and which have now been curtailed, also for different reasons. Both led to the potential for … Continue reading
Lie, damn lies and statistics
This morning it has emerged that the Government’s contract with Seaborne Freight has been cancelled and they claim the reason for this is that another company called Arklow Shipping Unlimited has withdrawn as one of the backers of the proposal. … Continue reading
January was a good month for small & micro businesses
The extent to which small and micro businesses have been misunderstood and ignored by politicians in the past is enormous, however in the last few weeks there has been some early and tentative indications that things may be changing. At … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Bill Esterson, Chris Grayling, David Taylor, Dominic Raab, Greg Clark
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The truth is the Government is failing to support small businesses
These questions and lack of answers over the last few days (last Thursday and this Monday) indicate that our Government is protecting its own failings and they need to be held accountable. Neither of these questions if answered would place … Continue reading
UK based small and medium-sized enterprises, our day is nearly here!
Yesterday in the House of Commons, the leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom was asked a question regarding the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster. The person who asked her was Gareth Snell who is the Labour MP … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrea Leadsom, Caroline Spelman, Chris Grayling, Gareth Snell, Ruth Smeeth
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Small and Micro Businesses, your 15 minutes of political fame has Started
Yesterday was one of the few days in the year when thanks to advocates such as Tony Robinson and Paul Lancaster, that Micro Businesses were being treated with some respect. There are several such days each year, one is the … Continue reading
Soames and Mackinlay must stop exaggerating or lying
On Tuesday Parliament held a short debate on the Seaborne Freight contract and amongst a mixture of claims and arguments that were made, two from Tories stood out as being based either on confusion, exaggerations or lies. It is disturbing … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Chris Grayling, Craig Mackinlay, Nicholas Soames, Seaborne Freight
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