Shadow Leader of the House Jesse Norman welcomes news of a ceasefire in Gaza and highlights the Government’s turbulent week in Westminster with the anti-corruption Minister being named in a corruption investigation, disappointing economic growth, concerns over stagflation and the Chancellor’s desperate search for growth.
Jesse Norman takes the opportunity of a Westminster Hall debate on water quality in rivers, lakes and seas to call on the Government look again at the plan for the River Wye and at least preserve the £35 million of funding pledged by the previous Government to support the restoration of the river.
Shadow Leader of the House Jesse Norman criticises the Government’s failure to manage the economy and calls for genuine leadership to stop taking politically driven measures that actively hurt the economy and instead address important issues like social care reform.
Jesse Norman uses the last Business Questions of the year to thank our armed forces, care workers and emergency services. He entertained MPs with historical anecdotes including Parliament’s outlawing of Christmas in the 1640s which led to the Plum Pudding Riots of 1647, and he concluded by suggesting Herefordshire cider as the perfect festive drink to celebrate Christmas.
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Jesse Norman, welcomes that the Government finally has a plan with the publication of the ‘plan for change’ and the sensible scrapping of the commitment to 100% clean energy by 2030. He raises concerns that the plan barely mentions the crucial short-term issue of defence or the vital long-term issue of social care.
Shadow Leader of the House Jesse Norman challenges the Government on failing to answer questions on raising national insurance thresholds and minimum wage increases and its lack of transparency and general unwillingness to engage.
Shadow Leader of the House Jesse Norman raises concerns that the Assisted Dying Bill is being rushed through, and that it is putting legislation before careful public debate, not public debate before legislation which is completely the wrong way round.
Shadow Leader Jesse Norman criticises the Energy Secretary’s plans for the UK to produce 100% clean energy by 2030 as costly and unrealistic, risking black-outs that would leave us dangerously reliant on expensive foreign energy imports.
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Jesse Norman, tackles the Government on its claims to support working people and growth, when its policies such as the national insurance increase and the largest tax rise for a generation will push up interest rates and inflation, and make it harder to grow a business and employ people.