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.
Jesse Norman highlights the success of the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering as an engine of growth and opportunity, and invites the Secretary of State to visit the university and explore how this model could be replicated around the country.
Jesse Norman asks if unused funds from the Stronger Towns Fund could be redeployed from areas where they haven't been fully used to areas, such as Hereford, where the scheme has been so successful.
Speaking in a general debate on defence spending, Jesse Norman raises the need for heightened awareness of the seriousness of the current international threats and calls on the MOD to do more to build consent for increased spending on defence and the defence supply chain.