| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proposed closure of Wandsworth Museum | |
| Posted by: | John Ager | |
| Date/Time: | 02/02/07 09:40:00 |
| In searching Justine Greenings speeches on www.theyworkforyou.com (excellent website) I cant find any instance of her talking about the Museum. Although she did ask a more general question to the Local Government Minister on Local Council funding on Tue 23rd Jan: See: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-01-23a.1286.4&s=wandsworth+speaker%3A11771#g1286.7 It was: House of Commons debates Tuesday, 23 January 2007 Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government Local Government FinanceAll Commons debates on 23 Jan 2007 2:30 pm Justine Greening (Putney, Conservative): "To what extent her Department will take into account its assessment of value for money in local authority spending in 2005-06 when it determines local authority grant uplifts for 2006-07; and if she will make a statement". Phil Woolas (Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government): "The local government finance settlement for 2006-07 was approved by the House on 6 February 2006". Justine Greening (Putney, Conservative): "The Minister will be aware that my local council of Wandsworth received a much lower than average grant uplift this year—in spite of being graded excellent by the Audit Commission and in spite of being rated as the best value for taxpayers' money council in the whole country. How can he justify my local taxpayers getting such a raw deal from Whitehall when the council is doing such a good job?" Phil Woolas (Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government): "I challenge the hon. Lady's assumption that her constituents are getting a raw deal. Indeed, we specifically provided a floor to protect authorities such as hers that do not suffer the same deprivation— I am not denying that there is some deprivation in her area—as other authorities. Rather than criticise us, I would have thought that the hon. Lady would be thanking the Government for providing a floor to protect the grant, which has been above inflation throughout the Government's period of office." |