Thank you, Mr Speaker; I am delighted to take up this place. People in West Lancashire are concerned about the potential relocation of the children’s accident and emergency department at Ormskirk following the joint integrated care board committee’s “Shaping Care Together” consultation. Folk, and I, want a co-located children and...

Thank you, Mr Speaker; I am delighted to take up this place. People in West Lancashire are concerned about the potential relocation of the children’s accident and emergency department at Ormskirk following the joint integrated care board committee’s “Shaping Care Together” consultation. Folk, and I, want a co-located children and...

First, I thank my hon. Friend for her commitment and contribution to the Government. I am sorry that she has left government, but I wish her well in every sense. Her work on the national cancer plan will save lives and transform care—and not every Minister can say that their...

First, I thank my hon. Friend for her commitment and contribution to the Government. I am sorry that she has left government, but I wish her well in every sense. Her work on the national cancer plan will save lives and transform care—and not every Minister can say that their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is any mechanism by which the Lancashire justice area management team can seek to reverse the decision to allocate Skelmersdale criminal cases to Wigan Magistrates' Court.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is any mechanism by which the Lancashire justice area management team can seek to reverse the decision to allocate Skelmersdale criminal cases to Wigan Magistrates' Court.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons were for his decision to allocate Skelmersdale criminal cases to Wigan Magistrates' Court after the decision to close Ormskirk Magistrates' Court; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons were for his decision to allocate Skelmersdale criminal cases to Wigan Magistrates' Court after the decision to close Ormskirk Magistrates' Court; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received any representations from senior officials in HM Courts and Tribunals Service seeking to reverse the decision for Skelmersdale criminal cases to be heard at Wigan Magistrates' Court.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received any representations from senior officials in HM Courts and Tribunals Service seeking to reverse the decision for Skelmersdale criminal cases to be heard at Wigan Magistrates' Court.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the proposals on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales published by his Department on 16 July 2015, when the decision was taken to include Ormskirk Magistrates' Court and Family Court in the list of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the proposals on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales published by his Department on 16 July 2015, when the decision was taken to include Ormskirk Magistrates' Court and Family Court in the list of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases from Ormskirk have been listed at Ormskirk Youth Court on each date of sitting since the closure of youth courts in south-west Lancashire on 1 July; and how many cases from Chorley or South Ribble have been listed each day for the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases from Ormskirk have been listed at Ormskirk Youth Court on each date of sitting since the closure of youth courts in south-west Lancashire on 1 July; and how many cases from Chorley or South Ribble have been listed each day for the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, since the closure of the youth courts in south-west Lancashire on 1 July, how many cases from the south Ribble and Chorley areas have been heard at (1) Preston, and (2) Ormskirk, youth courts.[HL3030]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, since the closure of the youth courts in south-west Lancashire on 1 July, how many cases from the south Ribble and Chorley areas have been heard at (1) Preston, and (2) Ormskirk, youth courts.[HL3030]

I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention and her clarification of the Government’s promises. Obviously, I wish to see them firmed up and delivered. Clearly, the effects of there not being development can sometimes be negative. I recall going to the Government office for the north-west in the company...

I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention and her clarification of the Government’s promises. Obviously, I wish to see them firmed up and delivered. Clearly, the effects of there not being development can sometimes be negative. I recall going to the Government office for the north-west in the company...

I apologise in advance for spoiling your lunch, Mr. Conway, and probably that of the Minister. It will not displease me if we do not take the full allotted time, but get straight to the point. I am glad to see the Minister here, because our careers have crossed in...

I apologise in advance for spoiling your lunch, Mr. Conway, and probably that of the Minister. It will not displease me if we do not take the full allotted time, but get straight to the point. I am glad to see the Minister here, because our careers have crossed in...

The hon. Gentleman rightly says that I am more hopeful than he. That is because we have secured a promise from the Minister that sub-regional priorities will be considered again in 2009. The county council should be congratulated on working with us and ensuring that the scheme will go ahead...

The hon. Gentleman rightly says that I am more hopeful than he. That is because we have secured a promise from the Minister that sub-regional priorities will be considered again in 2009. The county council should be congratulated on working with us and ensuring that the scheme will go ahead...

That is certainly an issue, and I shall come to it in a moment. However, my remarks highlight the rationale of the regional funding allocation process. To be fair to the hon. Gentleman, he acknowledged that it is an improvement on the previous arrangement. It is more transparent. The way...

That is certainly an issue, and I shall come to it in a moment. However, my remarks highlight the rationale of the regional funding allocation process. To be fair to the hon. Gentleman, he acknowledged that it is an improvement on the previous arrangement. It is more transparent. The way...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Southport (Dr. Pugh) on securing the debate. He and my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) have made a powerful case for the Ormskirk bypass, as part of the hon. Gentleman’s more general comments about the regional funding allocation process. The...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Southport (Dr. Pugh) on securing the debate. He and my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) have made a powerful case for the Ormskirk bypass, as part of the hon. Gentleman’s more general comments about the regional funding allocation process. The...

I will certainly not argue with the Minister’s well informed statistics, but he would probably acknowledge that a large percentage of that money has been spent on a small number of large projects, so some of the smaller projects might have to wait in a much longer queue.

I will certainly not argue with the Minister’s well informed statistics, but he would probably acknowledge that a large percentage of that money has been spent on a small number of large projects, so some of the smaller projects might have to wait in a much longer queue.

My hon. Friend has given us three options. The first was this Government or the next giving more money. The second was essentially that we need to get some money set aside. I assure him that we are putting a great deal of pressure on the regional people and making...

My hon. Friend has given us three options. The first was this Government or the next giving more money. The second was essentially that we need to get some money set aside. I assure him that we are putting a great deal of pressure on the regional people and making...

I never had any thought that my hon. Friend would give up on the Ormskirk bypass. I am sure that her constituents have no thought of that either. She and the hon. Member for Southport are doing absolutely the right thing—making the case locally either for money to be set...

I never had any thought that my hon. Friend would give up on the Ormskirk bypass. I am sure that her constituents have no thought of that either. She and the hon. Member for Southport are doing absolutely the right thing—making the case locally either for money to be set...

When we will be given some indication of when we will know about the priorities that my hon. Friend mentioned? In the previous round, the big city regions grabbed the funding and had their paws on the major part of it. Sub-regional priorities were way down the list. The Ormskirk...

When we will be given some indication of when we will know about the priorities that my hon. Friend mentioned? In the previous round, the big city regions grabbed the funding and had their paws on the major part of it. Sub-regional priorities were way down the list. The Ormskirk...

That is not quite what I am saying. The consultation that we have been doing in recent months and are now analysing was about how the regional funding allocation process works. Our understanding in the Department for Transport was that people out in the regions understood that they could decide...

That is not quite what I am saying. The consultation that we have been doing in recent months and are now analysing was about how the regional funding allocation process works. Our understanding in the Department for Transport was that people out in the regions understood that they could decide...

The Minister is being very constructive and helpful, and he is giving us some hints as to how we can make progress. However, there is a fundamental problem. To win the argument we have to consider objective criteria, and one that will come up every time is whether a scheme...

The Minister is being very constructive and helpful, and he is giving us some hints as to how we can make progress. However, there is a fundamental problem. To win the argument we have to consider objective criteria, and one that will come up every time is whether a scheme...