Second Church Estates Commissioner, the Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry has welcomed General Synod’s approval of the Women Bishops measure in York this afternoon.
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Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): May I reinforce the comments of the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth)? The whole House will consider my right hon. Friend’s promotion very well deserved. On child care, am I correct in thinking that the Government will cover 85% of the child care costs of about 300,000 families receiving universal credit and are seeking to ensure that work always pays?
On Friday 18 July, North Oxfordshire MP met young people who are currently taking part in a National Citizen Service summer project.
Sir Tony Baldry MP has welcome unemployment figures published today which show that unemployment in the Banbury constituency has fallen to its lowest level since May 2010.
6. Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): What steps his Department is taking to support carers. [904853]
Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): It is always a pleasure to follow a brother knight. I take this opportunity to echo the comments of the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz) in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) on becoming a brother knight. The whole House should congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on having become a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an order of chivalry considerably more senior than that of we mere Knights Bachelor.
