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HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWould that not be people marking their own homework? That is all I am concerned about.24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI just want to quickly go back a bit, and then I will address the point that the hon. Gentleman is making. I believe that the £20 million loan was withdrawn around about 12 March…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportThe hon. Gentleman has questioned my maths. I am very good at maths: £5 million and £3.5 million is £8.5 million—that is the loan—and £9.2 million was used for the road. Peel put…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWe are talking about the jewel in the crown of South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority—the one thing that can set the entirety of South Yorkshire area alight and bring…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI thank the hon. Member for giving way. I just want to go back to the fact that he believes devolution is working for Doncaster. The city region sustainable transport settlements…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI want this to work—the Civil Contingencies Act to work—and I have spoken at length with the people offering such services, but they have said there will be no disruption to their…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI do not know whether the right hon. Gentleman has ever done a business deal—I really do not know—but what we do is put on as much pressure as possible and use every lever from…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportMy hon. Friend makes his point; as I say, I hope that those sorts of things will come out as part of the public inquiry. I have said throughout our campaign that we must keep the…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportThe compulsory purchase powers sit with the local authority, and it could have used them. The argument will be that, to use compulsory purchase powers, it is necessary to go…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportOn the money, the South Yorkshire Mayor has £30 million per year for 30 years. That is £900 million. Ben Houchen, the Mayor for Teesside, has £15 million a year for 30 years. That…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportYes, massively. The important word in “combined authority” is “combined”—it is Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley and Sheffield coming together. I do not think the combined authority…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportExactly the same again: Peel did not want to sell to Ben Houchen, but it did sell to Ben Houchen. It is no good sitting there and saying it did not—it did. Oliver Coppard has…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportMaybe we need to sit down with the Mayor of Teesside and see how he worked it out, because I have been told that he has exactly the same powers as Mayor Oliver Coppard and that…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI will come on to that, because I want a public inquiry to get to the truth of this matter, but I will cover that in my speech. The combined authority appears never to have…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportOn 13 July this year, Peel shocked my constituency with the announcement of the potential closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport. This is the reason for the debate. Let me tell…24 Oct 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have met Oliver Coppard on a weekly basis but have not been part of any working groups. Throughout the past three months, I…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI believe that this urgent question has been raised today to take away from the Adjournment debate on this subject tonight. The Opposition have actually shown an interest in this…24 Oct 2022