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Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) She should at least do him the courtesy of hearing the answer. - Speech Link
2: John Redwood (Con - Wokingham) on VAT registration —is to have a big increase in the threshold level at which businesses register for - Speech Link
3: Rosie Winterton (Lab - Doncaster Central) ”, it is customary to stay for at least two speeches after you have spoken. - Speech Link
4: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) need to reach for understanding in our own communities to find where we can agree—or, at least, where - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage - Mon 18 Sep 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None It is not at all unusual for leaseholders to extend their lease—indeed, they have a right to do so. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) Vagrancy Act 1824 within 18 months in March 2022. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) According to the Department for Education, at least 147 schools in England have been affected by RAAC - Speech Link
4: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) They also pay VAT at 5% rather than 15%. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hayman (CB - Life peer) At the very least, I hope the Minister will recognise the need for clarity on the terminology used in - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Creative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Fri 07 Jul 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Rebuck (LAB - Life peer) By STEAM, I of course mean science, technology, engineering and maths, but the “A”, for me at least, - Speech Link
2: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (CON - Life peer) schools until the age of 16. - Speech Link
3: Lord Lipsey (LAB - Life peer) maker in March 2023. - Speech Link
4: Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB - Life peer) done well—we have welcome results, such as the extension of VAT relief for orchestras and theatres for - Speech Link
5: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) As others have indicated, judging by the response, the Government have, at least in part, listened. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Adult and Further Education - Wed 05 Jul 2023
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) Britain’s hospitality sector is crying out for more recruits, at a time when the Government are desperate - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) They are now back in the same boat as schools, so will the Treasury extend to them the VAT relief that - Speech Link
3: Lia Nici (CON - Great Grimsby) teaching job if it did not start at £55,000 a year at least. - Speech Link
4: Jane Hunt (CON - Loughborough) at the VAT, but there is such fantastic resource within FE colleges. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Report stage - Tue 20 Jun 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Rosie Winterton (LAB - Doncaster Central) at least two years and has a minimum employee count of 10 at the start of the observation period; and - Speech Link
2: None He tells the story that the negotiations were going nowhere until the US representatives at the negotiations - Speech Link
3: None made by subsections (5) and (6) have effect in relation to expenditure incurred on or after 26 May 2022 - Speech Link
4: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) We can only hope—although it is hope over expectation—that the Bill at least delivers some of the growth - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Non-Domestic Rating Bill
2nd reading - Mon 19 Jun 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LDEM - Life peer) For the time being at least, it is important that it stays, because it seems to be the preference of - Speech Link
2: Lord Etherton (CB - Life peer) revaluations, we should at least go for two-yearly revaluations in the interim. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LDEM - Life peer) More than 5% of retail staff lost their jobs last year, and hospitality suffered a similar fate. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) I reckon that, for at least 35 years, there has been no fundamental reform of the non-domestic rating - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Great Yarmouth - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) If not, they are at the very least locally owned or locally run. - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) for the future, not least in green energy. - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) The Norfolk broadband programme was awarded £5 million through the local growth fund to extend superfast - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cost of Living - Tue 16 May 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Ian Murray (LAB - Edinburgh South) and gas giants, something repeatedly opposed by the leader of the SNP at Westminster until the polls - Speech Link
2: Douglas Ross (CON - Moray) , which looked at the differential from 2017-18 to 2022-23. - Speech Link
3: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) The Westminster Government could restore the lower rate of VAT, which ended last March, for tourism and - Speech Link
4: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) in band 5 in Scotland tops out at £37,664, which is probably why the health spend per person is £3,490 - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK’s Exit from the European Union - Mon 24 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) I align with the opinion of the petitioners that it will continue to be so at least until the facts are - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) VAT, plus a deposit of 30% to 40% of the value of the items. - Speech Link
3: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) The Centre for European Reform said that by the end of last year the economy was 5%, or £31 billion, - Speech Link
4: Hywel Williams (PC - Arfon) The Government face at least two ways on this. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Committee of the whole House (day 1) - Tue 18 Apr 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Rosie Winterton (LAB - Doncaster Central) at least two years and has a minimum employee count of 10 at the start of the observation period; and - Speech Link
2: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) the main rate of corporation tax, which clause 5 sets at 25% for the financial year beginning in April - Speech Link
3: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) thrown at him until he was dead. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Olney (LDEM - Richmond Park) by the cost of food and alcohol in hospitality venues. - Speech Link
5: Victoria Atkins (CON - Louth and Horncastle) The tax plan published at spring statement 2022 set out the Government’s vision for using the tax system - Speech Link