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Westminster Hall
Children's Access to Books - Tue 06 Jun 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) In some cases, levelling up can mean direct investment and change to infrastructure, as we are pleased - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) Schools for the Future programme and all the previous investment in schools, it was really quite stark - Speech Link
3: Justin Tomlinson (CON - North Swindon) That bookshop has bucked the trend and is kept thriving by excellent customer service, a great social - Speech Link
4: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Aside from the opportunities they provide for social interaction, warm spaces and digital inclusion, - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Charity Sector Funding: Transparency - Wed 01 Mar 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Craig Mackinlay (CON - South Thanet) There was a huge blossoming of philanthropy in the first Elizabethan period, and much of that tradition - Speech Link
2: Craig Mackinlay (CON - South Thanet) activity and funding. - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (CON - Pudsey) and down our country. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Armed Forces: Resilience - Thu 26 Jan 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (LAB - Life peer) background, especially so on this Australia Day, and his remarkable record for philanthropy, not only - Speech Link
2: Lord Stirrup (CB - Life peer) Such industrial capacity depends on private sector investment in the appropriate plant and personnel. - Speech Link
3: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) who are in politics know—that public expenditure, including on welfare, housing and all the social and - Speech Link
4: Lord Tunnicliffe (LAB - Life peer) Ukraine.What we also have are policy and investment decisions, in the longer term and the immediate - Speech Link
5: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) He is aware of the very solid investment programme and of really exciting opportunities for our three - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Family Businesses: Contribution to Local Communities - Tue 20 Dec 2022
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: John Stevenson (CON - Carlisle) employment levels in family businesses, the investment that we want to see, and the tax contribution - Speech Link
2: John Stevenson (CON - Carlisle) their nature, the challenges they face and how we can ensure the investment and finance for them so that - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) Member is right that family businesses can help to lead that charge.The economic and social impact of - Speech Link
4: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) That is an important investment concession, and the Government are absolutely right to give that long-term - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Arts Council England: Regional Distribution of Funding - Thu 15 Dec 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) have been told that they must justify their funding using wordy social and economic criteria. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fleet (CON - Life peer) As editor of the Evening Standard, I championed the arts and the benefits that investment brought not - Speech Link
3: Lord Freyberg (CB - Excepted Hereditary) local investment to grow the audience and brand. - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) In Croydon alone, investment will double to just under £5 million, and the borough will see three new - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Report stage - Wed 07 Dec 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) sustainability, social justice and environmental sustainability … How to design … to integrate and enhance - Speech Link
2: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) The National Security and Investment Act requires universities to report on a number of things. - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) arguments and all the cases and evidence given. - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) the Economic and Social Research Council—all these bodies through which we have attempted to ensure - Speech Link
5: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) We already have the National Security and Investment Act, which lays down a number of obligations on - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nature and Climate Declaration - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Derek Thomas (CON - St Ives) of carbon and create opportunities for education, community and social recovery.There has been considerable - Speech Link
2: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) Alongside wider investment in renewables, nuclear—which is a low-carbon technology—and hydrogen technology - Speech Link
3: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) , Denmark and philanthropy through the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, showing that there is recognition - Speech Link
4: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) In other words, delivering for the natural world requires both social and economic justice. - Speech Link
5: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) Those commitments will unlock £100 billion of private investment and support 480,000 well-paid jobs in - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
50th Anniversary of the Expulsion of Asians from Uganda - Thu 27 Oct 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Popat (CON - Life peer) support it, and to make sure that our inward investment continues to get people out of poverty. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hunt of Wirral (CON - Life peer) his colleagues for choosing the path of honour at a time of social, political and economic strife—a - Speech Link
3: Lord Balfe (CON - Life peer) That was a great tribute to Heath.At that time, I was working in the Department of Health and Social - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) the Department of Health and Social Security, so that they were all engaged to ensure there was proper - Speech Link
5: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) employment, as well as access to healthcare, social security and education systems. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
China: Security and Trade (IRDC Report) - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stirrup (CB - Life peer) A little earlier, the Government’s response says that the National Security and Investment Act is “country - Speech Link
2: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Investment Act, to provide confidence for overseas investors and to help us understand how investment - Speech Link
3: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) confidence.The National Security and Investment Act came into force in January 2022. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Cost of Living: Public Well-being - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Drake (LAB - Life peer) The Government’s health and social care Statement confirmed that the NHS backlog was rising and acknowledged - Speech Link
2: Lord Howarth of Newport (LAB - Life peer) age are social determinants of poor health and well-being. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bishops - Bishops) and other forms of social care. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Merron (LAB - Life peer) plan to address low pay and record vacancy rates in the NHS and social care workforce—something that - Speech Link