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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) From this year, smaller towns and rural areas will receive £2.3 billion through the local transport grant - Speech Link
2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) I am aware of both the Bath and Wiltshire metro scheme and the Devizes gateway project. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Snowden (Con - Fylde) The Secretary of State mentioned the Northern Powerhouse Rail announcement and I am sure that it will - Speech Link
4: Joe Robertson (Con - Isle of Wight East) Will the Government do the right thing and afford them all the rights, protections and fair payment that - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Postal Services: Rural Areas - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) The problem is a systemic one within their business model, and rural areas are feeling the consequences - Speech Link
2: John Milne (LD - Horsham) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for rural business and the rural powerhouse, I feel a responsibility - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) It is more than a business; it is part of the UK’s social and economic fabric, especially in rural areas - Speech Link
4: Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) missing dress and the diesel lorry with Royal Mail—and that is as true in the south of Scotland and rural - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Transport in the South-East - Tue 03 Feb 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Sojan Joseph (Lab - Ashford) MPs, council leaders, business people and other local residents at the station in the latest part of - Speech Link
2: John Milne (LD - Horsham) I chair the all-party parliamentary group for rural business and the rural powerhouse, and that is one - Speech Link
3: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) concern but the backbone of how communities earn a living, how people get to work, and how rural and - Speech Link
4: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) The project would create jobs and business revenue for companies across the country, and that is only - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None , between the boroughs and TfL and between the boroughs and the Metropolitan Police. - Speech Link
2: Lord John of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) between the mayor and the boroughs. - Speech Link
3: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) is standing in the way of the will of the Government and somehow it is improper and, as a result, we - Speech Link
4: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) Some deliver quite big services; others get involved in the business of markets and so on. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Ivanhoe Line: Restoration - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Esther McVey (Con - Tatton) in charge of the debate and the Minister. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I spoke to her before the debate, and I now rise to support and encourage her.I hail from a rural constituency - Speech Link
3: Patrick Hurley (Lab - Southport) of GVA to the local area and create an economic powerhouse for the north-west. - Speech Link
4: Amanda Hack (Lab - North West Leicestershire) to the castle, leisure facilities and the array of shops, pubs and cafes. - Speech Link
5: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) cycling links between towns, cities and rural areas, and ensure that improvements are felt across the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Firearms Licence Holders: Mandatory Medical Markers - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Gilmour (LD - Tiverton and Minehead) Association’s rural business and rural powerhouse APPG, I fully support the idea of a centralised licensing - Speech Link
2: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) logistics or the mechanics of the difference between the long-range rifles and shotguns used by our rural - Speech Link
3: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) I think that was covered in my point about the rural economy—the maintenance of land and pest control - Speech Link
4: Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) Friend the Member for Tiverton and Minehead for the valuable points that she raised about the rural community - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 27 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Emma Foody (LAB - Cramlington and Killingworth) changes to the Green Book and place-based business cases, but will the Chancellor meet me ahead of the - Speech Link
2: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool Wavertree) Whether she plans to increase the level of small business rates relief for the hair and beauty sector - Speech Link
3: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) The Government legislated for a 20p reduction in the business rates multiplier for hospitality, and that - Speech Link
4: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool Wavertree) and spoke to the owners Victoria and Janet, who have owned the business for 24 years and are the hub - Speech Link
5: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) value and the change in the business rates. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK Bus Manufacturing - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) A business selling horses and carts at the beginning of the 20th century could have continued to sell - Speech Link
2: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) The panel and the imminent 10-year pipeline will offer welcome certainty about the volume and source - Speech Link
3: Brian Leishman (Lab - Alloa and Grangemouth) and boosted the local and national economy. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Its submission to the Business and Trade Committee made it abundantly clear how supporting the manufacturing - Speech Link
5: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) It is vital that we understand the challenges those companies face and ensure that the business environment - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Transport Connectivity: Midlands and North Wales - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Josh Newbury (Lab - Cannock Chase) Coming in and out of the station, travellers are met with a national speed limit rural road with very - Speech Link
2: Josh Newbury (Lab - Cannock Chase) He knows that rural parts of our constituencies are often the areas that are the worst served and therefore - Speech Link
3: Dave Robertson (Lab - Lichfield) We are now seeing investment in the north with Northern Powerhouse Rail, and it is right that we have - Speech Link
4: Luke Taylor (LD - Sutton and Cheam) Passengers and businesses across the midlands and north Wales deserve better, and the Liberal Democrats - Speech Link
5: Greg Smith (Con - Mid Buckinghamshire) Flintshire and Wrexham investment zone, but business and residents alike are still waiting for the detail - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Retail and Hospitality Sector - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Forbes of Newcastle (Lab - Life peer) in the northern powerhouse partnership, as co-founders of Transport for the North, and participating - Speech Link
2: Baroness Verma (Con - Life peer) increases in their business rates, and the levels of crime and attacks on these sectors, meaning an - Speech Link
3: Lord Borwick (Con - Excepted Hereditary) of taxation in the form of national insurance and business rates. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Does my noble friend the Minister agree that the business representatives in the hospitality and retail - Speech Link