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Commons Chamber
Independent Sentencing Review - Thu 22 May 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) Member is referring to prolific offending: the people who keep coming back, cycling in and out of the - Speech Link
2: Charlie Dewhirst (Con - Bridlington and The Wolds) Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) in his call for the immediate deportation of - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)
Committee stage: 12th sitting - Tue 20 May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) policy includes how to plan for good design, sustainable modes of transport including walking and cycling - Speech Link
2: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson). My hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Road Maintenance - Mon 07 Apr 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Alex Mayer (Lab - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard) This Labour Government have increased the funding to Central Bedfordshire council to nearly £9.7 million - Speech Link
2: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) If we are serious about promoting cycling and walking, we must ensure that cycle paths and pavements - Speech Link
3: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) somewhere between £2.5 billion and £3 billion.It is not just about the cost of filling the potholes; Cycling - Speech Link
4: Joe Morris (Lab - Hexham) children from school, young people driving to access employment, people driving to the shops and those cycling - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2nd reading - Mon 24 Mar 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) As a central Bedfordshire councillor, I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial - Speech Link
2: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) Since Bedfordshire was flooded in September, Ministers will know that I have been vocal about improving - Speech Link
3: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) They also include walking and cycling investment in new and existing areas of the towns; a new railway - Speech Link
4: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Friend the Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) recognises, as we do, the Government’s mandate - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tourism Industry - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) Bedfordshire has been rather left behind by the tourism economy. - Speech Link
2: David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) We have heard about Dudley and Bedfordshire. - Speech Link
3: Anna Gelderd (Lab - South East Cornwall) Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) on securing this debate. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) I am sure my husband, who is a Bedfordshire native, would have very much enjoyed his hymn to Bedfordshire - Speech Link
5: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) and Bedfordshire as a whole. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 09 Jan 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) off my bike in the last couple of years, I understand how important it is to feel confident about cycling - Speech Link
2: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) that Access for All funding to Leagrave station will be honoured, and will he meet me and the Bedfordshire - Speech Link
3: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) to increasing the active travel budget beyond what has been announced to truly revolutionise rural cycling - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Rural Affairs - Mon 11 Nov 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Chris Kane (Lab - Stirling and Strathallan) Stirling was showcased to the world in 2023 with the time trials of the Union Cycliste Internationale’s cycling - Speech Link
2: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) I met farmers in Mid Bedfordshire recently. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) of attacks on farmers.Members may also be aware that in September parts of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
City and Town Centres: Regeneration - Wed 16 Oct 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) Cycling UK have great examples of where cycling lanes and pedestrian-friendly streets have revitalised - Speech Link
2: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) properties and supporting entrepreneurship.Supporting our small businesses in Luton South and South Bedfordshire - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) Friend the Member for Luton South and South Bedfordshire (Rachel Hopkins) talked about giving communities - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Flood Prevention: Farmers - Thu 10 Oct 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) Indeed, in my diocese in Bedfordshire, large areas flooded—fortunately not for long periods. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Caithness (Con - Excepted Hereditary) for improvement, the value of grassland to flood risk mitigation, carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economy, Welfare and Public Services - Mon 22 Jul 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) electoral hammer to override local authorities that want to introduce sensible measures to encourage cycling - Speech Link
2: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) Government succeed where the last Government failed in implementing a fairer funding formula for Bedfordshire - Speech Link