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Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: John Stevenson (Con - Carlisle) motorists; the alcohol tax freeze; the expansion of childcare; and further support for business, with - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) I want to see more from the Government, but there was not enough in the Budget.The second area is nurseries - Speech Link
3: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) have left the sector due to a lack of support from the Government. - Speech Link
4: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) If we are to give support to the hospitality sector, it is better done via targeted business rates reductions - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Early Years Education - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Andrews (Lab - Life peer) It is in the childcare deserts that childminders have left at the fastest rates. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kidron (XB - Life peer) Will the Minister agree to ask officials to consider formally how the decision to exempt from the Online - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) sector and support the recruitment of talented staff. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 17 Jul 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (LAB - Dulwich and West Norwood) Across the early years sector, nurseries and childminders are raising concerns that the Government have - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) I hope the investment will support the FE sector to address its recruitment and retention challenges. - Speech Link
3: Gillian Keegan (CON - Chichester) It is a new demand-led scheme, but I will work with the sector to make improvements to it and make sure - Speech Link
4: Sheryll Murray (CON - South East Cornwall) I have heard similar pleas from farmers. What more can the Department do to make that a reality? - Speech Link
5: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) They will be exceptionally exempt from meeting academic progression requirements. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 19 Jun 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Rupa Huq (LAB - Ealing Central and Acton) to exempt their often crumbling and creaking buildings, whether or not they are listed, from VAT on - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) What we want to do is to support claimants on the basis of an individual, tailored approach to make sure - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) help people into work by giving them better up-front support with the cost of childcare? - Speech Link
4: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) With interest rates looking to hit around 6%, are the Government considering making the support for the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 29 Mar 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (CON - Louth and Horncastle) , full relief from stamp duty land tax, business rates and a reduced rate of employer national insurance - Speech Link
2: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) provided Government support for its sector and the UK lost out. - Speech Link
3: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) This really should not have to be said, but crashing the childcare sector and taking money out of the - Speech Link
4: Abena Oppong-Asare (LAB - Erith and Thamesmead) Our plan is to replace business rates to support our high streets; to implement a modern industrial strategy - Speech Link
5: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) We will be phasing in the childcare supportfrom April 2024 working parents of two-year-olds can access - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage (day 2) - Tue 13 Dec 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Rosie Winterton (LAB - Doncaster Central) Secretary of State may by regulations require public bodies to share business rates information with - Speech Link
2: Lucy Frazer (CON - South East Cambridgeshire) will be able to be spent on childcare facilities such as nurseries and pre-schools, as these fall under - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Autumn Statement Resolutions - Mon 21 Nov 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Ashworth (LAB - Leicester South) Leader of the House—but cannot do so because of the lack of childcare support. - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) Locally, we are seeing reduced collection of asthma inhalers among patients who are not exempt from the - Speech Link
3: Nick Fletcher (CON - Don Valley) I understand the balancing act and the decisions that the Chancellor has to make, but we must give business - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I welcome the fact that business properties will be revalued for business rates, that the business rates - Speech Link
5: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) We need to fix business rates, we need to fix the holes in the Government’s Brexit deal and we need to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 11 May 2022
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) are committed to reviewing and simplifying the business rates system in the country. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (CON - Life peer) At the same time, they are exempt from the kind of traffic restrictions which other drivers in London - Speech Link
3: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) One of the best ways to revitalise our town centres is to take radical action on business rates. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) on the amount of business rates they pay. - Speech Link
5: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) around £1 billion of support in the next five years through the business rates system. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cost of Living Increases - Wed 16 Mar 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) working parents with 20% support on childcare costs up to £10,000. - Speech Link
2: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) Those of us on the Government side of the House support the North sea oil and gas sector and its role - Speech Link
3: Ian Murray (LAB - Edinburgh South) the energy sector as a “cash machine” for his business. - Speech Link
4: Ian Murray (LAB - Edinburgh South) Yes, if we increase the additional rate on the oil and gas sector from 40% to 50%—10 percentage points - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Co-operatives and Mutual Societies - Tue 14 Dec 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Steve Baker (CON - Wycombe) to create a set of incentives that support the people whom the business serves. - Speech Link
2: Mark Hendrick (LAB - Preston) forward practical business support aimed at significantly growing the UK’s co-operative sector as part - Speech Link
3: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) to provide business support to co-operatives in Wales. - Speech Link
4: Tulip Siddiq (LAB - Hampstead and Kilburn) childcare arrangements and developed a frontline hero support fund to subsidise fees for key workers’ - Speech Link