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Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Does the Secretary of State intend to develop a vape retailer and distributor licensing scheme? - Speech Link
2: Jake Berry (Con - Rossendale and Darwen) Those are not my statistics, but those of the Office for National Statistics. - Speech Link
3: Craig Whittaker (Con - Calder Valley) The Chartered Trading Standards Institute has warned that cuts have created a “postcode lottery” of provision - Speech Link
4: Giles Watling (Con - Clacton) I believe that licensing is the answer. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) I declare my interest as co-chair of the national police ethics committee.Before turning to the amendment - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) This failure was in part the consequence of allowing a focus on reaching national access targets, achieving - Speech Link
3: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) penalises any evidence of the unfairness and madness of what we are allowing today—effectively, a postcode lottery - Speech Link
4: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) The postcode lottery mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Russell, must end.I hope the Minister does not - Speech Link
5: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) So it would be better to take decisions on the controls necessary at the conclusion of the licensing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) Delivering a national space strategy is a key priority for me and the Department. - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) With the passing of last night’s Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, the UK Government gave not one, but - Speech Link
3: Dean Russell (Con - Watford) The Watford area continues to be the proud home of the national lottery, which employs more than 900 - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Friend in his congratulations and thank everyone involved with the national lottery. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Victims of Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Justice System - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Currently, this can be a postcode lottery, and the change would facilitate a more consistent and efficient - Speech Link
2: Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham, Erdington) Government, both local and national, must do what they can to improve routes and roads so that people - Speech Link
3: Jane Stevenson (Con - Wolverhampton North East) Taxi drivers have trackers in their cars, and licensing committees could clearly be doing spot checks - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) That could secure more convictions and ensure a chilling effect on poor driving.The licensing of taxis - Speech Link
5: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) point is fairly made in the report and it needs to be made again here: the impact evaluation of the national - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) Gentleman for telling us what the Scottish National party is doing. - Speech Link
2: Lucy Frazer (Con - South East Cambridgeshire) Independent film making has been supported with more than £60 million of Government and national lottery - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) Lottery Heritage Fund’s grants for heritage. - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) the BBC’s leadership, and we are talking to them about this in relation to the mid-term review and licensing - Speech Link
5: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Member is probably referring to one particular lottery, and I have written to that lottery with suggestions - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tackling Spiking - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) at the licensing arrangements for late-night venues where these crimes take place.Tackling spiking at - Speech Link
2: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) Will she also ensure that licensing rules are focused on people’s safety? - Speech Link
3: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) on the number of incidents and to ensure that police forces share best practice to avoid a postcode lottery - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage:s: 8th sitting - Thu 23 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) instances, for example with letting agents excluding liability to tell the landlord about any relevant licensing - Speech Link
2: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) We are exploring a national framework for setting fines to ensure a consistent approach. - Speech Link
3: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) and welcome the Minister’s comments, in terms of the Government’s intention to look at developing a national - Speech Link
4: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) This will create a postcode lottery up and down the nation. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 16 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None I am head of the National Trading Standards estate and letting agency team. - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) The National Residential Landlords Association has called for the selective licensing of landlords to - Speech Link
3: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) Q On standing enforcement, a lot of local authorities use the selective licensing resource to help to - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 14 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None ChambersThursday 16 NovemberUntil no later than 3.00 pmACORNThursday 16 NovemberUntil no later than 3.15 pmThe National - Speech Link
2: None tenant for many years, and I am now a homeowner.Ben Beadle: I am Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) have done a significant amount of work with landlords to implement that code and to avoid a postcode lottery - Speech Link
4: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) We have evaluated that and renewed selective licensing, certainly in Greater Manchester. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Building an NHS Fit for the Future - Mon 13 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Maggie Throup (Con - Erewash) In October 2021, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency updated its guidance on licensing - Speech Link
2: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) The national target sits at 85%. - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) I welcome the measures to clamp down on tobacco use and disposable vapes, and I would welcome the licensing - Speech Link
4: Jeff Smith (Lab - Manchester, Withington) Instead, we got the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, which will allow oil and gas companies to bid - Speech Link