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Commons Chamber
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
Committee of the whole House - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Friend the Member for Sherwood (Mark Spencer), at the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) Rural Affairs.In conclusion, the Bill and the amendments raise very important matters, but to tackle - Speech Link
3: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) It pretends that nothing needs to change—that business can continue as usual, and that jobs in oil and - Speech Link
4: Alan Whitehead (Lab - Southampton, Test) a new energy powerhouse for the UK in the future. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Powerhouse Rail, which will transform rail connectivity between the north of England’s key economic - Speech Link
2: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands) is on Committee business, so the - Speech Link
3: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) rural counties, smaller cities and towns in every part of the north outside the big city regions. - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) the interventions, which were presented in the 2022 outline business case, and we expect that work to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Arts - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bragg (Lab - Life peer) of the wider economy and contributed billions of pounds of business activity and exports, again and - Speech Link
2: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) , and thank businessand yes, thank BP for its grant to the British Museum. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) It is a cut-throat business, severely damaged by Brexit and the pandemic. - Speech Link
4: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) ownership and business model for grass-roots music venues. - Speech Link
5: Lord Cashman (Lab - Life peer) friends Lord Bassam and Lord Rooker said about seaside and rural theatres. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) The Minister will, like many, understand that the economic powerhouse of the United Kingdom is usually - Speech Link
2: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) diplomatic network, forging business links and generating trade and investment. - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) to know about the NHS in rural Scotland. - Speech Link
4: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) Business occupancy rates and employment figures are, thankfully, high. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
High Speed 2 Compensation - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Theo Clarke (Con - Stafford) and land bankers might be keen to buy it, which would completely transform the make-up of former rural - Speech Link
2: Gavin Williamson (Con - South Staffordshire) on the land.Here we have a business, a farm, with a 400-cow dairy unit. - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) Committee—to continue to detail the plight faced by landowners and small business owners alike who, through - Speech Link
4: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) Member for Stafford (Theo Clarke) on securing this important debate and thank the Backbench Business - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
HS2 Cancellation and Network North - Wed 17 Jan 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) whose business has been and continues to be affected. - Speech Link
2: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) but for goods and logistics.Finally, I want to mention Northern Powerhouse Rail, which is obviously - Speech Link
3: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Over the past 15 years, rural bus services in Wales and England dropped by 52%. - Speech Link
4: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) principal route for the northern powerhouse and a lot of the work that will be done up there.I completely - Speech Link
5: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) The next steps are for a full business case, and we are engaging with the Treasury. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling Up: North-east England - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Quin (Lab - Life peer) relevant government departments, to deal with the transport needs, business and investment needs, health - Speech Link
2: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) Is it not the case that the Government embarked on creating a northern powerhouse but instead have delivered - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) We need to restore the balance between Tees Valley and other rural areas, such as North Yorkshire, in - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) My noble friend is absolutely right that it is a different area with a more rural constituency, and I - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
2nd reading - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) financing sector, the UK is a global tech powerhouse. - Speech Link
2: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) for the purposes of a business. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Lab - Life peer) Millions of residents in hard-to-reach local communities, such as those in distinct rural communities - Speech Link
4: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) of work and business. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Siobhan Baillie (Con - Stroud) It is a multi-business powerhouse with everything from bikes and bakeries to artificial intelligence - Speech Link
2: Cherilyn Mackrory (Con - Truro and Falmouth) Sadly, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has so far not listened to the suggested - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) Levelling up should be for the whole of the United Kingdom—towns, cities and rural areas; north, south - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He will know that the second rural-proofing report, “Delivering for rural England”, which was published - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Autumn Statement 2023 - Wed 29 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) and more income.As we move down the business scale, from the very largest to small and medium enterprises - Speech Link
2: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (XB - Life peer) welcome the focus on growth and, in particular, the full expensing of business investment. - Speech Link
3: Lord O'Neill of Gatley (XB - Life peer) In my role as chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and being involved in the whole northern powerhouse - Speech Link
4: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) So many in the industries that make up this creative powerhouse hoped and expected more, and deserved - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) rural local authorities to take back control of bus services, so that they can increase routes and service - Speech Link