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Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill
Committee of the whole House - Mon 04 Sep 2023
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) the budget and all the programmes that will be cut, the services that will be reduced and the areas - Speech Link
2: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down) We are going to miss him on the UK Trade and Business Commission, on which he has had a very keen interest - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The fishing and seafood development programme of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage - Tue 11 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Carrington (CB - Excepted Hereditary) I add two reports from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) that everyone—business and trade unions, private and public sector, and government departments—works - Speech Link
3: None on rural areas and will address the needs of rural communities.” - Speech Link
4: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) on rural areas and will address the needs of rural communities.” - Speech Link
5: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) Moreover, noble Lords will be aware that, in the usual course of departmental business, the majority - Speech Link
6: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) These are locally led bids for areas that local people think are the right economic areas to do business - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Road User Charging Schemes - Mon 26 Jun 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: James Daly (CON - Bury North) and Rural Affairs when it comes to the clean air charging zone, it is a surprise to see my great friend - Speech Link
2: Mark Francois (CON - Rayleigh and Wickford) get to and from their place of business. - Speech Link
3: Gill Furniss (LAB - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) Powerhouse Rail and High Speed 2 in full, unlocking the growth and investment that businesses are crying - Speech Link
4: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) This area crosses multiple Departments: the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs leads - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
East West Rail: Bedford to Cambridge - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) As others, including Eastern Powerhouse, have outlined, it potentially unlocks further opportunities - Speech Link
2: Anthony Browne (CON - South Cambridgeshire) The business groups and the university are in favour of the new line, and they regularly write to me - Speech Link
3: Mohammad Yasin (LAB - Bedford) the business case for East West Rail, and I hope that business case includes the concerns of Bedford - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Mon 12 Jun 2023
Attorney General

Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (CON - Mid Dorset and North Poole) Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has worked to find solutions on the sunset provision - Speech Link
2: Michael Tomlinson (CON - Mid Dorset and North Poole) It is very timely that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs arrives in the - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) point to the 40 hospitals not having been built, Northern Powerhouse Rail not having been started, the - Speech Link
4: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) The Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade, the hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 08 Jun 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) and business; and passenger revenue is still 28% down on the pre-pandemic level. - Speech Link
2: Luke Hall (CON - Thornbury and Yate) Rural bus services such as the 84, 85 and 622 services in south Gloucestershire are vital for residents - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) That includes delivering High Speed 2, core Northern Powerhouse Rail and East West Rail, as confirmed - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) We have seen the Yorkshire leg of HS2 dumped, Northern Powerhouse Rail stripped to the bone and HS2 terminating - Speech Link
5: Selaine Saxby (CON - North Devon) , that rural road surfaces are improving? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 05 Jun 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: James Morris (CON - Halesowen and Rowley Regis) by Vicky Rogers of the Halesowen business improvement district and Eve O’Connor of the Cornbow shopping - Speech Link
2: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) and Regeneration Bill and push forward urgently with Northern Powerhouse Rail, planning reform, devolution - Speech Link
3: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) We are only a few months away from having millions of people surging to the west country, and to rural - Speech Link
4: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to dramatically improve the way - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Thu 18 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Carrington (CB - Excepted Hereditary) reports from the APPG for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, of which I declare my membership. - Speech Link
2: Lord Carrington (CB - Excepted Hereditary) in rural areas, and larger building providers have been the most successful. - Speech Link
3: None It was the subject of earlier debates on second homes and Airbnb in rural areas, and it continues to - Speech Link
4: None We had the rents and the charges as revenue that we generated locally; there were the business rates - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
School and College Funding: The Midlands - Tue 09 May 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Gullis (CON - Stoke-on-Trent North) that hers is a much more rural constituency with, I assume, higher rents and house prices in some areas - Speech Link
2: Ben Bradley (CON - Mansfield) and I hear about the figures, but show me the buildings and the outcomes.” - Speech Link
3: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) He talked about West Notts College, which has also done impressive work in offering T-levels in business - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 03 May 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: George Freeman (CON - Mid Norfolk) a science and technology powerhouse economy in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Greg Clark (CON - Tunbridge Wells) Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones), the Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Speech Link
3: Chris Loder (CON - West Dorset) the rural crime team and made Dorset the sixth safest county. - Speech Link
4: Karl McCartney (CON - Lincoln) Tomorrow, the people of Lincoln will have the chance to remove from office the anti-business socialist - Speech Link
5: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) , Food and Rural Affairs and the water regulators are working closely with South West Water to ensure - Speech Link