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Westminster Hall
Government Support for a Circular Economy - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Caroline Ansell (Con - Eastbourne) I cannot imagine anyone wearing period pants on other days of the month, just for fashion or pleasure - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) Textiles have been mentioned, and it is shocking that only 1% are recycled. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) I thank him for all his work and hon. Members and hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Clothing Sales: Sustainability - Mon 11 Sep 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) of unwanted textiles and ask businesses to separate textiles waste for reuse and recycling. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) with the fashion sector, given that 20% of the world’s water use and 10% of greenhouse gases are generated - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) The noble Baroness is absolutely right about the impact of fashion and textiles in terms of both carbon - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) As we have heard, although some fashion retailers offer their own recycling schemes, both councils and - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Climate: Behaviour Change (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report) - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) , and what we consume, including what we eat and waste. - Speech Link
2: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) shunning fast fashion. - Speech Link
3: Lord Grantchester (LAB - Excepted Hereditary) The climate emergency is of such magnitude that the Government should respond in similar fashion as was - Speech Link
4: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB - Life peer) and increasingly severe floods and droughts. - Speech Link
5: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) the circular economy hub, which will establish circular innovation centres for industries including textiles - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Medicinal Cannabis: Economic Contribution - Thu 20 Apr 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: David Mundell (CON - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) rural area such as the one I represent, which has seen the demise of traditional industries such as textiles - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) She is the daughter of Danielle and Darren and has Dravet syndrome, which is incurable, and she will - Speech Link
3: Will Quince (CON - Colchester) Member for Strangford and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery - Wed 29 Mar 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) south-east Asia and involved in textiles, construction and fishing. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (LAB - Rotherham) We are talking about a dirty and disgusting business—and it is a business. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is a real issue, and, through the APPG, we know of many cases and incidents. - Speech Link
4: Giles Watling (CON - Clacton) behaving in the most extraordinary fashion. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 23 Mar 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) In 2022, fashion, footwear and textiles exports totalled £7.5 billion. - Speech Link
2: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) Will the Department meet the all-party parliamentary group on textiles and fashion to look at what more - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Disposable Vapes: Environmental Impact - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) That can cause soil and water pollution, and it can endanger wildlife and human health. - Speech Link
2: John McNally (SNP - Falkirk) Coloured vapes have now become a fashion accessory for many of our youth. - Speech Link
3: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) He highlighted that the targets in the Environment Act 2021 for extended producer responsibility for textiles - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Procurement Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Brixton (LAB - Life peer) Where and how do the Government respond to the points raised by the committee and where and how should - Speech Link
2: None services in regulations made under Clause 33, so that the regime will continue to operate in a similar fashion - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) , I find this quite confusing; it would be extremely helpful to have it laid out in a crystal-clear fashion - Speech Link
4: Baroness Verma (CON - Life peer) challenges that we want to get to net zero on.Listening to their struggles, I know, having come from the textiles - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Achieving Economic Growth - Wed 18 May 2022
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Rachel Reeves (LAB - Leeds West) Castleton Mills in my own city of Leeds, once a key part of West Yorkshire’s textiles industry but now - Speech Link
2: Paul Howell (CON - Sedgefield) We have such variety and diversity, and we need to encourage each and every one of them. - Speech Link
3: Anthony Browne (CON - South Cambridgeshire) Two years ago, when the pandemic started, we had all these apocalyptic—that word has come back into fashion—forecasts - Speech Link
4: Tahir Ali (LAB - Birmingham, Hall Green) mortgage costs and rents, nothing on the scourge of insecure work and fire and rehire, and nothing on - Speech Link
5: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) ; and buying, making and selling more in the UK. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
City of Culture 2025: Wrexham’s Bid - Mon 16 May 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Sarah Atherton (CON - Wrexham) Rob and Ryan know the importance of football to Wrexham, and want to nurture and champion it. - Speech Link
2: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) Previously held by Derry-Londonderry and Hull and currently held by Coventry, it is a growing prize and - Speech Link