Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 29 Jan 2018
Fireworks
"I appreciate that. I am not used to such favours. It is a pleasure to contribute to the debate, which was very ably moved by my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones).
This issue has been repeatedly debated in Parliament and has been the basis of …..."Angela Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Oct 2017
Post Office Services: Burncross
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Oct 2017
Post Office Services: Burncross
"Thank you, Mr Speaker. That is very kind. I know that we have plenty of time for this debate, but I will not detain the House for longer than is necessary.
Tonight I raise an issue that is unlikely to attract a great deal of parliamentary attention. However, for many …..."Angela Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Oct 2017
Post Office Services: Burncross
"I do not think that that is an option, given that the new premises are already larger than the old one in which the post office was housed. That is not really the issue, as I shall establish in a moment.
As I have said, my conversations with the Co-op …..."Angela Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Oct 2017
Post Office Services: Burncross
"The Minister has got to the crucial point: the Co-op has refused to listen to the argument that post office services benefit stores such as the one it will soon be operating in Burncross. Its point-blank refusal to accept that it is good for the community and potentially for the …..."Angela Smith - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 8th December 2016
Asked by:
Angela Smith (Liberal Democrat - Penistone and Stocksbridge)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon on the manufacturing industry.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Development of a supply chain forms a key part of the Contract for Difference (CFD) negotiation process.
The Hendry Review, which has been considering a number of issues including supply chain opportunities, has now been submitted to the department. We thank Charles Hendry for his hard work and will look carefully at the review’s findings as part of our wider assessment of the future nature of the energy mix and our decarbonisation plans.
We will formally respond in due course.
Written Question
Thursday 8th December 2016
Asked by:
Angela Smith (Liberal Democrat - Penistone and Stocksbridge)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2016 to Question 54997, when he expects to receive the Independent Review of Tidal Lagoons led by Charles Hendry.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Hendry Review has been submitted to the department. We thank Charles Hendry for his hard work and will look carefully at the review’s findings as part of our wider assessment of the future nature of the energy mix and our decarbonisation plans.
We will formally respond in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"T8. Ministers spoke earlier about securing the best possible trade deal for the UK in the context of Brexit, but what evidence does the Secretary of State have that a new UK-EU trade agreement can be completed within two years? Do the Government accept that if such an agreement is …..."Angela Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"Members across the House could be forgiven for thinking that the Government have assumed that, because the sense of immediate crisis appears to have passed, their foot can be taken off the brake and that we can rely on the industrial strategy emerging next spring to address the problems. Does …..."Angela Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Redcar (Anna Turley) and for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Tom Blenkinsop) on securing this debate. It is always timely to have a debate on steel, such is its importance to …..."Angela Smith - View Speech
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