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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"How does supporting a new Cumbrian coalmine, giving new licences for oil and gas exploration, scrapping the green homes grant and reducing incentives for electric vehicles reflect the Government’s stated commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050—or is this more dad-dancing rhetoric by the Prime Minister, unconvincing and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps the Government are taking to help protect disabled people from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"The UK’s high and unequal covid death toll includes disabled people, who account for six out of 10 covid deaths. Last month’s Office for National Statistics data showed that both disabled men and women are more than three times more likely to die if they contract covid than non-disabled people. …..."
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Written Question
Government Departments: Billing
Wednesday 10th March 2021

Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount Government departments owe in late payments to small businesses since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government does not maintain a central estimate of late payments owed to small businesses.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic the Government has issued a number of procurement policy notes with the goal of supporting cash flow to suppliers by accelerating payment. These have included a range of approaches such as forward ordering, payment in advance/prepayment, interim payments and payment on order (not receipt).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Feb 2021
Covid-19: Road Map

"I will leave it to another time to ask the Prime Minister why we did not have adequate PPE stocks given the fact that Exercise Cygnus in 2016 stipulated that we needed to increase our PPE stockpiles.

I was really concerned about the tone of the Secretary of State for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covid-19 Update

"May I associate my remarks with others that have been made, and express my sincerest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one, particularly the constituents to whom I spoke last night?

Professor Sir Michael Marmot’s recent report pointed to four drivers that have contributed to the high and …..."
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Written Question
Government Departments: Billing
Thursday 17th December 2020

Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the total value of Government projects paid through Project Bank Accounts for each year from 2016-17.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data on the use and value of Project Bank Accounts is held by departments, not centrally.

Written Question
Government Departments: Billing
Thursday 17th December 2020

Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government Departments have used Project Bank Accounts since March 2016; how many projects in each Government Department have used Project Bank Accounts since March 2016; and if he will publish a list of all Government clients using Project Bank Accounts since March 2016.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data on the use and value of Project Bank Accounts is held by departments, not centrally.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) supplier performance and (b) value for money achieved under Government contracts issued in response to the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister’s response says more about the Government’s failure to implement the recommendations of Operation Cygnus than it does about their ability to implement an effective response to the pandemic. The Government have bypassed the NHS, outsourcing billions of pounds-worth of contracts in back-room deals with their mates that then …..."
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