Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Mar 2022
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"6. What steps her Department is taking to support local libraries and regional museums. ..."Jack Lopresti - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Mar 2022
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"I thank my hon. Friend for the significant financial support from the cultural recovery fund that his Department has already given the Aerospace Bristol museum and STEM learning centre in Filton in my constituency. Will he give serious consideration to its application to become an Arts Council national portfolio organisation …..."Jack Lopresti - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2021
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" What progress his Department has made on delivering support for the culture and heritage sector through the culture recovery fund. ..."Jack Lopresti - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2021
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"Aerospace Bristol in my constituency is very grateful to the Government for the support it received from its successful bid during the first round of the culture recovery fund, which was in excess of £500,000. Like many other museums, it will continue to need revenue support until it can reopen. …..."Jack Lopresti - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 7th October 2019
Asked by:
Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department is taking to tackle Internet Service Provider monopolies.
Answered by Matt Warman
This is a matter for Ofcom as the UK’s independent competition regulator for telecoms. However, in general, the UK has a competitive Internet Service Provider (ISP) market as a result of the work that Ofcom has done to promote competition at the retail level by providing regulated access to BT Openreach’s national broadband network.
The Government is also working with Ofcom to promote greater competition at a network level, as this is one of the key ways to meet our ambition for nationwide coverage of faster and more resilient gigabit broadband networks as soon as possible.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Oct 2019
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"A number of my constituents are stuck with a single broadband provider, which is in a monopoly position, so it is charging very high prices for very poor service. What steps are the Government taking to ensure greater competition, which will drive down prices and improve the service?..."Jack Lopresti - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Sep 2018
Historic Battlefields
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank and pay tribute to my very good friend and constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore), for securing this important debate and, predictably, for an interesting and brilliant speech.
I am an ardent …..."Jack Lopresti - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 17th May 2018
Asked by:
Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what levels of apprenticeships are offered by his Department; and how many apprenticeship starts there were at each level in each of the last three years.
Answered by Margot James
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport offers apprenticeships at all levels for each standard through our external suppliers, Babington Group and Civil Service Learning. The levels and number of apprenticeship starts are broken down by financial year in the tables below:
15/16
16/17
17/18
The Department is committed to a target of 2.3% 1,300 which equates to approximately 30 apprentices for the 2018/2019 financial period. The target will remain the same for 2019/2020. We are taking the following actions to ensure we meet this target:
- We have updated our strategic approach to apprenticeships and will be investing in proactive “marketing” of the offer to shift perceptions.
- We have developed a “convert to apprenticeship” programme for employees as part of our development offer for existing staff.
- We have revised the approach to resourcing so that specific appointments will be targeted to undertake an apprenticeship in their role.
- We have appointed a new provider who will support us to deliver leadership and management apprenticeships
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"In my constituency, the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, based in the University of the West of England, is recognised as the UK’s leading academic centre for robotics. Can my right hon. Friend tell me what steps his Department is taking to support emerging technologies, and AI in particular?..."Jack Lopresti - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 14th March 2018
Asked by:
Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
Answered by Margot James
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport currently holds 0.07 hectares of land in England that is designated as surplus, none of which are in the South West of England. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. This figure also includes agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
These surplus assets are in the process of being disposed of in line with the Government Estates Strategy.
Details of the department's surplus land holdings are published on the register of surplus land: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/epimstransparency