Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"9. What assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of changes to VAT for solar on the uptake of photovoltaic and battery storage systems. ..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"By raising the VAT threshold for solar installations, the Government are disincentivising the transition to green energy, and this is just one example of the Government’s failure to act with the urgency that the climate crisis demands. Will the Minister undertake today to consider adopting Labour’s plans to fit solar …..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"T4. Next month will mark five years since the Government first announced they would undertake an independent review of the UK’s product recall system, and a failure to implement recalls has led to fire services responding to preventable fires due to product failures. Will the Minister today update the House …..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Feb 2019
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"23. What steps he is taking to support people in insecure work. ..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"According to the TUC, 3.8 million people are working in insecure jobs with no guarantee of hours, which represents a 36% increase since 2010. One of my constituents in Lincoln, Dan, is struggling to break out of the cycle of precarious work. He told me:
“You cannot support a family”—
…..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 8th January 2019
Asked by:
Karen Lee (Labour - Lincoln)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
What steps he is taking to tackle fuel poverty.
Answered by Claire Perry
This Government made a clear Manifesto commitment to tackle fuel poverty by committing to upgrading all fuel poor homes to EPC Band C by 2030.
We are making progress in particular by tackling the most energy inefficient homes. Since 2010 there are almost 800,000 fewer fuel poor households living in homes rated E, F or G.
The average fuel poverty gap has also dropped 6 per cent in real terms since 2010 and last year I refocused the whole of the £630m ECO annual budget on tackling fuel poverty without the help of her party I might add who voted against the measures.
Written Question
Tuesday 18th September 2018
Asked by:
Karen Lee (Labour - Lincoln)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility plans to respond to the letter to her dated 31 July 2018 from the hon. Member for Lincoln on small businesses and the contract tending process.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
I responded to the hon. Member on Wednesday 12 September.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 May 2018
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill
"When I lost my daughter, she was grown up—she was not a child—and I want to suggest that people might need to take leave on odd days. I know that that is not easy to facilitate, but people do not know when grief is going to hit them...."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 May 2018
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill
"It is just as important that an employee is supported when they go back to work. I was working on a hospital ward, and the people were just fantastic. People can say anything about the NHS, but it was wonderful to me. I had something like 10 weeks off while …..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 24th April 2018
Asked by:
Karen Lee (Labour - Lincoln)
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 adequacy of the transparency of publicly-funded medical research and development.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
On 1 April the Government launched a UK Research and Innovation, a new body that brings together nine councils including the Medical Research Council (MRC), Innovate UK and Research England into a single organisation. UK Research and Innovation aims to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.
UK Research and Innovation is one of the main means by which the Government funds medical research. It is committed to transparency in the medical research it funds. Information on all research projects funded by MRC, including information on outcomes and research publications will continue to be published on the Gateway to Research. By publishing this information, the research councils help to improve the public view of the progress of research, down to the individual project level. The Research Councils UK Open Access policy aims to ensure that ideas and knowledge derived from publicly funded research are made available and accessible for public use.
The National Audit Office published a report on cross-government funding of research and development in November 2017. This found that, for research in human health, coordination mechanisms and leadership arrangements are well established and functioning, consolidated data on funding and capability is used to support decision-making, and steps are being taken towards consolidated evaluation of research outcomes