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Written Question
Paula Vennells
Wednesday 17th January 2024

Asked by: Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow and Gateshead East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who recommended Paula Vennells for an award in the 2019 New Year Honours list.

Answered by Alex Burghart - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Honours nominations are made in confidence, and there is an expectation that they remain confidential in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Mar 2022
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"1. What the Government’s timetable is for publishing a Bill on banning conversion therapy. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Mar 2022
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"My best wishes also go to the hon. Member for Bridgend (Dr Wallis). The Minister will be aware that the Cabinet Office recently tendered a contract for the provision of a conversion therapy victim support service. Does he agree that including a consent loophole in the Government’s proposals to ban …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Mar 2022
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"20. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle violence against women and girls. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Mar 2022
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"After women spoke out about feeling exposed to physical aggression and sexual harassment when travelling on our regional north-east public transport system, the Northumbria police and crime commissioner, Kim McGuinness, launched the free Safer Transport Northumbria app, which takes people through a series of simple steps that allows them to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2022
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"Q4. Two weeks ago in a letter to the Prime Minister, I outlined that over half a million people in the UK are immunocompromised, and to them, the idea of living with covid is frightening, while many charities such as the MS Society are not reassured by the Government’s lifting …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Feb 2022
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"2. If she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to de-medicalise the process of obtaining a gender recognition certificate. [R] ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Feb 2022
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"On Monday, the Minister for Equalities, the hon. Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Mike Freer) said the Government would remove the rule whereby a trans person’s spouse has to consent to their gaining a gender recognition certificate. Yesterday, that had changed to helping to avoid spousal consent issues. Can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Jan 2022
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"19. When the Government plan to bring forward legislative proposals to reform public procurement. ..."
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