Written Question
Thursday 7th June 2018
Asked by:
Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of The Way We Work programme on wellbeing in the civil service.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
Delivery of the Way We Work (now Smart Working) initiative is with individual departments. As a consequence tracking any wellbeing benefits would be at department level and are not collected centrally.
Written Question
Thursday 7th June 2018
Asked by:
Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of The Way We Work programme on levels of productivity in the civil service.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
Delivery of the Way We Work (now Smart Working) initiative is with individual departments. As a consequence tracking any wellbeing benefits would be at department level and are not collected centrally.
Written Question
Thursday 7th June 2018
Asked by:
Laura Smith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) IT equipment, (b) training, (c) project delivery and (d) other costs have been of the The Way We Work programme to date.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
Delivery of the Way We Work (now Smart Working) initiative is with individual departments. As a consequence tracking any wellbeing benefits would be at department level and are not collected centrally.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Voter ID Pilot Schemes
"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Ellie Reeves) on securing the debate. I very much echo the concerns she raised.
It is deeply concerning that voters, some of whom have voted their entire lives, were denied a voice in last month’s local elections as …..."Laura Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Voter ID Pilot Schemes
"I have no time.
I would also be interested to hear the Minister’s response to today’s intervention by Blackstone Chambers. According to Anthony Peto QC, the joint head of Blackstone, and fellow barrister Natasha Simonsen, schemes
“that restrict or discourage voting, or that inhibit voters,”
are beyond the scope of …..."Laura Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Voter ID Pilot Schemes
"I will wind up really quickly.
Does the Minister seriously believe that the Government are making voting accessible for everyone? The Labour party believes in a democracy for the many, not the few. We want everyone’s voice to be heard, no matter what their background, which is why we call …..."Laura Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"It is undeniable that the UK is in the grip of a digital skills gap, yet despite the Government’s national cyber-security programme, the problem is getting worse. Fewer students are taking up technology-based A-levels, and those who do are underperforming compared with their counterparts in other subjects. What conversations has …..."Laura Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Apr 2018
Syria
"Among those of us who have been trying to follow President Trump’s tweets over the past week, I cannot be the only person who has found it extremely difficult to keep track of whether he was for military action or against military action, so I wonder whether the Prime Minister …..."Laura Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"With local elections taking place in May, it is vital that we have a diverse set of councillors representing our communities. However, only 33% of councillors in England are women, which represents a rise of only 5% in the past 20 years. There is a clear contrast with progress in …..."Laura Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"Last year, the Prime Minister acknowledged that our social care system is broken and promised to fix it. Since then, two care providers in Crewe and Nantwich have been placed into special measures and another is worried that it may have to close due to a lack of funding. What …..."Laura Smith - View Speech
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