"One of the biggest engineering projects this country has ever seen will be High Speed 2. What specific steps is the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills taking in conjunction with the Department for Transport to ensure that engineering opportunities are available to businesses throughout the entire country, not just …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak. I congratulate the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Anne Marie Morris) and her colleagues on persuading the Backbench Business Committee to grant the debate.
Small businesses play a major role in all our constituencies —mine is certainly no exception. They are …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"It would obviously benefit businesses in constituencies throughout the United Kingdom.
Another initiative undertaken by the city council is the Edinburgh guarantee, which brings together local government, businesses, colleges, the voluntary sector and national programmes at Scottish, UK and European levels to create opportunities for our young people. Since its …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"The Minister told the House that there will be £151 million for the scheme this year and next year, but will he clarify whether that is new or additional funding, or is he simply announcing something that has already been announced? If it is new or additional funding, will he …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"The UK Green Investment Bank has indeed been a success so far and part of its success is in bringing in co-investors from the private sector for projects that it supports. Although I do not expect the Secretary of State to admit this, he will know that the Prime Minister’s …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"One of the biggest infrastructure projects in this country over the next 20 years will be the construction of High Speed 2. That, through the supply chain, has potential benefits for businesses and workers not just along the route of HS2, but throughout the entire UK. What steps is the …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"This morning the Globe group of parliamentarians held a seminar highlighting the risk of financial instability as a result of the overvaluation of fossil fuel reserves internationally and nationally without taking account of international climate change commitments. Will the Government contact regulators to ensure that they take into account the …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"The Royal Botanic Gardens in my constituency carries out world-leading research that benefits the UK in many ways. International students and interns are an important part of that work, but the gardens’ particular organisational status sometimes makes it difficult to obtain visas for them. If I write to the Minister …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way—he is being very generous with his time—and I congratulate him on securing this debate.
Moving away from the Autism Act but on to the subject of people diagnosed with autism at a later stage, one issue that comes up is access to …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"Time will be limited for later speeches, so let me say this now. My hon. Friend read out a list of companies that had expressed concern about the mixed messages coming from the Government. I know from private discussions that I have had with people in some of those companies …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech