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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jan 2022
Covid-19 Update

"I have certainly disagreed occasionally with my right hon. Friend in the course of this crisis, but I also credit him with doing his very level best to preserve freedom, lives and prosperity in this country. None the less, he will know, as I do, that the public are now …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. What steps he is taking to improve the numeracy and literacy rates of offenders in prison. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am glad to hear it. Should core skills not always be part of the prison regime for everybody who needs them? Will the Minister continue to take steps to make sure that people’s employability is enhanced by their stay in prison?..."
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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Publications
Thursday 9th December 2021

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure the word Christmas continues to be used in his Department's relevant publications; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Michael Ellis

I am pleased to confirm that the Government will continue to use the word ‘Christmas’ in publications.

Written Question
NHS: Coronavirus
Friday 22nd October 2021

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the COVID-19 Response: Autumn and Winter Plan 2021, published on 14 September 2021, and the statement that in the event that the data suggests the NHS is likely to come under unsustainable pressure, the Government has prepared a Plan B for England, if he will define the data that would indicate that the NHS is likely to come under unsustainable pressure.

Answered by Michael Ellis

If data suggests the NHS is likely to come under unsustainable pressure, the Government has prepared a Plan B for England. The Government hopes not to have to implement Plan B. However, given the uncertainty, the Government set out details in the Autumn and Winter Plan 2021 so that the public and businesses know what to expect if further measures become necessary.

The Government will remain vigilant and monitor the data closely, using a wide range of evidence, as we have done throughout the pandemic. This includes case numbers, hospital admissions and occupancy, deaths, the ratio of cases to hospitalisations, the rate of growth in cases and hospital admissions - particularly in the over 65s.

Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Friday 22nd October 2021

Asked by: Steve Baker (Conservative - Wycombe)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Covid-Status Certification: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report, published on 9 September 2021, if he will publish the equalities impact assessment that the Government conducted on covid-status certification.

Answered by Michael Ellis

As set out in the Government’s response to the Committee’s report, the Government will provide the Equalities Impact Assessment conducted on COVID-status certification ahead of the introduction of any legislation that may be required, in the normal way.

Further inquiries on COVID-status certification should be directed to my colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Elections Bill

"Mr Deputy Speaker, it is the second time you have done that to me; the first time was my maiden speech.

I welcome this essential Bill. What I want is a fair vote for everyone, and that is why I was very pleased to lead the first Adjournment debate of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Elections Bill

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am clear that in speaking in support of the Bill I am standing overwhelmingly for my ethnic minority voters in Wycombe. I am absolutely clear about that in my mind. I am clear that they are the most strident supporters I have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Elections Bill

"I take it that the hon. Member is referring to successful prosecutions, but one of the problems is that people are not prosecuted when they ought to be. I made a speech on 19 December 2019—I am sure she has pored over every word of it—in which I pointed out …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Elections Bill

"That sounds like a very complex matter, and I am sure my hon. Friend deserves an extra minute to explain it to us properly. I am grateful that he is here to do so...."
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