To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Many of my constituents were shocked when a fatal stabbing occurred on a quiet residential street in east Barnet. Will the Government consider whether it is time to introduce a tougher sentencing regime for knife crime?..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Oral Answers to Questions
Written Question
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
Thursday 6th June 2019

Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his announcement on 18 May 2019 of a £62 million fund to support historic high streets, whether the £62 million in funding is in addition to the £675 million Future High Streets Fund announced in Budget 2018.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

The £62 million is part of the £675million Future High Streets Fund. £55 million of the Future High Street Fund was allocated to DCMS for the Heritage High Streets Programme. A further £7 million has been contributed taking the total investment to £62million. An additional £4million has been invested by Historic England to support the High Street Heritage Action Zone scheme along with £3 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a cultural programme as part of the scheme to engage people in the life and history of their high streets.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"16. Does the Secretary of State recognise that the UK music sector is hugely successful across the world, and that part of ensuring that continued success is the strength of music in our schools, which makes this a hugely important issue for our economy as well as for people’s life …..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Oral Answers to Questions
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. Millions of people in this country carry smartphones, which collect a huge amount of information on their activities. Will the Government take urgent action to ensure that the criminal justice system gets better at analysing that information? Otherwise, we will see many more collapses of trials...."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Oral Answers to Questions
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill

"I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

As I will set out, the Bill seeks to address one of the consequences of the holocaust, still felt some 70 years or so after the events in question. As we prepare to reflect in this debate …..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill

"I warmly thank the hon. Gentleman for what he said. He is so right: today of all days is an opportunity for everyone in this House to stand up and condemn antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racism and prejudice in all their forms. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”]

As the hon. Gentleman just …..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill

"It is not entirely clear. The debates on the 2009 legislation did not seem to indicate a great problem of instability. I can only assume that there was concern that the legislation might have a destabilising effect on the collections in our national museums, but although a number of cases …..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill

"My response is that this legislation opens the way for all who have reason to believe that an object owned by their family member is in one of our national institutions. It is not confined to helping people from a particular family background. It really is important for people at …..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. No, I am afraid that the scope of this Bill is defined and narrow and relates to specific circumstances to enable our national museums to return looted property. However, there are provisions within the criminal justice system and the system …..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill

"I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment.

I would like to close my speech today, as I did on Second Reading, by reading out the thoughts of a family involved in one of these types of cases, not necessarily one directly determined under the 2009 Act, but one that expresses very …..."
Theresa Villiers - View Speech

View all Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) contributions to the debate on: Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill