Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Second sitting)
"Of detail, Bill!
Bill Browder: It is great. There is no problem with the actual legislation. This is a rule-of-law country, and the laws have been written, and continue to be written, very well. There is just a huge disconnect between that and the enforcement.
I would add one little …..."Tom Tugendhat - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Newport Wafer Fab Sale
"I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) for the timing of his urgent question—which is clearly rather better than my timing. May I ask the Minister—who is very kindly in her place—about the National Security and Investment Act 2021? The Act set …..."Tom Tugendhat - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 5th February 2021
Asked by:
Tom Tugendhat (Conservative - Tonbridge)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to open a second tranche of applications for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Government has made an unprecedented package of support available to businesses that are required to close or which have been severely affected by the restrictions put in place to tackle Covid-19 and save lives.
Following on from closure of the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund, other grant support measures have been in place to reflect the changing landscape of local and national Covid-19 restrictions. This includes funding for businesses required to close and discretionary funding for Local Authorities to support other businesses that whilst able to remain open may be severely impacted.
In January, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a further package of business grant support. Business premises that are required by law to close – including those businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors – are able to access grants of up to £4,500 per 6-week period of closure and a further one-off Closed Business Lockdown Payment of up to £9,000.
Written Question
Wednesday 13th January 2021
Asked by:
Tom Tugendhat (Conservative - Tonbridge)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether self-catering holiday lets are eligible for support through the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) Scheme covering the period of national restrictions in November 2020 where an existing booking was being honoured starting before 31 October 2020 when the covid-19 lockdown restrictions were announced and continued beyond 5 November 2020 in line with the Coronavirus Update statement on 2 November 2020.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) is available to all businesses in England that have been required to close due to local or national COVID-19 restrictions.
There are three key considerations when a Local Authority determines the eligibility of a business for a grant under the LRSG (Closed):
- Is the business the business rate payer of a hereditament that appears on the rating list?
- Is the main service of that business required to close due to the restrictions?
- Is the business able to self-declare that it meets all scheme conditions, including eligibility and State aid requirements?
Where an organisation meets all of these criteria, it is considered eligible to receive a grant through the mandatory LRSG (Closed) scheme.
Local authorities are responsible for making decisions on whether a business qualifies for a grant. In doing so they must take into account guidance released by government Statutory Instruments (including exceptions).
Written Question
Tuesday 1st December 2020
Asked by:
Tom Tugendhat (Conservative - Tonbridge)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many approved installers for the Green Homes Grant operate within Kent.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The Green Homes Grant Scheme launched for applications on 30 September and as announced on 18 November will run until 31 March 2022. Our installer data is at Local Authority rather than regional level. As of 23 November, the number of TrustMark registered installer businesses available in each of the Local Authorities within Kent are as follows:
- Dartford Borough Council - 70
- Gravesham Borough Council - 57
- Sevenoaks District Council - 70
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council - 66
- Maidstone Borough Council - 70
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council - 75
- Swale District Council - 60
- Ashford Borough Council - 71
- Canterbury City Council - 69
- Thanet District Council - 64
- Folkestone and Hythe District Council - 62
- Dover District Council - 65.
Written Question
Tuesday 1st December 2020
Asked by:
Tom Tugendhat (Conservative - Tonbridge)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will issue guidance to encourage the safe practice of reflexology during periods of national covid-19 restrictions.
Answered by Paul Scully
Businesses should carry out COVID-19 risk assessments and consult the current guidance. If reflexology businesses interpret that they can remain open during the national COVID-19 restrictions, they should refer to the Close Contact Services guidance.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill
"The right hon. Gentleman is of course right that there is a difference between the United States and the United Kingdom. One of the differences is that there are 350 million people in the United States. It is a continental power, a position that the UK sadly does not share. …..."Tom Tugendhat - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill
"I start, as many other hon. Members rightly have, by paying tribute to the ministerial team and the team of civil servants for their consultation on the Bill with not just Members of this House, but the wider business community. It is a hugely important Bill. When, no doubt, some …..."Tom Tugendhat - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill
"I agree entirely with the right hon. Member that what we are looking at here is a multi-agency taskforce, not a BEIS departmental body. The reason, of course, why it has to be a multi-agency taskforce is that, as he says quite correctly, the need to have access to high-level …..."Tom Tugendhat - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
National Security and Investment Bill
"Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that there is a real role for Committees of this House in such processes and that the ability to subpoena both witnesses and papers would add not only depth to the Government’s investigation but protection to the Business Secretary who was forced to take …..."Tom Tugendhat - View Speech
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