Oral Evidence May. 01 2024
Committee: Environmental Audit CommitteeFound: University of the Arts London, INretail, and WRAP Oral Evidence
May. 01 2024
Source Page: UK calls for accelerated action to protect global biodiversityFound: out of unabated coal power generation, in a timeframe consistent with keeping a limit of 1.5°C temperature
Mentions:
1: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) 145,000 children in temporary accommodation.Of course, homelessness is caused by different factors: poverty - Speech Link
2: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) Friend pointed out, that could be achieved by a simple change to the Homelessness Reduction Act.As the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) Scottish Government’s child poverty targets for 2023-24 are not set to be met. - Speech Link
2: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) and hopelessly out-of-touch Governments? - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) In Scotland, 60% of outgoing trade is with the rest of the United Kingdom—more than with the rest of - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Of course we can rule that out. - Speech Link
5: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I am also proud of our record to bring 200,000 pensioners out of poverty. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) a day turned out to be better rulers than the authorities of the day. - Speech Link
2: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) Representing more than 555,000 of those workers, the Scottish Trades Union Congress stands out as a positive - Speech Link
3: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) Go and look at the slogans on the old trade union banners:“Shorter hours and longer life”,or“Out of darkness - Speech Link
4: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) cities to live and work in poverty. - Speech Link
Report May. 01 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: In 2017, Hurricane Maria wiped out the equivalent of 226% of Dominica’s GDP overnight.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: MHRA’s AI regulatory strategy ensures patient safety and industry innovation into 2030Found: datasets (‘health data poverty’) and the encoding of human biases into the data.
Mentions:
1: David T C Davies (Con - Monmouth) It is not the case that we have paid money to put people out of work—we have paid a lot of money to save - Speech Link
2: Jo Stevens (Lab - Cardiff Central) In contrast, the Government have forked out £500 million of taxpayers’ cash for the loss of 3,000 jobs - Speech Link
3: David T C Davies (Con - Monmouth) We are not paying money to throw people out of work; we do not want to see anyone thrown out of work. - Speech Link
4: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) Nor does it feel as if they have an anti-poverty strategy. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) Research notes,“plays a positive and enabling role in wider national priorities, including tackling child poverty - Speech Link
2: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) I refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests, as I am a member of the trade union - Speech Link
3: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) The 1974 act came out of the findings of the Robens report, and both Labour and Conservative Governments - Speech Link
4: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) She said it was a “source of power” and a“fusion of the political and industrial”.To trade unionists - Speech Link
5: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) We should spend more time pointing out the history of such successes, as I fear that, at times, understandably - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: This submission is made by Unite, the UK’s largest trade union with over one million members across