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Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Committee stage - Tue 21 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None registered providers of social housing are exempt from stamp duty land tax when purchasing housing with assistance - Speech Link
2: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) , that is to ensure that all registered providers of social housing that purchase property with the assistance - Speech Link
3: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) Of course, in England we have extended the 75% business rates reduction to the retail, hospitality and - Speech Link
4: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) He fails to mention that in Scotland, 100,000 businesses are lifted out of business rates altogether - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Mon 20 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) We do not have the luxury of time; this cannot be business as usual. - Speech Link
2: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) It has had a fantastic, valiant fight so far, but it can do that only with our assistance and that of - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) destroyed.According to Save the Children, 2.9 million children in Ukraine are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Whitby (Con - Life peer) It is a necessary Bill to maximise the chances of high street renewal with the assistance of local communities - Speech Link
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) high street: it cheers us up, gives us pleasure and enhances local pride, as well as being good for business - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) noble Earl, Lord Shrewsbury, pointed out, find themselves penalised by an antiquated and inflexible business - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Con - Life peer) Therefore, the Government cannot confer on them the legal capacities of a body corporate unless this - Speech Link
2: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Its key functions under the conventions include assistance to victims of armed conflict and, very importantly - Speech Link
3: Lord Haselhurst (Con - Life peer) continuing basis, with all the other countries and jurisdictions of the Commonwealth.However, there was the business - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) In 1995, he talked about the need for support for development assistance. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) armed groups, is coupled with its direct delivery of a comprehensive range of integrated humanitarian assistance - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (Con - Forest of Dean) Friend’s question, may I just welcome very strongly your statement at the beginning of business, Mr Speaker - Speech Link
2: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) I am pleased to say that the Gallows Corner scheme was recently approved at outline business case stage - Speech Link
3: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) scope of the works, I urge him to take them up with TfL, because it is for TfL to develop the full business - Speech Link
4: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) On Tuesday I asked the Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, the hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business? - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Lady talks about business being light. - Speech Link
3: Ian Mearns (Lab - Gateshead) I thank the Leader of the House for making the business statement, for announcing the Backbench Business - Speech Link
4: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) We wrote to the Foreign Secretary to seek his assistance with persuading the Spanish authorities to reopen - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) TPO deals with complaints and requests for assistance from private sector tenants of the 39,000 property - Speech Link
2: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) As a result, the private rented sector, unlike any other business, is taxed on turnover rather than profit - Speech Link
3: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) an opportunity to respond positively but, as I have mentioned, it is not just about business but about - Speech Link
4: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) This is a burden on the judiciary and a cause of delay in the courts transacting this business. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 15 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) It is therefore even more vital that access to devolved schemes of assistance that are not classed as - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) We have a moral responsibility to put that criminality out of business. - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) We have a responsibility—a moral duty—to put that criminality out of business. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment (Allocation of Tips) - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) resolution of issues is preferable for all involved, workers may consult ACAS for impartial advice and assistance - Speech Link
2: Dean Russell (Con - Watford) in each hospitality organisation, in each café and restaurant, there are not only people who run the business - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) I think it is reasonable to allow a business to be able to calculate the amount of tips that are received - Speech Link
4: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) , and the legislation is about the needs of business. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Russia - Tue 14 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None offences relate to what was widely reported by the media as a suspected arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) When can we expect that from the Government? - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) What are the delays and why have the Government not presented legislation? - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We have funded technical support sessions delivered by UK legal experts to business and government contacts - Speech Link
5: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) It needs all the help we can give, both materiel and, obviously, financial assistance. - Speech Link