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Westminster Hall
Volumetric Concrete Mobile Plants - Thu 22 Jun 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) They carry concrete that has been prepared in a fixed location and then loaded on to the mixers. - Speech Link
2: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) To be less than generous, this is a classic example of an obscure regulation changed by civil servants - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Procurement Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) insert—“(4) Any Minister of the Crown, Member of Parliament, Member of the House of Lords or senior civil - Speech Link
2: Danny Kruger (CON - Devizes) We need a better model of outsourcing that relies much more on civil society and, in particular, on the - Speech Link
3: John Penrose (CON - Weston-super-Mare) The answer, or the “stat of shame” as it is described in the civil service, is 8%—£1 in every £12. - Speech Link
4: Alex Burghart (CON - Brentwood and Ongar) servants are required to confirm annually that their declarations of interest are up to date. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
East West Rail: Bedford to Cambridge - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) —to one of the senior civil servants who had been working on the project at one of the many annual conferences - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) It is not an unimportant point, although I accept that the location of that housing will not always necessarily - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Energy Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Alan Whitehead (LAB - Southampton, Test) operates as the authority, or a complete Heat Network Zones Authority could be set up with offices and civil - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) As I discussed in the context of zone reviews under clause 183, the location of heat network zones can - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) Regulations may also allow enforcement authorities to recover their costs by means of civil fines.Clause - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None appears to the Secretary of State that a threat to national security arises in connection with the location - Speech Link
2: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) The second is, what if the premises to be exchanged are in a different location? - Speech Link
3: Lord Shipley (LDEM - Life peer) That seems an important outcome that the Government should assess.I suggest that, when Civil Service - Speech Link
4: None It will also ensure that 50% of UK-based senior civil servants will be based outside London by 2030. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 19 May 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (LAB - Life peer) able to make one statutory application per year to change their working hours, work pattern and work location - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (CON - Life peer) locked in party-political tribes, arguing fiercely and rather negatively, alienated from Ministers and civil - Speech Link
3: Earl of Minto (CON - Excepted Hereditary) service can formally apply, once in any 12-month period, for a contractual change to the hours, timing or location - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 19 May 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (CON - Life peer) enables.Dealerships will be required by law to submit details of a vehicle’s appearance and registration and the location - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (CON - Life peer) police and so on to be able to draft the legislation; it will not be written up just by the brilliant civil - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Thu 18 May 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central that the office is a team of civil servants in the Department - Speech Link
2: Chi Onwurah (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) I appreciate the Minister’s clarification that the office will be a group of civil servants, but I do - Speech Link
3: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) The clause gives the Secretary of State powers to enforce that restriction in civil proceedings. - Speech Link
4: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) ensure that the market continues to meet the needs of DVS providers, public authorities, regulators, civil - Speech Link
5: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) Government amendment 46 clarifies that a specific example of business data—information about location—refers - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Report stage - Wed 17 May 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Altmann (CON - Life peer) How should Parliament and civil servants be spending their time, and do we trust that what is happening - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Oxton (CON - Life peer) That was the work of the civil servants, and perhaps the lawyers too, in those departments, but we are - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) You cannot expect civil servants to pre-emptively work on things without Ministers’ permission. - Speech Link
4: Lord Reid of Cardowan (LAB - Life peer) In all nine departments, when I made some challenging demands, the civil servants responded—but I would - Speech Link
5: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) Civil servants produced the advice, but I approved the revocation schedule for my department, DESNZ—the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Food Labelling and Allergies - Mon 15 May 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jon Cruddas (LAB - Dagenham and Rainham) commitment in this area, and since 2021 we have established a work programme and an ongoing dialogue between civil - Speech Link
2: Sarah Green (LDEM - Chesham and Amersham) companies do provide such information, the way in which it is shared can vary drastically, including the location - Speech Link