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Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 11 May 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) Friend agree that we need very tough, short-term targets and an independent body that has the power and - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) We thus face a real challenge of affordability. - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) SNP election manifesto pledged to take forward the recommendations of the independent Feeley review - Speech Link
4: Angus Brendan MacNeil (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Incidentally, my mother believed in an Irish republic, a British monarchy, and an independent Scotland - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Inclusive Society - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jolly (LDEM - Life peer) Some look at an individual’s needs and commission accordingly; others put an amount on a year’s care - Speech Link
2: Lord Farmer (CON - Life peer) the green light to the important “support for families” review, as the commission recommends? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Massey of Darwen (LAB - Life peer) childcare, fiscal support for children, funding for local authorities, poverty and inequalities. - Speech Link
4: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) That is why we established an independent commission on race and ethnic disparities to explore these - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Budget Statement - Fri 12 Mar 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Horam (CON - Life peer) Nor is there a big problem with financing it while we have an independent Bank of England, which can, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) The other side is an independent regulator, the OEP, to set challenging targets and enforcement to penalise - Speech Link
3: Lord Agnew of Oulton (CON - Life peer) The 2020 spending review built on previous commitments to provide £3.6 billion of additional funding - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Income Tax (Charge) - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) For example, the childcare sector employs mostly women and is vital for ensuring that many more women - Speech Link
2: Jane Hunt (CON - Loughborough) In addition, we hope to gain funding for an institute of technology shortly as well as to secure the - Speech Link
3: Colleen Fletcher (LAB - Coventry North East) and close associates to see that when it comes to the question of affordability, it helps to be a personal - Speech Link
4: Jonathan Edwards (IND - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) I will be arguing forcefully for the latter as a key part of a prospectus for an independent Wales. - Speech Link
5: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) An independent Scotland would take this opportunity and carefully plan a way forward. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Domestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None independent domestic violence adviser. - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) least, I would appreciate a comment from the Minister about a review of how consistency and the shifting - Speech Link
3: Victoria Atkins (CON - Louth and Horncastle) Work is already under way to review the functionality of the violent and sex offender register, and the - Speech Link
4: Victoria Atkins (CON - Louth and Horncastle) During the review of children in need and the 2018 consultation on domestic abuse, we heard about the - Speech Link
5: None That money includes an additional £40 million to tackle affordability pressures in the private rented - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Covid-19: Recovery Strategies - Thu 11 Jun 2020
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bishops - Bishops) A fair, clean and more sustainable economy depends on possibility, not just affordability, of access. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) for a further 25% of providers and that 150,000 childcare places could be lost. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ravensdale (CB - Excepted Hereditary) I highlight the excellent work of the Midlands Engine Economic Observatory’s independent economic review - Speech Link
4: Lord Desai (Non-affiliated - Life peer) We must immediately and urgently commission the building of a new Parliament as soon as possible. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) The Public Health England review is an important piece of work, which sets out firm conclusions. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill
2nd reading - Wed 03 Jun 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Edward Miliband (LAB - Doncaster North) an explanation about the affordability of dividend payments. - Speech Link
2: Damian Collins (CON - Folkestone and Hythe) , we could start to put some of those issues right.Football probably needs an independent body—an independent - Speech Link
3: Richard Fuller (CON - North East Bedfordshire) It is an interesting topic, and the RSA Group did an interesting review of it last year, but again I - Speech Link
4: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) They have been brought in to do an independent business review, which is supposed to give a fair representation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Income Equality and Sustainability - Wed 06 May 2020
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sentamu (CB - Life peer) The creation of an economic equality and sustainability commission would help to facilitate the creation - Speech Link
2: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LDEM - Life peer) in need of assistance; for example, with childcare. - Speech Link
3: Lord Adonis (LAB - Life peer) That should be tied into an urgent review of apprenticeships and the right of people to study in FE if - Speech Link
4: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (LAB - Life peer) and no childcare to allow them to start work. - Speech Link
5: Lord Agnew of Oulton (CON - Life peer) the economy, the scheme’s affordability and the need for certainty for employers and employees.A number - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Covid-19 - Mon 16 Mar 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Ashworth (LAB - Leicester South) fatigue; it will be finances and affordability. - Speech Link
2: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) Yes, of course, I will keep both of those under review. - Speech Link
3: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North) Can we please have an assurance that there will be a national childcare policy, particularly for key - Speech Link
4: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) the Care Quality Commission—to ensure that people just do what is right in front of them. - Speech Link
5: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) It is not a Department of Government—it is independent, as we well know. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Tue 10 Mar 2020
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Gale (LAB - Life peer) She is now a qualified independent domestic violence adviser, and she also runs an online awareness Facebook - Speech Link
2: Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (LAB - Life peer) funding, an increase in precarious work and zero hours contracts … a housing affordability crisis and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) offers the same opportunities for progression; and improving the accessibility and affordability of - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) We have asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of the coverage and approach to hate crime legislation - Speech Link