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Public Bill Committees
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 07 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Bim Afolami (Con - Hitchin and Harpenden) and breadth of the UK, because they encourage savings and responsible lending, and promote financial literacy - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Physician Associates - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) One is competency; another is patient literacy. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend is right to draw attention to our nation’s success in climbing the international literacy tables - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Arts - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Rebuck (Lab - Life peer) With the arts declining by 40% at GCSE and no government plan to improve literacy, oracy, creativity - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) Berkeley of Knighton, the noble Baroness, Lady Rebuck, and others who rightly mentioned the importance of literacy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools: Financial Education - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sater (Con - Life peer) First, financial literacy is a life skill vital in preparing our young people for a rewarding life. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) I stress that without good numeracy we cannot have good financial literacy. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None What if digital literacy programmes or information for new parents becomes an area in which a single - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Media Bill
Report stage - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Rosie Winterton (Lab - Doncaster Central) the period covered by the plan, which must be not more than three years.(3) In particular, a media literacy - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) a requirement for public service broadcasters to take appropriate steps to improve levels of media literacy - Speech Link


Written Statements
Levelling Up - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) including through the local needs fund, providing up to £42 million to support schools to boost pupils’ literacy - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Religious Persecution and the World Watch List - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) For example, a lot of work has been done on producing religious literacy materials, including a FORB - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Books in Primary Schools - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gill Furniss (Lab - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) It is no wonder that one in six adults in the country have very low levels of literacy, rising to one - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) the amount of time that children spend reading independently is the best predictor of their overall literacy - Speech Link
3: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Lady may remember the Education Committee’s winter reports on the importance of early literacy from the - Speech Link
4: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) Everyday experiences at a bus stop, on a train or in a supermarket are all part of that early literacy - Speech Link