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Westminster Hall
Colleges Week - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) Ninety-two per cent of colleges were judged to be “good” or “outstanding” for overall effectiveness at - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) sector has fallen to record lows, and vital decision-making powers have been taken away from local communities - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) We know that Whitehall does not have all the answers for what is needed in our local communities. - Speech Link
4: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) He too spoke of the importance of colleges in their local communities. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Report stage - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None and Local Government Committee of Session 2017-19, Leasehold Reform, HC 1468, and the Government response - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) effectiveness of this whole regime is debatable. - Speech Link
3: None (b) Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.” - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Time Banking - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) UK to implement a system for quality-effectiveness and to calculate the social return on investment. - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) of Government support for time banking and for an insightful speech on the benefits that she has clearly - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Post Office Horizon: Compensation and Legislation - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) Do the Government have a timeline for the exoneration to be fulfilled and for full compensation to be - Speech Link
2: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) Your Lordships’ House needs time properly to assess both the effectiveness of the legislation and its - Speech Link
3: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) I am grateful for that and I hope I have made the point that the Government continue to look into it. - Speech Link
4: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) cost to the citizenry of this country, as well as the reputational damage and other issues we have inflicted - Speech Link
5: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) The Post Office personnel are the absolute core of the business, of many communities and of this country - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024 - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) of many patient groups and communities—which the Minister alluded to—that their communities and their - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB - Life peer) The cost-efficacy basis for these posts has been questioned in a recent paper, showing how the cost of - Speech Link
3: Lord Allan of Hallam (LD - Life peer) I thank whoever in the department who is responsible for coming up with a scheme whose acronym is ARRS - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) issues in the dispute at a cost to public funds and public safety. - Speech Link
2: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) A second, which is delivered by the Department for Business and Trade rather than the Post Office, is - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Housing, Communities and Local Government, told the inquiry that“there was no tracking recommendation - Speech Link
4: None Piloting will allow us to evaluate and test the effectiveness and impact of the new model ahead of an - Speech Link
5: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) The Office for Statistics Regulation is clear that it is for each department to decide when and how it - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pavement Parking - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Department for Transport received over 15,000 responses to its consultation on this matter - Speech Link
2: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) It would not cost much and might get the Government some popularity. - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) , and significant challenges in their deliverability and effectiveness. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Eaton (Con - Life peer) Last month, local authorities, supported by the LGA, again called upon the Government to extend the powers - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Access to Education: South-East Northumberland - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Ian Lavery (Lab - Wansbeck) I do not intend to make any comment on the effectiveness of either system—that is for another time. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Should not central Government assist local councils in areas with additional needs by providing more - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Issues around special educational needs and disabilities need to be a much greater priority for the Government - Speech Link
4: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) The Department works closely with local authorities and admissions authorities on those matters.Overall - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) the Department for Business and Trade will be announcing details shortly. - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Lady asks me to liaise with the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) The Department for Business and Trade is better placed to answer those specific points, but I would say - Speech Link
4: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Ladywood) the Leicestershire prison that the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has - Speech Link
5: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) We are trying to address the issue of SEND with the Department for Education, and if my hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) However, they create a very hostile environment for local Jewish communities and create community division.There - Speech Link
2: Lord Grocott (Lab - Life peer) The truth is that this Bill from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has one clause - Speech Link
3: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) numbers of activists and advocates in local communities, on a range of matters, local and national, - Speech Link
4: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) This seems to represent the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities running an alternative - Speech Link