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Westminster Hall
Neonicotinoids and other Pesticides - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Samantha Dixon (Lab - City of Chester) It directly contradicts our national and international obligations, such as the commitment to halt species - Speech Link
2: Samantha Dixon (Lab - City of Chester) In fact, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ own economic analysis found that there - Speech Link
3: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) For the countries where we have now signed trade deals that use neonics as standard in their agricultural - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) It is almost an annual debate—the annual neonicotinoids debate. It really is a case of déjà vu. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Iain Stewart (Con - Milton Keynes South) of the scale, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders estimate that by 2040, the annual - Speech Link
2: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) for trade union representation should be included in the Bill. - Speech Link
3: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Service providers will then be required to publish regular reports on how they are meeting the needs - Speech Link
4: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Member if he wants to discuss that further.On international rules, many hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Farming - Mon 04 Mar 2024
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Fay Jones (Con - Brecon and Radnorshire) The matter that he has raised will, of course, be one for Ministers in DEFRA and the Department for Levelling - Speech Link
2: Fay Jones (Con - Brecon and Radnorshire) Mental health in agriculture is a key concern for the Department, so much so that my right hon. - Speech Link
3: George Eustice (Con - Camborne and Redruth) it far better than officials in the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) DEFRA and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should offer seed funding for many - Speech Link
5: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) us to be buccaneers on the international trade market and that, through the free market, we will feed - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) What steps his Department is taking to improve access to public sector procurement processes for small - Speech Link
2: Mark Pawsey (Con - Rugby) What steps his Department is taking to improve access to public sector procurement processes for small - Speech Link
3: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) The Government’s “Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2022” includes data from the first year - Speech Link
4: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) money,” as well as “a persistent theme or culture of excessive confidentiality”.The Department for Levelling - Speech Link
5: Mick Whitley (Lab - Birkenhead) What discussions has he had with trade unions about these proposals? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Welsh Affairs - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Crabb (Con - Preseli Pembrokeshire) the annual debate on Welsh affairs, Mr Deputy Speaker. - Speech Link
2: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business and Trade, to ensure that we get the - Speech Link
3: Robin Millar (Con - Aberconwy) Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams), for which I commend him, reports that 37% of the jobs there are in - Speech Link
4: Jo Stevens (Lab - Cardiff Central) It is good to see you in the Chair again for this annual debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. - Speech Link
5: Jo Stevens (Lab - Cardiff Central) The Secretary of State for Business and Trade—not known for diplomacy, I might add—said that Wales should - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) We have heard reports that there was only one specialist in the Ministry of Defence dealing with these - Speech Link
2: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) for Business and Trade’s terrific offering in Northern Ireland, which includes a trade and investment - Speech Link
3: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) I would encourage him to go and look at the figures for trade between the United Kingdom and the EU, - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) that the council can provide for some of that land to be fenced and that the Department would be comfortable - Speech Link
5: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) On his specific point, integrated care boards have the power to increase their primary care annual capital - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
2nd reading - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It must be a joy to be on the Front Bench for the Department for Culture—unlike being on the Front Bench - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) This would mean that Ofcom’s annual reports would highlight where there are deficits in the delivery - Speech Link
3: Earl Attlee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) pressure from the press.I have to say that the News Media Association is far and away the most effective trade - Speech Link
4: Lord Hall of Birkenhead (XB - Life peer) Faith, as we have heard, is so important for matters of international significance.One of the great benefits - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) My department has worked closely with Ofcom throughout the drafting process. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) for Business and Trade will be announcing details shortly. - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Business and Trade and set out a timetable for updating the House on how much the Post Office took and - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Lady asks me to liaise with the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
4: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) The Department for Business and Trade is better placed to answer those specific points, but I would say - Speech Link
5: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) example death in custody statistics, we will publish those figures on an annual basis. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) for International Trade, that nothing in free trade agreements has an impact on our right to regulate - Speech Link
2: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) Member for Harrow West was the Minister for International Development. - Speech Link
3: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) The results of the monitoring are published following consideration by the Department for Environment - Speech Link
4: None Zealand) Bill, but I did not get a clear answer explaining why the then Department for International - Speech Link
5: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) The shadow Minister for international trade, my hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
Committee of the whole House - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Alan Whitehead (Lab - Southampton, Test) New licences are an international issue. - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) the Marine Management Organisation in delivering the marine spatial prioritisation programme of the Department - Speech Link
3: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) It will make no practical difference at all, given that there have been annual licensing rounds for most - Speech Link
4: Douglas Ross (Con - Moray) as the tax itself.”Perhaps most powerfully of all, last week, more than 800 individuals, firms and trade - Speech Link
5: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) As a result, the Royal Navy continued to dominate the seas and hampered Germany’s international trade - Speech Link