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Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) pieces, four and a half times as many warships, six times as many armed vehicles, eight times as many transport - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) defence will provide even more opportunities—opportunities for apprentices and for seasoned engineers - Speech Link
3: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) his own Department is preparing for exactly that, whatever the result of the next election. - Speech Link
4: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) the RAF A400M transport aircraft, and the Wing of Tomorrow facility in Filton represents a significant - Speech Link
5: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) Friend the Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke (Jack Lopresti) talked about apprentices, defence-related - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) Q Thank you so much for being here and for all you do in the north-east. - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) have heard Mr Fothergill from the LGA saying that he has to show his bus pass every time he wants free transport - Speech Link
3: None I was a member of the Department of Health tobacco expert group for many years, and I am now a member - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) We will need to do a lot of training—and not just training, but recruitment of new apprentices, students - Speech Link
5: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Kate Pike: We pushed for tobacco licensing for many years. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Affordable Housing: Supply - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) employment opportunities for adults, and overall improved health for families. - Speech Link
2: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) for the needs of Wales and of course for Plaid Cymru. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) says this new-town girl—which will be new communities with beautiful homes, green spaces, reliable transport - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) We are therefore committed to ensuring that the right skills and training are available for apprentices - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Space Industry - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) whole has a turnover of some £17.5 billion per annum, employing nearly 50,000 people, 2,300 of whom are apprentices - Speech Link
2: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) for Science, Innovation and Technology, as opposed to the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
3: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) space industry impacts everybody and everything, from climate change monitoring and rural broadband to transport - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Future of Rail Manufacturing - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) Hitachi is training apprentices and increasing the skill base locally through investments in higher education - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Member for Sedgefield (Paul Howell), who is also my colleague on the Transport Committee. The hon. - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) funds, because ultimately, private rail operators have the Department for Transport as an operator of - Speech Link
4: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) The Department was found to have won on every single point. - Speech Link
5: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) The Department remains keen to work closely with Hitachi to help the company find a solution. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) The same applies to the apprentice national minimum wage rate, which applies to apprentices aged 19 and - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) The Low Pay Commission report notes that energy, food and transport costs were at the “highest rates - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) childcare or transport costs? - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) thousands of UK Government workers who are paid the national minimum wage, including some employed by the Department - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) will fall to the Department for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I will ensure that the Secretary of State for Transport has heard what my hon. - Speech Link
3: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) No other Department has missed the deadline; only the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
4: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Friend find Government time for a debate on apprentices in public services, so that we can congratulate - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Laura Trott (Con - Sevenoaks) of Department for Work and Pensions services, and replacing the paper-based system for benefits. - Speech Link
2: Valerie Vaz (Lab - Walsall South) legal apprentices to make their way in careers in the law? - Speech Link
3: Yvonne Fovargue (Lab - Makerfield) the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) Figures from the Department for Transport lay the issue bare—these statistics just cannot be argued with - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) £101 million for local transport. - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) have worked hard on it, as well as the Department for Transport, National Highways and indeed my predecessor - Speech Link
3: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) Sadly, the Department tells me there is not even money to pay for establishing how many people are living - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) The simple fact is that tens of thousands of workers employed by the state—by, for example, the Department - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Andrew Jones (Con - Harrogate and Knaresborough) What steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of occupations for which apprenticeships - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) What steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of occupations for which apprenticeships - Speech Link
3: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) We are always happy to work with any industry that sees an opportunity for more apprentices to be trained - Speech Link
4: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Wakley, who is disabled and travels to her college on the bus, but her blue badge does not allow free transport - Speech Link
5: Robert Halfon (Con - Harlow) We have also launched a mentoring pilot for disabled apprentices. - Speech Link