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Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Mon 04 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) My hairdresser has just given up on that method, so I am back to cash or cheques for my hairdresser. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Caithness (CON - Excepted Hereditary) So we have at least two departments in government involved, and although there is a Minister he is not - Speech Link
3: None This will include engagement with other government departments and will determine not only the benefits - Speech Link
4: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) policy on healthy homes all in one place, breaking down the silos between all the government departments - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 08 Jun 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Thangam Debbonaire (LAB - Bristol West) Clearly not delivering in their Departments. Are they racing home to watch daytime TV instead? - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) their medical appointments on time, receive cheques through the post and get a proper postal service? - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) for the Scottish Government. - Speech Link
4: Pauline Latham (CON - Mid Derbyshire) May we have a statement about Government support for leisure centres and how the Government are working - Speech Link
5: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Can we have a Government statement on the asylum backlog? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Update - Wed 29 Mar 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (LAB - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) have written a whole load of cheques in a panic. - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Furthermore, the Scottish Government provided wraparound support for those cruise ships, with local government - Speech Link
3: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) We know that the Scottish Government used ferries. - Speech Link
4: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) We also have officials who are working jointly between the two Departments, so I hope my hon. - Speech Link
5: Robert Jenrick (CON - Newark) This shows the Government acting on every approach. My hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 13 Mar 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LDEM - Life peer) always say that it is very important and does great work, but when the legislation is drafted and the cheques - Speech Link
2: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) out of local government. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) departments or their agencies. - Speech Link
4: None are to deliver on their levelling-up agenda, all departments need to be on board; they need to be on - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Poverty: Food Costs - Wed 01 Mar 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ian Byrne (LAB - Liverpool, West Derby) are a Government that is fundamentally broken. - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) We need to look again at the perverse incentives in some aspects of ELMS, which give big cheques to very - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) There are some practical things the Government could do. - Speech Link


Other Business
Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]
Lords Special Public Bill Committee - Mon 20 Feb 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) The Government are working closely with the Scottish Government to secure legislative consent from the - Speech Link
2: Lord Bassam of Brighton (LAB - Life peer) , strategically across Whitehall, it might not be DCMS, but will it be the Treasury rather than the departments - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) , but throughout the work on the Bill I have benefited from the support of officials in a number of departments - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Digital Pound - Tue 07 Feb 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) vision for a digital pound would have the same privacy protections as bank accounts, debit cards or cheques - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (LAB - Erith and Thamesmead) First, how will the Government ensure a digital pound guarantees the privacy of the public? - Speech Link
3: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) This Government have never promoted a crypto wild west. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) Minister’s organisation of Departments to ensure that they deliver the outcomes that the British people - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Financial Services and Markets Bill
Committee stage - Mon 06 Feb 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None After years and years, they have had cheques sent to them to cover the loss of their savings. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) departments to make sure that we get it right. - Speech Link
3: None departments, including the Treasury or the NHS in England. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
IMF Economic Outlook - Tue 31 Jan 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) Labour starts writing blank cheques, and it ends with a letter from its Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Speech Link
2: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) Despite the Minister’s bluster, the Government Benches are empty. - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) If the Government will not look at the forecast, let us look at the facts. - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) The Government are on track to spend £20 billion in public expenditure by 2024-25. - Speech Link
5: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) Lady knows the work that is happening across Departments on the protocol. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Financial Services and Markets Bill
Report stage - Wed 07 Dec 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) people operate without chequebooks on a daily basis, and no retailers, as far as I am aware, accept cheques - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) That is not the position of the Government. - Speech Link
3: David Mundell (CON - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) Cheques may be on the way out, but there are still circumstances where they are required. - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) financial inclusion has been a hot potato passed between the FCA, the Treasury and other regulators and Departments - Speech Link
5: Bim Afolami (CON - Hitchin and Harpenden) It is important that the regulators and the Government work together to find a system whereby the Government - Speech Link