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Westminster Hall
Tax-free Shopping for International Visitors - Thu 07 Sep 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) I highlight visitors from those countries and regions because visitors from those areas spend on average - Speech Link
2: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) first place.This is of particular significance on a couple of levels to Scotland, but particularly to rural - Speech Link
3: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (CON - The Cotswolds) So while that scheme is available, it is very little used. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
EU Programmes - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Michelle Donelan (CON - Chippenham) agreed, I was the first to hop on the train to Brussels to see the commissioner to ensure that we could kickstart - Speech Link
2: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) The SNP welcomes this move, which will provide much-needed certainty and kickstart new research opportunities - Speech Link
3: Michelle Donelan (CON - Chippenham) That is a separate scheme. - Speech Link
4: Michelle Donelan (CON - Chippenham) When it comes to rural communities, agri-tech is absolutely at the heart of the areas that we are focusing - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Renewable Energy in the East of England - Tue 11 Jul 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) low compared with those in other regions, and with pockets of deprivation, particularly in coastal areas - Speech Link
2: Graham Stuart (CON - Beverley and Holderness) Just last year, our contracts for difference scheme allocated support for a further 7 GW of offshore - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions - Tue 04 Jul 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) I warmly welcome the Minister’s announcement of six-monthly performance reports for the restart scheme - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) In my constituency—indeed, this is something the Scottish Affairs Committee is looking at—the rural poverty - Speech Link
3: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) Will the Minister consider reviewing the scheme for accruing credits for stay-at-home parents, or at - Speech Link
4: Alison McGovern (LAB - Wirral South) Kickstart failed to deliver what it was said it would deliver. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Access to Nature - Thu 18 May 2023
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) provide access to nature for children of school age, including of course the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme - Speech Link
2: Bob Seely (CON - Isle of Wight) areas of conservation. - Speech Link
3: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) We have our Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme, which is increasing access to national parks and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Budget Statement - Thu 16 Mar 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) This is a new voluntary employment scheme for disabled people, where the Government will spend up to - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) wanted to extend energy support for businesses, especially local businesses, including farmers and rural - Speech Link
3: Lord Bridges of Headley (CON - Life peer) There are two final areas of growth we can also be sure of. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Wed 15 Mar 2023
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) The CBI said the Government should“work with businesses across the UK’s nations and regions to kickstart - Speech Link
2: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) Member not recognise that the issues raised today with regard to fuel will help vast rural constituencies - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) The latest data released from the scheme shows that 0.4% of all installations in the scheme have been - Speech Link
4: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) At the same time, however, fuel poverty continues to scar Scotland in not just rural but urban areas. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Skills and Labour Shortages - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) The situation is particularly acute in rural areas, prompting the Migration Advisory Committee to warn - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In Northern Ireland, the Syrian scheme came in, and that was followed by the Afghan scheme. - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Does she agree that Government action on the issue so far, such as the kickstart scheme, which cost £2 - Speech Link
4: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) Member for North Ayrshire and Arran about rural areas and depopulation. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (CON - Ribble Valley) distances service users should be expected to travel to access essential in-person banking services in rural - Speech Link
2: Rupa Huq (IND - Ealing Central and Acton) It is not just about rural communities. - Speech Link
3: None This is not just a problem for rural areas. - Speech Link
4: David Mundell (CON - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) As I pointed out in an intervention, about 8 million people, whether they are rural dwellers or those - Speech Link
5: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) When the Bill receives Royal Assent, it will kickstart a wide-ranging and ambitious programme of secondary - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Management of the Economy and Ministerial Severance Payments - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lucy Frazer (CON - South East Cambridgeshire) To help people into jobs, we have the kickstart and restart schemes and the skills bootcamps. - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) This means that in Scotland budgets have had to be reprioritised across a range of areas to provide this - Speech Link
3: Helen Morgan (LDEM - North Shropshire) The impact is even worse for people living in rural constituencies such as North Shropshire, where studies - Speech Link