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Westminster Hall
Access to Cash - Wed 20 Oct 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) Davies), only a few months ago; we struck coins, and met young people on the kickstart scheme. - Speech Link
2: Sara Britcliffe (CON - Hyndburn) that the more rural an area, the less able to access cash people are. - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (CON - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) The SNP Scottish Government’s botched roll-out of the R100 scheme has simply compounded matters for many - Speech Link
4: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) Would the Minister agree that the scheme could be rolled out UK-wide? - Speech Link
5: John Glen (CON - Salisbury) Action is also being taken to improve mobile connectivity in rural areas, recognising the challenges - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (CON - Chelsea and Fulham) Of course, a lot of these policy areas are devolved. - Speech Link
2: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) Levelling up is very important, and it means all parts of the country, including rural areas, having - Speech Link
3: Greg Hands (CON - Chelsea and Fulham) why we strongly believe that the announcement that we made today on the grants of up to £5,000 will kickstart - Speech Link
4: James Wild (CON - North West Norfolk) Friend ensure that the home upgrade scheme and other schemes in this strategy help my rural constituents - Speech Link
5: Greg Hands (CON - Chelsea and Fulham) , but we have seen that scheme in operation and it will help to inform the England and Wales scheme. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 21 Sep 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) working closely with sector leaders to understand how we can encourage more people to work in these areas - Speech Link
2: Kwasi Kwarteng (CON - Spelthorne) In order to kickstart a hydrogen economy, we need a cheap source of decarbonised hydrogen. - Speech Link
3: Harriett Baldwin (CON - West Worcestershire) that now that one in six cars purchased in this country are electric, the grid will be strengthened in rural - Speech Link
4: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) right between online retail and bricks and mortar, which bring community spirit and social value to areas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Working People’s Finances: Government Policy - Tue 21 Sep 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (CON - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Friend refers to the furlough scheme, which has of course been a phenomenally successful scheme. - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) We must look at that unfairness, particularly for those in the most rural parts of Scotland who find - Speech Link
3: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) extending out into the rural countryside, with its mix of small towns and villages. - Speech Link
4: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) scheme, a life-changing scheme of a six-month work placement—a springboard into a future career. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 Sep 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Craig Williams (CON - Montgomeryshire) As a rural constituency, Montgomeryshire is very reliant on the roll-out of Project Gigabit, which I - Speech Link
2: Matt Warman (CON - Boston and Skegness) He is right that, in areas such as Wales in particular, the power of levelling up through digital infrastructure - Speech Link
3: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) signposted to key Government initiatives such as the £2.5 billion national skills fund and the UK-wide kickstart - Speech Link
4: Edward Timpson (CON - Eddisbury) Thanks to UK Government initiatives such as the rural voucher scheme, the figure now stands at 47%, but - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: John Lamont (CON - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) These rural areas need a plentiful supply of electric car charging points to encourage people to make - Speech Link
2: Simon Hart (CON - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) , the workplace charging scheme, the on-street residential chargepoint scheme and a number of other measures - Speech Link
3: David T C Davies (CON - Monmouth) We will be taking on further apprentices and we have just taken on a kickstart worker and somebody from - Speech Link
4: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) This is a great opportunity for the Government to level up rural areas, so will the Prime Minister join - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) The restart scheme has recently started. - Speech Link
2: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) They are already facing higher heating costs, and let us not forget that many people in rural constituencies - Speech Link
3: Nick Fletcher (CON - Don Valley) scheme, the restart scheme and JETS—job entry targeted support. - Speech Link
4: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) have enough money to travel to work or essential appointments, and this is a particular concern in rural - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 10 Sep 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We live in a rural community, so there will also be great demand for students, boys and girls, young - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Ireland, I have talked this over with the Minister for the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural - Speech Link
3: Esther McVey (CON - Tatton) , with pupils from all backgrounds in all areas. - Speech Link
4: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) One of the great things about the kickstart scheme is that it not only guarantees a job for six months - Speech Link
5: Simon Fell (CON - Barrow and Furness) Many Members have mentioned the kickstart scheme, which provides funding to create six-month jobs for - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) The kickstart scheme has created over 230,000 jobs across the country and over the past month around - Speech Link
2: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and North Perthshire) parliamentary democracy and allow the British Government to determine priorities in Scottish devolved areas - Speech Link
3: Greg Knight (CON - East Yorkshire) individuals and small businesses across the UK, particularly for many who are elderly, vulnerable or live in rural - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Morris of Yardley (LAB - Life peer) Our country is very rich in diversity, with urban areas, rural areas, clusters of villages and small - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Norwood Green (LAB - Life peer) The Minister referred to lifelong learning, and we also have traineeships and Kickstart, so there are - Speech Link
3: Lord Aberdare (CB - Excepted Hereditary) well resourced, but the great majority are small, demand-led specialist businesses, often in towns and rural - Speech Link
4: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (LAB - Life peer) the Minister recognise that ITPs are very good at reaching out to small businesses in small towns and rural - Speech Link