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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 29 Nov 2023
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Alister Jack (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) I am delighted that progress is being made. - Speech Link
2: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) The Acorn project represents a huge opportunity for the north-east of Scotland. - Speech Link
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) He even took time out of his busy schedule of insulting people in the north-east to admit that he agrees - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) record investment in its new plant in Sunderland, safeguarding the future of thousands of jobs in the north-east - Speech Link
5: Jonathan Gullis (Con - Stoke-on-Trent North) of the Stoke to Leek line, and over £30 million to bus back better by introducing fairer fares and smarter - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Debt in Africa - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) That boom in ultra wealth comes on the back of every country in the middle east and north Africa region - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Glasgow North, and as I sat listening to the hon. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I am not smarter than anyone else, biblically, physically or emotionally. - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) and north Africa paying a further $45 billion. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) The deal made him Prime Minister and made him make her the most unsuitable Home Secretary this country - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Lady has made a very important point. - Speech Link
3: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) leading to a chaotic situation.Tougher sentencing is sometimes part of the mix, and rightly so, but smarter - Speech Link
4: Damian Green (Con - Ashford) Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson), which I have signed. - Speech Link
5: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts). - Speech Link
6: Margaret Beckett (Lab - Derby South) Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts). - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Building an NHS Fit for the Future - Mon 13 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) Friend the Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Steve Barclay), and a huge honour to work with my hon - Speech Link
2: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Steve Barclay). - Speech Link
3: Jeff Smith (Lab - Manchester, Withington) Member for North East Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller), who made an interesting speech. - Speech Link
4: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) When I look at the GP services in North East Fife, I see them crumbling under the SNP. - Speech Link
5: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) We have had seven post office closures in North East Fife alone. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill
2nd reading - Fri 20 Oct 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) The bit that works is north to south; it is across the north that it does not work, and the Prime Minister - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) The third important part of our smarter regulation agenda relates to ensuring we have a well-functioning - Speech Link
3: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) Friend made a good point about restoration and renewal, which made me think about a question I asked - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Contracts for Difference Scheme - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) understand that some of those who wished to be here are unfortunately unable to due to Storm Babet in north-east - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) get into a subsidy race to the bottom with the likes of the US, but what we can do is work faster and smarter - Speech Link
3: Jeff Smith (Lab - Manchester, Withington) benefits will be particularly felt in Scottish oil and gas communities, coastal communities and the north-east - Speech Link
4: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) We are now able to export our expertise to the north-east of the United States, to the Gulf, to Taiwan—all - Speech Link
5: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) I appreciate the intervention you made. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Green Energy: Ports - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Stephen Crabb (Con - Preseli Pembrokeshire) For a long time the north-east of Scotland was associated with fishing and oil, but there is a lot more - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) sea, off the East Anglia coast. - Speech Link
3: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) Gentleman for another excellent and well-made point. - Speech Link
4: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) done here, and it can make such a difference: it can bring about the renaissance of industry in the north-east - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Revocation and Sunset Disapplication) Regulations 2023 - Mon 18 Sep 2023
Attorney General

Mentions:
1: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) and even then there is not always a direct relationship with our leaving the EU.One example is the “Smarter - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Member for North East Somerset (Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg), in his June 2022 ministerial statement, in which - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Member for North East Somerset. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 14 Sep 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) What recent progress she has made on regulatory reform. - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) Our smarter regulation programme—which includes implementation of the reforms recommended in the report - Speech Link
3: Andy McDonald (LAB - Middlesbrough) belt and road project through a US-backed trade corridor to speed up links between Europe, the middle east - Speech Link
4: Martin Vickers (CON - Cleethorpes) Friend on the progress made with CPTPP. - Speech Link
5: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) over our laws, our borders and our money, as well as being able to deregulate, including through our smarter - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 12 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Felicity Buchan (CON - Kensington) The Bill does not change our policy on the middle east. - Speech Link
2: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) It applies as much to Myanmar, North Korea and China as it does to Israel. - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (CON - Kensington) Friend the Member for Harrow East. - Speech Link
4: Steve McCabe (LAB - Birmingham, Selly Oak) her to reflect on whether the proposals will really have the effect she seeks or whether it might be smarter - Speech Link
5: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Member for Harrow East for taking my intervention. - Speech Link