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General Committees
Draft Commonwealth Development Corporation (Limit on Government Assistance) Regulations 2023 - Wed 05 Jul 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) As the UK’s development finance institution, BII invests long-term patient capital in private companies - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) boosting of economic growth, productivity and tax receipts, and delivering innovative new products, services - Speech Link
3: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) This measure is the sort of thing that conforms to what I would call the inverse rule of public finance - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cost of Living: Parental Leave and Pay - Mon 19 Jun 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) increasing across the UK since early 2021”and that the impact of inflation on“the affordability of goods and services - Speech Link
2: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) Will she commit to reviewing the way in which statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay and maternity - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) representative, one thing that affects me in the office is when people come along and I can see the pressures of finance - Speech Link
4: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) maternity pay should be equalised. - Speech Link
5: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) We offer 52 weeks of maternity leave, of which 39 are paid through statutory maternity pay. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hospice Services: Support - Wed 14 Jun 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (CON - Eastleigh) Its work does not come without cost, but, as a charity, its services are provided free of charge to all - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) We would not, in this day and age, fund maternity care by running bake sales, skydiving or wing-walking - Speech Link
3: Robin Millar (CON - Aberconwy) Beyond the care itself, it is about research into and understanding of that support.On the point about finance - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Members of Parliament: Risk-based Exclusion - Mon 12 Jun 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) overseas—and we found it totally unacceptable, because the proxy system is designed for those who are on maternity - Speech Link
2: James Sunderland (CON - Bracknell) Historically and currently, it has been for maternity and paternity leave, but it should be extended - Speech Link
3: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) It would put them on a par with people who are very ill or on maternity leave. - Speech Link
4: Sharon Hodgson (LAB - Washington and Sunderland West) the Commission across the past few months since taking on the role of Chair of the House of Commons Finance - Speech Link
5: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) understanding is that she herself has been on the receiving end of vexatious allegations that related to social services - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Illegal Migration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LDEM - Life peer) The Explanatory Memorandum also says that the Government can requisition scheduled services—scheduled - Speech Link
2: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) or chartered services. - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LDEM - Life peer) The difference that I can perceive is the requisitioning of services, particularly transport services - Speech Link
4: None No recourse to public finance means, of course, that you are entitled only to primary and emergency care - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK’s Exit from the European Union - Mon 24 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) Many EU citizens who have left were key workers, and the backbone of our public services. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down) Like everywhere else in the UK, services are by far the largest aspect of our economy. - Speech Link
3: Hywel Williams (PC - Arfon) Member for Gravesham (Adam Holloway), who is now inexplicably absent from his seat, finance is being - Speech Link
4: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) I would like to see a proper review of electoral law, data protection, campaign finance—in particular - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) record on workers’ rights, for example, which is among the best in the world, nor will we roll back maternity - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Tue 21 Mar 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Edward Miliband (LAB - Doncaster North) In fact—get this—one in five of the people who will benefit are in banking and finance and nothing to - Speech Link
2: Angela Crawley (SNP - Lanark and Hamilton East) and ensure that those who are in work stay in work, as well as to tackle things such as pregnancy and maternity - Speech Link
3: Laura Farris (CON - Newbury) It is tantamount to universal free childcare from the end of the protected statutory maternity period - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) We are a hub for business, finance, law, technology, and education. - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) care that they provide—a real living wage—or at least a first step by increasing carer’s allowance to maternity - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Commonwealth Day - Tue 21 Mar 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Navendu Mishra (LAB - Stockport) quite close to Yorkshire, which also has a large community of Indian heritage, so having direct air services - Speech Link
2: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) She worked for 37 years in the UK, including as a civil servant for the City of London social services - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Trade in goods and services between Commonwealth members is estimated to be more than $680 billion, and - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) In recent years, India has passed legislation on maternity leave, to the benefit of over 600 million - Speech Link
5: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) of the Commonwealth climate finance access hub. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cash Acceptance - Mon 20 Mar 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) to decline cash payments”,and to:“Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments - Speech Link
2: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) situation.Campaigners set the bar so high that I think they will not be satisfied until they have a maternity - Speech Link
3: Tulip Siddiq (LAB - Hampstead and Kilburn) for a loan, to ensure that banking services can meet their needs. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) The industry body UK Finance found that in 2021 non-cash transactions accounted for 85% of UK payments - Speech Link
5: Andrew Griffith (CON - Arundel and South Downs) Public services are often the first to migrate to a cashless economy. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Financial Statement and Budget Report - Wed 15 Mar 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) That means more money for our public services and a lower burden for future generations—deeply held Conservative - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Hunt (CON - South West Surrey) for every single child over the age of nine months.The 30 hours offer will now start from the moment maternity - Speech Link