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Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of York (Bshp - Bishops) This is very good news for the north and is the first deal of its kind that includes a large rural area - Speech Link
2: Lord Wharton of Yarm (Con - Life peer) was Northern Powerhouse Minister, I took the then Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill through - Speech Link
3: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) Convention on Human Rights.I regard the Illegal Migration Act as unfinished business and I think the - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) retailers, National Business Crime Solution and the Home Office. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Robert Goodwill (Con - Scarborough and Whitby) , both from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and from animal welfare organisations - Speech Link
2: Siobhan Baillie (Con - Stroud) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) If you want to open a business in Scotland, you will have access to the small business bonus, and as - Speech Link
4: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) education—in the context of rural areas. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Will the Leader of the House give us the business for next week? - Speech Link
2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Powerhouse Rail and safeguard the land for it? - Speech Link
3: Kevin Brennan (Lab - Cardiff West) May I ask a question about business in the new Session? - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) of the Business and Trade Committee.I repeat what I said earlier: it is incredibly difficult to negotiate - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We also know that humanitarian aid often does not reach minority or rural communities, particularly in - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Transport: Zero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2 - Tue 17 Oct 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None They are how most people in rural constituencies such as mine access work, education and essential services - Speech Link
2: None Northern Powerhouse Rail is now extended to include Hull and Sheffield. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) develop the business cases. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Humphreys (LD - Life peer) If it is a commitment, can the noble Baroness inform us when work on the business case for the project - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 16 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) Our plans to extend the economic development of Docklands east to make the Thames estuary a powerhouse - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) about the proposals to change business rates, which may have a dramatic effect and curtail the opportunities - Speech Link
3: Helen Morgan (LDEM - North Shropshire) In rural counties such as Shropshire, for example, the cost of providing social care is much higher and - Speech Link
4: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) It is a very fair point, and absolutely, on the Government side of the House, we understand that rural - Speech Link
5: Samantha Dixon (LAB - City of Chester) Chester, like city centres up and down the country, as well as rural and coastal areas, is seeing rents - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Zero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2 - Mon 16 Oct 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) They are how most people in rural constituencies such as mine access work, education and essential services - Speech Link
2: Louise Haigh (LAB - Sheffield, Heeley) severe overcrowding and set Northern Powerhouse Rail back by a decade? - Speech Link
3: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) One of the key parts of the business case for HS2 was that it was for business and business traffic. - Speech Link
4: Martin Vickers (CON - Cleethorpes) If the seaside resorts, industrial towns and rural villages of Lincolnshire are to expand their economies - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Horseracing and Bloodstock Industries - Thu 14 Sep 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Herbert of South Downs (CON - Life peer) of the rural economy”. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Effingham (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Our rural economies need all the help they can receive, and racing both directly and indirectly supports - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (LAB - Life peer) rural nature of the businesses concerned. - Speech Link
4: Lord Harlech (CON - Excepted Hereditary) reflects a powerhouse industry respected at home and abroad. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK’s Relationship with Mexico - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Dan Carden (LAB - Liverpool, Walton) I thank the Backbench Business Committee for giving time for this debate, and I look forward to hearing - Speech Link
2: Marco Longhi (CON - Dudley North) to reflect on these few words, and also on how he might see Mexico developing as a future powerhouse - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) I congratulate him.I also thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting the debate. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade visited in February, and my right hon. - Speech Link
5: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) Together with colleagues in the Department for Business and Trade, I am determined to ensure that the - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Beyond Digital (COVID-19 Committee Report) - Wed 06 Sep 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho (CB - Life peer) It seems extraordinary now that this building managed to get itself online and doing all the business - Speech Link
2: Lord Bilimoria (CB - Life peer) Of course, many of those were in rural areas. - Speech Link
3: Lord Holmes of Richmond (CON - Life peer) To echo my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, when will every single household, business and part - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Energy Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) for—(i) the Rural Community Energy Fund,(ii) the Urban Renewable Energy Fund, and(iii) any other fund - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) I thank all the Secretaries of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and - Speech Link
3: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) and Buchan, and those across north-east Scotland and rural Britain. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) the previous rural community energy fund, to enable both rural and urban communities across England - Speech Link
5: Craig Mackinlay (CON - South Thanet) My business has closed and my family are on the street.” - Speech Link