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Lords Chamber
Defence Spending - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) Clearly, the commitment is there to defence expenditure—it follows on from the commitment to improving - Speech Link
2: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Fourthly, it is on ensuring that expenditure is effective through radical procurement reform, which I - Speech Link
3: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, all of us will welcome any increase to defence expenditure at a time of maximum turmoil and - Speech Link
4: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (LD - Life peer) are experiencing ballistic missile attacks on energy and heating infrastructure, homes, hospitals and schools - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Football Governance Bill
2nd reading - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Thangam Debbonaire (Lab - Bristol West) The next Labour Government want to invest—in hospitals, in schools, in repairing the damage done by the - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Governance Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In so doing, I declare an interest as the principal proprietor of the Good Schools Guide; we make a lot - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) There is tax due that goes unpaid at scale and, in social security, the percentage of benefit expenditure - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
NHS: Long-term Sustainability - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath (Lab - Life peer) possible, and taxpayers’ money is spent well, when the NHS, local government, housing associations and schools - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) If this healthcare can be provided in the community in family hubs, schools, the workplace, medical centres - Speech Link
3: Lord Parekh (Lab - Life peer) When it comes to reducing the cost, one can think of a variety of ways in which expenditure could be - Speech Link
4: Lord Londesborough (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Our tax revenues cannot keep up with our expenditure on public services, so we routinely resort to borrowing—an - Speech Link
5: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) According to the research we have been provided with, that is where £1 of expenditure provides £13.62 - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) They are in all of our schools and on all of our high streets. - Speech Link
2: Steve Brine (Con - Winchester) Schools are worried, as colleagues will hear from any headteacher in their constituencies. - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Schools are battling to stamp out the practice. - Speech Link
4: Maggie Throup (Con - Erewash) Lost productivity, healthcare costs and social care expenditure paint a stark picture of the true cost - Speech Link
5: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) I am really grateful for the detailed feedback from three of those schools. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
2nd reading - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) I live, there is profound disagreement between the residents of a shared property concerning heavy expenditure - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) overseas companies, from neglecting the community facilities—ground-floor shops, and sometimes even schools - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Local Government Finances - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) on to say that councils should set out how they will“improve service performance and reduce wasteful expenditure - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) recent example being Culture Start in Sunderland —a city-based partnership spanning social housing, schools - Speech Link
3: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) In times of reducing public expenditure, it is ever more important to distribute available resources - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) councils and their communities against one another in competitive bidding rounds, has driven much of this expenditure - Speech Link
5: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) This is why the Spring Statement committed £105 million towards a wave of 15 new special free schools - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tutoring Provision - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) He was also clear that tutoring should be best managed and led by schools. - Speech Link
2: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) Friend agree that expenditure should be focused on initiatives like this programme, as opposed to the - Speech Link
3: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) Just a few months ago, the then Schools Minister, the right hon. - Speech Link
4: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) We will prioritise our children, schools and families once again. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Spring Budget 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Con - Life peer) Covid resulted in a drop in GDP of some 10% and consequent expenditure of £500 billion on supporting - Speech Link
2: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) Public expenditure is way over 40% of GDP, and while it is on a downward trajectory, nobody really believes - Speech Link
3: Lord Tugendhat (Con - Life peer) In the defence debate last September, I called for a start to be made in increasing defence expenditure - Speech Link
4: Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury (Con - Life peer) Surely it is possible to have just one Budget Statement a year setting out public expenditure, tax rates - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) spend more than £300 billion on public procurement, which accounts for almost a third of all public expenditure - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) The UK public sector spends about £2.4 billion a year procuring food for organisations such as schools - Speech Link
3: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) Friend rightly points out, people in schools and hospitals have no choice as to what provider they go - Speech Link
4: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) Published in June 2021, the NPPS argued that the “huge power” of public procurement expenditure“must - Speech Link
5: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) means harnessing the economic and social power of locally rooted institutions, including our councils, schools - Speech Link