Information between 9th June 2025 - 29th June 2025
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 92 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 307 |
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 334 |
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 113 Noes - 335 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 98 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 174 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 314 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 189 |
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11 Jun 2025 - Electricity - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 91 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 350 Noes - 176 |
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13 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 71 Conservative Aye votes vs 12 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 233 Noes - 254 |
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13 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 71 Conservative Aye votes vs 11 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 216 |
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13 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 71 Conservative Aye votes vs 13 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 230 Noes - 256 |
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17 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 8 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 379 Noes - 137 |
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17 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 84 Conservative Aye votes vs 9 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 117 Noes - 379 |
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17 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 102 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 428 |
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18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 95 |
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18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 60 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 305 |
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18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 114 Noes - 310 |
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18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 313 |
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18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 93 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 102 Noes - 390 |
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18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 313 |
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20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 92 Conservative No votes vs 20 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 291 |
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20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 67 Conservative No votes vs 14 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 275 Noes - 209 |
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20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Conservative No votes vs 13 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 224 |
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20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 60 Conservative Aye votes vs 15 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 266 |
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20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Conservative Aye votes vs 15 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 208 Noes - 261 |
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20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alison Griffiths voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 68 Conservative Aye votes vs 14 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 269 |
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Alison Griffiths speeches from: SEND Funding
Alison Griffiths contributed 1 speech (346 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education |
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Tourism: Wales
Asked by: Alison Griffiths (Conservative - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) Wednesday 11th June 2025 Question to the Wales Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the potential economic impact of the proposed visitor levy on the economy in Wales. Answered by Nia Griffith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office) The Welsh tourism sector is thriving; last year British residents took over 7 million overnight trips in Wales, spending more than £2billion. Visitor levies are widely used abroad, and, if a visitor levy were introduced by all Welsh local authorities, it could raise up to £33million. This money can be invested in local services and infrastructure to support tourism, helping to improve facilities like toilets, footpaths and beaches, which will benefit both visitors and local residents. |
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Members: Correspondence
Asked by: Alison Griffiths (Conservative - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) Tuesday 17th June 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter of 16 April 2025 from the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, ref. MC2025/35782. Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury) I replied to the Hon. Member on 17 June. |
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24 Jun 2025, 2:43 p.m. - House of Commons ">> David Simmonds, Sir Roger Gale, Nick Timothy, Dr Ben Spencer, Sarah Bool, Alison Griffiths, Rebecca " Blake Stephenson MP (Mid Bedfordshire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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24 Jun 2025, 2:43 p.m. - House of Commons "Bool, Alison Griffiths, Rebecca Paul, Luis Cocking, Paul Holmes, and " Blake Stephenson MP (Mid Bedfordshire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Planning (Flooding)
2 speeches (1,147 words) 1st reading Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) Blake Stephenson, David Simmonds, Nick Timothy, Mr Gagan Mohindra, Dr Ben Spencer, Sarah Bool, Alison Griffiths - Link to Speech |
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Sunday 29th June 2025
Report - 8th Report - Export led growth: Trade with the Asia-Pacific region Business and Trade Committee Found: Wednesbury) John Cooper (Conservative; Dumfries and Galloway) Sarah Edwards (Labour; Tamworth) Alison Griffiths |
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Wednesday 18th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Sustainable Aviation, Heathrow, and Manchester Airports Group Airport expansion and climate and nature targets - Environmental Audit Committee Found: present: Mr Toby Perkins (Chair); Olivia Blake; Julia Buckley; Ellie Chowns; Barry Gardiner; Alison Griffiths |
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Wednesday 18th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Oxera, New Economics Foundation, and University of Oxford Airport expansion and climate and nature targets - Environmental Audit Committee Found: present: Mr Toby Perkins (Chair); Olivia Blake; Julia Buckley; Ellie Chowns; Barry Gardiner; Alison Griffiths |
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Thursday 12th June 2025
Special Report - 2nd Special Report - Post Office Horizon scandal redress: Unfinished business: Government response Business and Trade Committee Found: Wednesbury) John Cooper (Conservative; Dumfries and Galloway) Sarah Edwards (Labour; Tamworth) Alison Griffiths |
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Wednesday 11th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Flood Re, Zurich UK, and The Association of British Insurers (ABI) Flood resilience in England - Environmental Audit Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Mr Toby Perkins (Chair); Julia Buckley; Ellie Chowns; Alison Griffiths |
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Wednesday 11th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Leeds City Council, Yorkshire Water, and Network Rail Flood resilience in England - Environmental Audit Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Mr Toby Perkins (Chair); Julia Buckley; Ellie Chowns; Alison Griffiths |
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Wednesday 11th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Public First Flood resilience in England - Environmental Audit Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Mr Toby Perkins (Chair); Julia Buckley; Ellie Chowns; Alison Griffiths |
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Tuesday 10th June 2025
Attendance statistics - EAC attendance for Session 2024–25 to 9 April 2025 Environmental Audit Committee Found: 76.2%) Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat, Chippenham) (added 28 Oct 2024) 10 of 21 (47.6%) Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 18 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 18 June 2025 - Large print Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Rebecca Paul Bob Blackman Kit Malthouse Rebecca Smith David Baines Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 18 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 18 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Rebecca Paul Bob Blackman Kit Malthouse Rebecca Smith David Baines Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 17 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 17 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Negatived on division_19 Joe Robertson Luke Taylor John Lamont Simon Hoare Alison Griffiths Greg |
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Jun. 17 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 17 June 2025 - Large print Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Tuesday 17 June 2025 _19 Joe Robertson Luke Taylor John Lamont Simon Hoare Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 17 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 17 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _19 Joe Robertson Luke Taylor John Lamont Simon Hoare Alison Griffiths Greg Smith Graham Stuart |
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Jun. 16 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 16 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Monday 16 June 2025 82 _19 Joe Robertson Luke Taylor John Lamont Simon Hoare Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 13 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 13 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _19 Joe Robertson Luke Taylor John Lamont Simon Hoare Alison Griffiths Greg Smith Graham Stuart |
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Jun. 12 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 12 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Thursday 12 June 2025 _19 Joe Robertson Luke Taylor John Lamont Simon Hoare Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 11 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 11 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Hayes Jesse Norman Mr Richard Holden Rebecca Smith David Baines Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 10 2025
All proceedings up to 10 June 2025 at Report Stage Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Tuesday 10 June 2025 Not called_NC63 Aphra Brandreth Sir Roger Gale Dan Carden Bradley Thomas Alison Griffiths |
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Jun. 04 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 4 June 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_11 Dame Harriett Baldwin Greg Smith Andrew Griffith Alison Griffiths . |
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Tennis APPG Document: APPG for Tennis Inaugural Meeting Minutes - September 2024.docx Found: Antoniazzi MP Desmond Swayne MP Baroness Lister of Burtersett Baroness Sater Chris Kane MP Alison Griffiths |
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Tennis APPG Document: APPG for Tennis Membership List .docx Found: Michelson, LTA Public Policy Manager Members Alex Barros-Curtis MP Alex Sobel Alison Griffiths |
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Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands APPG Document: Australia & New Zealand (A.N.Z.A.C.) and the Pacific Islands.pdf Found: Alison Griffiths M.P. Derek Twigg M.P. The Rt Hon The Lord Watts Bill Esterson M.P. |
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Digital Inclusion APPG Document: The Digital Inclusion APPG’s 2024 IGM Found: MP, Lucy Rigby MP, Grahame Morris MP, Kirsty Blackman MP, Will Stone MP, Sadik Al-Hassan MP, Alison Griffiths |
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Digital Inclusion APPG Document: minutes of the meeting Found: MP, Lucy Rigby MP, Grahame Morris MP, Kirsty Blackman MP, Will Stone MP, Sadik Al-Hassan MP, Alison Griffiths |
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Wednesday 11th June 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Flood resilience in England At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Emma Howard Boyd CBE - Chair, Steering Committee at Public First At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Jonathan Moxon - Flood Risk Manager at Leeds City Council Emma Brown - Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Yorkshire Water Matthew Shelton - Route Engineer at Network Rail At 3:45pm: Oral evidence Martin Lennon - Director of Policy at Flood Re Megan Dunford - Head of Large and Complex Property Claims at Zurich UK Mark Shepherd - Head of General Insurance Policy at The Association of British Insurers (ABI) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 18th June 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Airport expansion and climate and nature targets At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Andrew Meaney - Partner and Head of Transport at Oxera Dr Alex Chapman - Senior Economist at New Economics Foundation Dr Stuart Jenkins - Research fellow at University of Oxford At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Duncan McCourt - Chief Executive at Sustainable Aviation Matthew Gorman MBE - Director of Carbon Strategy at Heathrow Neil Robinson - Chief Sustainability Officer at Manchester Airports Group View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 24th June 2025 2 p.m. Business and Trade Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Pricing, competition and consumer protection At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Dominic Morrey - Commercial Director for Fresh Food at Tesco Ed Anderson - Director of Legal (Regulatory and Commercial) at Sainsbury’s At 2:55pm: Oral evidence Sophie Dekkers - Chief Commercial Officer at easyJet Robert Griggs - Policy and Public Affairs Director at Airlines UK At 3:25pm: Oral evidence Andrew Parsons - Managing Director at Ticketmaster Phil Bowdery - Executive President, Touring International Music at Live Nation, and Chairman at Concert Promoters Association At 4:05pm: Oral evidence Emma Cochrane - Acting Executive Director of Consumer Protection at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Hayley Fletcher - Interim Senior Director of Consumer Protection at Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 25th June 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Linsey Cottrell - Environmental Policy Officer at Conflict and Environment Observatory Dr Joanna Cloy - Senior Project Manager at Fidra Professor Michael Depledge CBE - Emeritus Professor at European Centre for Environment and Human Health At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Andrew Spence - Joint Managing Director at Britannia Fire Ltd Dr Nissanka Rajapakse - Group Head of Product Stewardship at Johnson Matthey Mark Hirlam - Global Sales Director at Delipac View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 1st July 2025 1:45 p.m. Business and Trade Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Small business strategy At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Andrew Goodacre - Chief Executive Officer at British Independent Retailers Association Paul Wilson - Policy Director at Federation of Small Business Jonny Haseldine - Head of Corporate Governance & Business Environment Policy at British Chambers of Commerce Dominic Armstrong - Head of Policy and Communications at Community Trade Union At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Caroline Larissey - Chief Executive at National hair and Beauty Federation Toby Dicker - Chief Executive at Salon Employers Association Gareth Penn - Registrar at Hair and Barber Council Victoria Brownlie MBE - Chief Policy and Sustainability officer at British Beauty Council At 3:50pm: Oral evidence Brian Berry - Chief Executive at Federation of Master Builders Paul Brain - Managing Director at Ashcroft Services Limited View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 30th June 2025 4:15 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Environmental sustainability and housing growth At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Philip Duffy - Chief Executive at Environment Agency Marian Spain - Chief Executive at Natural England Eamonn Boylan - Chief Executive at Homes England View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 9th July 2025 9 a.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Flood resilience in England At 9:30am: Oral evidence Philip Duffy - Chief Executive at Environment Agency At 10:30am: Oral evidence Emma Hardy MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Dr Sebastian Catovsky - Co-director, Floods and Water at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 8th July 2025 9:30 a.m. Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls - Oral evidence Subject: UK economic security At 10:00am: Oral evidence Archie Norman - Chairman at Marks and Spencer Nick Folland - General Counsel at Marks and Spencer Victoria McKenzie-Gould - Corporate Affairs Director at Marks and Spencer At 10:30am: Oral evidence Dominic Kendal-Ward - Group Secretary and General Counsel at Co-op Group Rob Elsey - Group Chief Digital Information Officer at Co-op Group At 11:00am: Oral evidence Professor Ciaran Martin - Professor of Practise in the Management of Public Organisations at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Jamie MacColl - Senior Research Fellow, Cyber and Tech at RUSI Katharina Sommer - Group Head of Government Affairs and Analyst Relations at NCC Group At 11:40am: Oral evidence James Babbage - Director General (Threats) at National Crime Agency Richard Horne - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at National Cyber Security Centre Andrew Gould - Detective Chief Superintendent for Cyber and Economic Crime at City of London Police, and National Cybercrime Programme Lead at National Police Chiefs' Council View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 9th July 2025 1 p.m. Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls - Oral evidence Subject: UK economic security At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP - Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security at Department of Business and Trade Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at Cabinet Office Philippa Makepeace - Director, Geopolitics and Economic Security at Department for Business and Trade Jonathan Black - Deputy National Security Adviser (Economics) at Cabinet Office, and Director General for European & Global Issues at Cabinet Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 14th July 2025 4 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 15th July 2025 2 p.m. Business and Trade Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The role of regulators At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Sarah Pritchard - ED Consumers, Competition and International and Deputy CEO at Financial Conduct Authority Sarah Cardell - Chief Executive at Competition and Markets Authority David Bailey - Executive Director, Prudential Policy at Prudential Regulation Authority (Bank of England) At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Jonathan Brearley - Chief Executive at Ofgem David Black - Chief Executive at Ofwat Jo Nettleton - Chief Regulator at Environment Agency At 4:00pm: Oral evidence The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts - Chair at Regulatory Innovation Office Justin Madders MP - Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets at Department for Business and Trade View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 16th July 2025 9 a.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Airport expansion and climate and nature targets At 9:15am: Oral evidence Dr Pauleen Lane CBE - Professional Lead for Infrastructure at Planning Inspectorate Ian Thynne - Head of Environmental Planning Specialists at Hillingdon Council At 10:15am: Oral evidence Mike Kane MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security) at Department for Transport Hannah Newell - Director for Heathrow Expansion at Department for Transport Dr Bob Moran - Deputy Director, Head of Decarbonisation Strategy at Department for Transport Sonia Krylova - Deputy Director, Carbon Budget Delivery and Framework Net Zero Strategy Directorate at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar - Add to calendar |
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16 Jun 2025
Small business strategy Business and Trade Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions At the Autumn Budget 2024, the government announced its intention to publish a Small Business Strategy “setting out the government’s vision for support for small businesses”. This will be published in 2025. To ensure the Committee and Parliament can scrutinise this policy effectively, the Business & Trade Committee will conduct an inquiry to develop recommendations for the strategy and to set criteria against which to judge the Government’s progress. In particular, we will assess how small business success can contribute to the Government’s overall objectives of raising the rates of economic growth, increasing disposable income and closing regional inequalities. We shall also seek to learn lessons from the approaches taken in other countries, such the US. |