Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 May 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" What steps his Department is taking to increase renewable energy production. ..."Andrew Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 May 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the many natural advantages we are blessed with is the tide around the shores of the United Kingdom, and will she bring forward at the earliest opportunity the Government’s proposals to unleash tidal power?..."Andrew Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Mar 2021
UK Steel Production: Greensill Capital
"On behalf of manufacturers in my constituency relying on specialist grades of steel, I thank my right hon. Friend for his Department’s work to support UK steel and ask him to keep working with the industry so that we can be leaders in green steel production as we transition to …..."Andrew Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill
"I think the right hon. Gentleman at heart is a secret Cummings-ite, because he is constructing a number of paper tigers to try to find offence with a Bill that he fundamentally wishes his party had thought of first. What possible incentive would a new disruptive ARIA have for trying …..."Andrew Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill
"It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Delyn (Rob Roberts), who has added to our lexicon of quotes most eloquently today. Today is the national day of reflection, and I join my thoughts to those of the Prime Minister when he said:
“The last 12 months …..."Andrew Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 10 Dec 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)
"The hon. Lady appears to be advancing two arguments simultaneously. On the one hand, I understand the argument about clarity, which is indeed something that many people would look for in this Bill. However, she also talks about flexibility and that we should not seek to tie the Secretary of …
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 10 Dec 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)
"I do not know how familiar the hon. Gentleman is with the process by which the courts look at the definitions for judicial review, but one of the dangers of trying to write them down—I accept that it is “may” language, not “must”—is that the court will look at them. …
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 10 Dec 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)
"I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s conversion to the zealous promotion of free enterprise and the cause of small businesses, but would he extend his support to any new taxation measures, new business regulation or employment measures that are advanced by the Government? While I support the thrust, the principle and …
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 10 Dec 2020
National Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)
"Although this is interesting, I fear we are drifting a tiny bit off the new clause, which does not refer to geography. Given the Opposition’s desire to continue to shade in any ambiguity with greater clarity and the definition in new clause 5, will the hon. Gentleman give his definition …
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Written Question
Wednesday 9th December 2020
Asked by:
Andrew Griffith (Conservative - Arundel and South Downs)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) value of loans provided through the Business Interruption Loans Scheme to businesses in (i) West Sussex and (ii) Arundel and South Downs constituency since the introduction of that scheme.
Answered by Paul Scully
In the Chichester (West Sussex) constituency as of 15 November, 118 loans were offered under the CBILS scheme to a value of £24,286,975. In the same constituency, 2106 loans were offered under the BBLS scheme to a value of £63,038,524.
In the Arundel and South Downs constituency as of 15 November, 127 loans were offered under the CBILS scheme to a value of £22,734,238. In the same constituency, 2089 loans were offered under the BBLS scheme to a value of £61,589,232.