Spring Statement

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Wednesday 13th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Who’s up for a single sentence?

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

Will the Chancellor clarify the extent to which reduced business investment and fewer tax reliefs have contributed to higher corporation tax receipts?

[Mr Speaker]

Splendid.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Wednesday 27th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Since the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Ben Lake) is conscious that he has a question on the Order Paper, he can have it.

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

13. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the future of the RNLI lifeboat in New Quay.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Thursday 24th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

It would be good to hear the voice of Ceredigion as well.

[Ben Lake]

Diolch, Mr Speaker. In addition to ensuring participation in the European Union framework programme for research and innovation, it is just as crucial that immigration policy facilitates and, indeed, supports research conducted by teams consisting of members from an array of European countries. What discussions have there been with the Home Office to ensure that UK immigration policy aligns with the Government’s priorities in this regard?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Wednesday 5th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

Question 8, Mr Speaker.

[Mr Speaker]

The hon. Gentleman can legitimately shoehorn his concern about broadband into this inquiry. Go ahead.

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

8. Diolch, Mr Speaker. Many premises in Ceredigion are still awaiting confirmation of whether they will be in scope for the next phase of the Welsh Government’s Superfast Cymru scheme. Will the Secretary of State ensure that his Government’s Wales superfast broadband programme and “outside-in” initiative give priority to premises that may find themselves beyond the scope of the Welsh Government’s scheme?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Thursday 18th October 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

We have just had a reference to water, so we have to hear from Ben Lake.

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

Will the independent review into the allocation of domestic farm support, which was announced this week by the Government, also consider processes by which future financial frameworks will be agreed? To that end, would the formation of a dedicated intergovernmental body be something that the Government could explore?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Thursday 12th July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

It seems only right, in Environment questions, to call someone called Mr Ben Lake.

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

Diolch, Mr Speaker.

What consideration has the Secretary of State made of ways in which the UK Government might intervene to alleviate the pressures faced by farmers across Wales as a consequence of the recent dry weather, particularly the pressures on the already dwindling fodder reserves?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Wednesday 13th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I was about to say to the hon. Gentleman that Ceredigion is a considerable distance from Chepstow, but I am sure that he will construct his question in terms that make it orderly.

[Ben Lake]

14. My colleague Simon Thomas is leading the way on tackling air pollution and has proposed a clean air Act for Wales. Does the Secretary of State agree that there is a case for transferring responsibility for fuel duty income so that the National Assembly has the additional resources to tackle air pollution?

Higher Education Funding

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Wednesday 11th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

I sympathise with the Labour Front-Bench team’s position on this matter. Basing higher education funding on billions of pounds of student debt that might never be repaid is neither morally right nor operationally pragmatic, so I urge the Minister to commit to a wide-ranging review of higher education funding that encompasses not only tuition fees but maintenance grants and the sustainability of funding for higher education students.

If I may be so bold, Mr Speaker, I also urge the Labour Front-Bench team to enter into a discussion on this matter with their colleagues in Wales. The only Administration now committed to raising tuition fees is the Labour Welsh Government—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I am inordinately grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but it is procedurally improper for him to veer off the centre of the fairway, which he previously inhabited. Questions must be to the Government about the policy of the Government, not general exhortations to other Opposition parties, but I am sure if he wants to have a cup of tea in the Tea Room with the Labour Front-Bench spokesperson, there might be such an opportunity.

Business of the House

Debate between Ben Lake and John Bercow

Thursday 7th September 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I am afraid that we are now running very short of time, so I am looking for single-short-sentence questions. It is really a matter of good faith. If people want to ask a single-short-sentence question, that is fine, but if they want to include a long preamble, it is better they keep it for the long winter evenings that lie ahead.

[Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)]

May we have a debate in Government time on the impact on higher education institutions of the UK’s immigration policy throughout the Brexit process and beyond?