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Written Question
National Science and Technology Council
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason a new National Science and Technology Council has been established to replace its predecessor.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

A new National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has been established with responsibility for delivering an ambitious UK science and technology strategy. The committee will allow Ministers to coordinate efforts across government to create the very best conditions for science and technology in the UK as a crucial driver of economic growth, prosperity and security.

Written Question
Chief Scientific Advisers
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) skills and (b) experience the Government has identified as a priority for the role of Government Chief Scientific Adviser.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

A competition to recruit a new Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) is currently underway. A breadth of skills and experience are essential for the role; not only should the postholder possess a first-class reputation in the scientific field, they should also have excellent policy and analytical skills at the strategic level, and the ability to assimilate, evaluate and interpret scientific findings. In addition, they will need to command the confidence and respect of ministers, senior officials and their peers in the scientific community. They will also need to be an excellent communicator who is able to communicate with a broad range of audiences.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Sep 2022
Health and Social Care Update

"My constituents face intolerable delays in A&E, for an appointment, for referral for mental health treatment, or for an ambulance. Those who work in the NHS face plummeting morale, effective pay cuts and staff shortages. The Secretary of State’s response is to aspire to a GP waiting time that is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 09 Sep 2022
Tributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen

"The people of Newcastle have always held a strong and proud sense of our own identity as Geordies, as working people, as citizens of the United Kingdom and, for seven decades, as subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Her death leaves us bereft in ways we cannot fully comprehend.

Queen …..."
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Written Question
Members: Email
Thursday 21st July 2022

Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's expected timeframe is for Minister or Department to respond to an hon. Member's email on behalf on a constituent; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle incidences of responses being outstanding for several months.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The Cabinet Office attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs and Peers. On 26 May 2022, we published data on the timeliness of government responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers for 2021 on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2021. Cabinet Office timeliness improved each quarter of 2021, with 89% of correspondence received from hon. Members in quarter four responded to within 20 working days.

As per the Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated by the Cabinet Office in July 2021, the target response time set by Departments for correspondence must not exceed 20 working days. The Cabinet Office continues to keep its own processes under review to further improve the time taken to respond.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

"When I was door-knocking in Newcastle yesterday, a young mum of two told me that she had never found it so hard to manage. The cost of living crisis meant that she could barely afford to get her kids to school. The Government were doing nothing to help, and she …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

"I thank my hon. Friend for underlining that point—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

"Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I have no confidence in a Government who do not support working families in Newcastle. When people have no confidence in the Government, it drains their confidence in politics and democracy generally. After all that has tested our country—the financial crisis, austerity, Brexit, covid, inflation—it is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. Whether the Government plan to make reductions to public services to meet their objective of reducing the number of civil servants by 91,000. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Passport delays, driving licence delays, benefit delays, visa delays—which bit of backlog Britain is the Minister going to break further in order to slash the civil service? Does he agree that the civil service did not cause the financial crisis, and that it is not causing inflation? The civil service …..."
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