Information between 14th March 2022 - 8th December 2024
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Income Tax (Charge)
289 speeches (53,735 words) Tuesday 5th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Adam Dance (LD - Yeovil) He, alongside David Laws, encouraged me to campaign to save South Petherton youth club when cuts threatened - Link to Speech |
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Somerset Council: Funding and Governance
29 speeches (8,602 words) Tuesday 30th January 2024 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Marcus Fysh (Con - Yeovil) The coalition made the decision—indeed, my predecessor as the Member for Yeovil, David Laws, was the - Link to Speech 2: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) We made representations then and I do not remember being completely supported by David Laws, David Heath - Link to Speech |
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Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower
128 speeches (42,786 words) Thursday 9th November 2023 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Edward Miliband (Lab - Doncaster North) What I actually said—it comes from David Laws’ memoirs—was that it was pie in the sky to say we could - Link to Speech 2: Edward Miliband (Lab - Doncaster North) I will read from David Laws’ memoirs. - Link to Speech |
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Children's Access to Books
37 speeches (13,586 words) Tuesday 6th June 2023 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Justin Tomlinson (CON - North Swindon) Many years ago, when the then schools Minister David Laws visited a school in a challenging area in my - Link to Speech |
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Childcare: Affordability and Availability
43 speeches (12,462 words) Tuesday 21st February 2023 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Justin Tomlinson (CON - North Swindon) Lady’s party, David Laws, who was Minister for schools and early years. - Link to Speech |
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Department for Education
52 speeches (14,262 words) Wednesday 6th July 2022 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) David Laws from the Education Policy Institute told our Committee of his concerns that vulnerable groups - Link to Speech |
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Children’s Education Recovery and Childcare Costs
105 speeches (28,880 words) Tuesday 7th June 2022 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) I certainly remember being in the room with David Laws—then Education Minister, and someone for whom - Link to Speech |
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Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill
14 speeches (3,039 words) Consideration of Commons amendments Tuesday 22nd March 2022 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord True (CON - Life peer) Fixed-term Parliaments Act was cobbled together in back rooms, as we learn about in the memoirs of Mr David Laws - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 29th May 2024
Report - Third Report - The House of Commons standards landscape: how MPs’ standards and conduct are regulated Committee on Standards Found: 1214 Jul 2011 Misuse of stationery for party uses [might have been rectified]Written apology Mr David Laws |
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Thursday 13th July 2023
Oral Evidence - HM Government, Department for Education, and Department for Education Education for 11 to 16 year olds - Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee Found: Nick Gibb: It was introduced by my successor, David Laws, who was Schools Minister at the time. |
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Thursday 10th March 2022
Inquiry Publications - Fourth Report - Is the Catch-up Programme fit for purpose? The Government’s Catch-up programme - Education Committee Found: David Laws also said: What we are not able to do due to sample size is robustly measure whether there |
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Thursday 9th December 2021
Oral Evidence - Professor Becky Francis (Chief Executive at Education Endowment Foundation), David Laws (Executive Chairman at Education Policy Institute), and Nick Bent (Co-Founder and Chief Executive at The Tutor Trust) Education Endowment Foundation, Education Policy Institute, and The Tutor Trust The Government’s Catch-up programme - Education Committee Found: and The Tutor Trust Professor Becky Francis (Chief Executive at Education Endowment Foundation), David Laws |
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Tuesday 25th May 2021
Oral Evidence - British Horseracing Authority, World Horse Welfare, and Jan Rogers (Director of Research and Policy at The Horse Trust) British Horseracing Authority, World Horse Welfare, and The Horse Trust Moving animals across borders - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Found: That is really helpful, David. Laws |
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Tuesday 25th May 2021
Oral Evidence - Dogs Trust, Cats Protection, and RSPCA Dogs Trust, Cats Protection, and RSPCA Moving animals across borders - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Found: That is really helpful, David. Laws |
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Wednesday 24th March 2021
Inquiry Publications - Report Fixed-Term Parliaments Act - Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Found: and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 20 July 2020, HC 167, Q131Œ33 [Mark Harper]; See also David Laws |
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Wednesday 27th January 2021
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham The work of the Cabinet Office - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: I think the way David Laws put it—he was Chief Secretary when we introduced it —is tha t it was to |
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Tuesday 21st July 2020
Inquiry Publications - Seventh Report: Sanctions in respect of the conduct of Members Sanctions - Committee on Standards Found: Report 2010Œ12] Misuse of stationery for party uses [might have been recti˜ed] Written apology David Laws |
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Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Oral Evidence - 3 June 2020 The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services - Education Committee Found: Tutoring.Written evidence from witnesses:Examination of witnessesWitnesses: Anne Longfield OBE, David Laws |
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Tuesday 5th May 2020
Written Evidence - Robert Craig FTP0010 - The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: As David Laws reveals in his book (22 Days in May) this goal was to be achieved by requiring 55% of MPs |
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Sunday 2nd February 2020
Oral Evidence - Lord Butler of Brockwell, and Lord Lisvane Lord Butler of Brockwell, and Lord Lisvane Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 - Constitution Committee Found: Reading David Laws™s book 22 Days in May, it seems to have been a slightly arbitrary figure which probably |
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16 Jul 2014
Government Consultation Practice Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has launched an inquiry into Government consultation practice. In this inquiry, the committee will look at three sets of Regulations, from three different Departments as case studies of Government consultation practice. TimelineInterested parties were invited to submit written evidence by 30 September. On 18 November the Committee took oral evidence from the Rt Hon. David Laws MP, Minister of State for Education, and Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, in relation to the consultation processes conducted by the Department for Education for the School Premises (England) Regulations 2012 and the Education (Independent Schools Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014. On 9 December the Committee took oral evidence from Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP, Minister for Government Policy in the Cabinet Office. |
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Jan. 26 2023
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Source Page: Role and remit review of ICIBI discontinued Document: Windrush Lessons Learned Review (PDF) News and Communications Found: On 14 March 2013, the Prime Minister’s Private Secretary wrote to David Laws (Minister of State at the |
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May. 31 2022
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards Source Page: List of ministers' interests Document: List of ministers' interests - October 2013 (PDF) Transparency Found: Rt Hon David Laws MP, Minister of State See entry under Department for Education. |
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4th August 2024
Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat - Yeovil) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: David Laws Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 for my campaign Donor status: individual (Registered 24 July 2024) Source Found: received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: David Laws |
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4th August 2024
Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat - Yeovil) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: David Laws Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 24 July 2024) Source Found: received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: David Laws |