Information between 5th February 2024 - 5th April 2024
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Division Votes |
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13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill - View Vote Context Kwasi Kwarteng voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 296 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 44 Noes - 300 |
13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill - View Vote Context Kwasi Kwarteng voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 43 |
18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Kwasi Kwarteng voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 253 |
18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Kwasi Kwarteng voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 252 |
18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Kwasi Kwarteng voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 315 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 253 |
Written Answers |
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Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions
Asked by: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) Monday 5th February 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of extending guidance on community benefit to low-carbon electricity generation on net zero targets. Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) At the Autumn statement, Government committed to review our approach to community benefits to ensure that we are being strategic in identifying key sectors where community benefits can support delivery of infrastructure. The result of this review will inform our assessment of the case for extending community benefits to include technologies such as electricity generation and its impact on net zero targets. |
Leasehold
Asked by: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) Tuesday 6th February 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to review the £250 threshold for triggering a consultation procedure under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 is designed to ensure leaseholders are better informed about proposals and costs of upkeep and maintenance of the building, and that they have more time to ensure they can make suitable finance arrangements. We will continue to keep the threshold for consultation under review. |
Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions
Asked by: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) Wednesday 7th February 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending her Department's guidance on community benefit to include low-carbon electricity generation projects. Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) At the Autumn statement, Government committed to review our approach to community benefits to ensure that we are being strategic in identifying key sectors where community benefits can support delivery of infrastructure. The result of this review will inform our assessment of the case for extending community benefits to include technologies such as electricity generation. |
Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions
Asked by: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) Wednesday 7th February 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending community benefits to low-carbon electricity generation projects. Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) At the Autumn statement, Government committed to review our approach to community benefits to ensure that we are being strategic in identifying key sectors where community benefits can support delivery of infrastructure. The result of this review will inform our assessment of the case for extending community benefits to include technologies such as electricity generation. |
Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood
Asked by: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) Monday 19th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 June 2023 to Question 188530 on Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood, whether it remains her policy to update the information on the NHS website on sudden unexplained death in childhood before June 2024. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) On 28 July 2023, the National Health Service United Kingdom website team updated its content on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) to distinguish between SIDS and Sudden Unexplained Death Childhood (SUDC), including a reference and link to the charity SUDC UK for further information. However, a decision was made not to incorporate information about SUDC to the website content on febrile seizures. This was based on the lack of high-quality evidence connecting the two and is in line with the British Medical Association guidance and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Clinical Knowledge Summary. It was also noted that the primary advice and directives on seeking help for febrile seizures would remain unchanged. |
Disability: Employment
Asked by: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people with disabilities that impact their ability to work. Answered by Mims Davies - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) The Government has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work. These include:
Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget 2023, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:
From 2025, we are reforming the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) to reflect new flexibilities in the labour market and greater employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions, whilst maintaining protections for those with the most significant conditions. Alongside these changes, a new Chance to Work Guarantee will effectively remove the WCA for most existing claimants who have already been assessed without work-related requirements removing the fear of reassessment and giving this group the confidence to try work. People on low, or no income or earnings, who have a health condition or disability which restricts the amount of work they can do or prevents them from working altogether, and where they meet the entitlement criteria, can claim Universal Credit and/or New Style Employment and Support Allowance with medical evidence, usually a valid Statement of Fitness for work, commonly known as a ‘fit note’, from a clinician. |
MP Financial Interests |
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8th January 2024
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) 1. Employment and earnings 12 December 2023, received £400 for an article published on 23 November 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. Source |
5th February 2024
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) 1. Employment and earnings 20 January 2024, received £35,000 from Fortescue Future Industries International Pty Ltd (green technology and energy company), 87 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, WA 6004 Australia, for consultancy advice. Hours: 20 hrs. Source |
19th February 2024
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) 1. Employment and earnings 8 February 2024, received £500 from Energy Voice, 5th Floor, Marischal Square, Aberdeen AB10 1BL, for an article in E-FWD (part of Energy Voice). Hours: 6 hrs. Source |
19th February 2024
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative - Spelthorne) 1. Employment and earnings 6 February 2024, received £700 for an article published on 6 January 2024. Hours: 6 hrs. Source |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Oral Answers to Questions
153 speeches (9,840 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West) Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng), who was sacked for his own kamikaze Budget, said, “If you’re - Link to Speech |
Spring Budget 2024
62 speeches (33,280 words) Monday 18th March 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Eatwell (Lab - Life peer) Thus spake Kwasi Kwarteng. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) Greg Clark was quite right about that when he was the Minister responsible for business affairs; Kwasi - Link to Speech |
National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill
69 speeches (21,473 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng) told the BBC’s “Politics Live” that he thinks the Chancellor should - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions
181 speeches (50,203 words) Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) Members for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng) and for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss) in the book “Britannia - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions
206 speeches (46,853 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) Members for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss), and for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng), crashed the economy - Link to Speech |
UK Economy
19 speeches (1,447 words) Wednesday 21st February 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Berkeley of Knighton (XB - Life peer) some people who have inflated mortgages feel they have them because of the antics of Liz Truss and Kwasi - Link to Speech 2: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) Does my noble friend agree that it is highly complimentary to Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to suggest - Link to Speech |
Post Office Appointments: Ministerial Responsibility
22 speeches (1,735 words) Wednesday 7th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) description of this appointment differ from the job description that was used by Business Secretary Kwasi - Link to Speech |
Ministerial Severance: Reform
110 speeches (25,143 words) Tuesday 6th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng) accepted a payment that could cover 70 months, or five and a half - Link to Speech 2: Bill Esterson (Lab - Sefton Central) Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng), dismissively referred to as “turbulence”, in the form of higher - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - HM Treasury, and HM Treasury Treasury Committee Found: Q244 Dame Siobhain McDonagh: My worry is that you are going to start looking to Liz Truss and Kwasi |
Tuesday 27th February 2024
Written Evidence - Institute for Government SND0033 - How sustainable is our national debt? How sustainable is our national debt? - Economic Affairs Committee Found: government bonds, which was closely related to the announcement of wide-ranging tax cuts by Chancellor Kwasi |
Tuesday 20th February 2024
Written Evidence - Sheffield University Management School SND0016 - How sustainable is our national debt? How sustainable is our national debt? - Economic Affairs Committee Found: market-notices/2022/september/apf-gilt-sales-22- september 15 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/23/kwasi-kwarteng-mini-budget-key-points |
Department Publications - Statistics |
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Thursday 15th February 2024
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: Evaluation of the DIT UK House Programme Document: Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Business and Tourism Programme: DIT UK House Programme evaluation report (PDF) Found: Forum was the participation of the then Prime Minster, Boris Johnson, and the then Business Secretary, Kwasi |
Scottish Government Publications |
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Wednesday 14th February 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate Source Page: Offshore and energy sector meetings: EIR release Document: EIR 202300350162 Briefings, minutes and notes (PDF) Found: Scottish Cluster Partners. 8 • The Scottish Cluster wrote to the former SoS BEIS (now Cha ncellor) Kwasi |
Friday 9th February 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate Source Page: Meetings between lobbyists and ministers: FOI release Document: FOI - 202300344500 - information released (PDF) Found: predecessor, Paul Wheelhouse wrote to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi |
Scottish Parliamentary Debates |
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Budget (Scotland) (No 3) Bill
150 speeches (144,919 words) Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, the Tories gave us born-again conspiracy theorist Liz Truss and Kwasi - Link to Speech |