Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Monday 13th May 2024 Commons Chamber

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

T7. I commend the Secretary of State for his efforts to make work pay, but for many of those in work, a lot of the excellent support available in jobcentres is currently voluntary. Will my right hon. Friend look at what more he can do to encourage people in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire to upskill in order to take on more well-paid work, and to reduce dependency on benefits?

[Mr Speaker]

And it is his birthday as well.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Thursday 14th December 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Marvellous.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

As the Minister will know, I very much welcome the decision on phase 2 of HS2. However, there is still an impact on many land and property owners in Staffordshire. We heard in the Transport Committee that it could take up to two years to get land back to those owners. Will my hon. Friend look into this urgently to ensure that those property owners—particularly farmers, who need to know when they can sow their crops—get that land back as soon as possible?

[Huw Merriman]

In the words of Take That, I ask my hon. Friend for a little patience. It will take time to develop a programme to ensure that we deliver value for money for the taxpayer and do not disrupt local property markets. We will engage with the affected communities throughout the process. Where land can be rented back out and therefore put to use—farming is a good example —that is happening right now, and we will ensure that that happens even more so now that we have certainty about HS2.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Tuesday 28th November 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Let us come to topical questions.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Rail Ticket Offices

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Thursday 6th July 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I do not think the Minister should plug The Beatles in that way.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

Many people using stations such as Stoke-on-Trent station are infrequent travellers, and many are vulnerable or elderly and need support to buy a ticket. Can the Minister assure me that there will always be someone at Stoke-on-Trent station to provide a paper ticket to those without digital skills?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Monday 24th October 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Question 4 has been withdrawn.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

5. What steps he is taking to ensure that students have access to high-quality vocational alternatives to A-levels.

Sue Gray Report

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Wednesday 25th May 2022 Commons Chamber

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

Now we have had this report and the Prime Minister has repeatedly apologised, does he not agree that we should be focusing on the real issues that matter to the British public—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Both of you need to have a cup of tea outside, because I cannot hear the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) with you both shouting at each other.

A separate debate was trying to be created, but we do not need to worry anymore.

[Jack Brereton]

Does the Prime Minister not agree that we should focus on the real issues that matter to the British people: the cost of living and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Given what happened in Durham, the only people left to apologise in this Chamber are on the Labour Front Bench.

Ministerial Code

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Monday 26th April 2021 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Let us go to Geraint Davies. Oh, an empty chair. In which case, let us go to Jack Brereton.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

Does my right hon. Friend agree that if the Leader of the Opposition was really serious about tackling corruption, he would start by cracking down on the Labour Government in Wales, who handed out NHS contracts worth more than £650,000 to a Labour activist without any kind of competitive tendering process?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Monday 11th January 2021 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I will not mention Chorley, but just keep it in mind.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

What steps he is taking to enable regeneration in towns and cities.

Business of the House

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jack Brereton

Thursday 9th July 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I do not think that is quite acceptable from the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) and I hope he will be sending an apology to the Leader of the House.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

Local bus services have been particularly hard hit by coronavirus, but this decline is nothing new: we are seeing a third fewer bus journeys in Stoke-on-Trent than a decade ago. Will my right hon. Friend agree to a debate in Government time to consider how we might reverse this trend and aid our recovery?