Information between 28th November 2024 - 8th December 2024
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Thursday 5th December 2024 Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) Backbench Business - Main Chamber Subject: General debate on improving public transport View calendar |
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27 Nov 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Dyke voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 176 |
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29 Nov 2024 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Dyke voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 11 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 275 |
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3 Dec 2024 - Elections (Proportional Representation) - View Vote Context Sarah Dyke voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 136 |
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3 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Dyke voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 189 |
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3 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Dyke voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 330 |
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4 Dec 2024 - Employer National Insurance Contributions - View Vote Context Sarah Dyke voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 334 |
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4 Dec 2024 - Farming and Inheritance Tax - View Vote Context Sarah Dyke voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 181 Noes - 339 |
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Sarah Dyke speeches from: Improving Public Transport
Sarah Dyke contributed 7 speeches (2,854 words) Thursday 5th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport |
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Sarah Dyke speeches from: Farming and Inheritance Tax
Sarah Dyke contributed 1 speech (133 words) Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Sarah Dyke speeches from: Biosecurity
Sarah Dyke contributed 1 speech (943 words) Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Sarah Dyke speeches from: National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
Sarah Dyke contributed 1 speech (556 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Sarah Dyke speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Sarah Dyke contributed 1 speech (68 words) Monday 2nd December 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Sarah Dyke speeches from: Men’s Violence against Women and Girls
Sarah Dyke contributed 2 speeches (180 words) Friday 29th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
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Packaging: Recycling
Asked by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) Thursday 28th November 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) refillable and (b) returnable packaging to help support the transition to become a circular economy. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Refillable and returnable packaging is a key part of supporting the transition to a circular economy. Defra is working with WRAP to identify and analyse measures that could be used to encourage greater use of refillable and returnable packaging. |
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Catering: Waste
Asked by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) Thursday 28th November 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning single-use food service materials for dine-in settings that have more than 20 covers. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) This Government is committed to moving to a circular economy for plastics - a future where we keep our resources in use for longer; waste is reduced; we accelerate the path to net zero; we see investment in critical infrastructure and green jobs; our economy prospers; and nature thrives. As a part of this transition, managing and reducing plastic waste will be crucial.
The Government has not fully assessed the option to ban single-use food service materials for dine-in settings that have more than 20 covers. We continue to review the latest evidence on problematic products and/or materials to take a systematic approach, in line with circular economy principles, to reducing the use of unnecessary single-use plastic products and encouraging reuse solutions. |
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Rural England Prosperity Fund
Asked by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) Thursday 28th November 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to extend the Rural England Prosperity Fund. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Autumn Statement on 30 October confirmed Defra’s budgets for 2024-25 and 2025-26. Funding allocations for individual programmes for the next financial year will be determined in upcoming months through the department’s business planning exercise.
The department is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and will update on the Rural England Prosperity Fund in due course. |
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Rural England Prosperity Fund
Asked by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) Tuesday 3rd December 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Rural England Prosperity Fund has been spent. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Delivery of the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) has been devolved to eligible local authorities. This includes assessing and approving project applications, processing payments and day-to-day monitoring. REPF funding is available from April 2023 to March 2025 and all eligible local authorities have confirmed allocations of funding for the two-year period as published.
The latest data we have available for spend is for end of year 1 (March 2024) which showed that £17 million had been paid to projects and in total £71 million had been committed to completed, live or planned projects.
Allocations were weighted 25% year 1 and 75% year 2 for most eligible local authorities to allow development of project pipelines and give time for eligible local authorities to use the full allocations available. |
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Environmental Land Management Schemes
Asked by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) Tuesday 3rd December 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers and land managers successfully applied for capital grants for environmental land management in (a) Glastonbury and Somerton constituency and (b) England in 2024. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Between 1 January 2024 and 28 November 2024, there have been 6573 successful applications for Capital Grants under the Environmental Land Management Schemes in England in 2024.
The Rural Payment Agency cannot provide constituency data at this time due to the boundary changes earlier this year. |
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Wednesday 18th December Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Thursday 19th December 2024 33 signatures (Most recent: 20 Dec 2024) Tabled by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay) That this House condemns the Government’s refusal to provide any compensation to women affected by changes to the State Pension age, turning its back on millions of pension-age women who were harmed through no fault of their own; regrets Ministers’ decision to effectively ignore the recommendations of the independent Parliamentary … |
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Thursday 12th December Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Tuesday 17th December 2024 29 signatures (Most recent: 19 Dec 2024) Tabled by: Claire Young (Liberal Democrat - Thornbury and Yate) That this House notes the work of the emergency services and first responders in the wake of Storms Bert and Darragh; acknowledges that resources for emergency services remain under immense pressure; further acknowledges that future incidents of poor weather and flooding will become more common due to the impacts of … |
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Monday 9th December Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Wednesday 11th December 2024 37 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2024) Tabled by: Josh Babarinde (Liberal Democrat - Eastbourne) That this House acknowledges the pervasive and deeply harmful impact of domestic abuse on survivors; notes that, while the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 defines domestic abuse, there is no specific criminal offence for domestic abuse in England and Wales; further notes that many domestic abuse cases are prosecuted under broader … |
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Tuesday 10th December Sarah Dyke signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 11th December 2024 8 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2024) Tabled by: Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat - Eastleigh) That this House celebrates Chandler’s Ford-based Ahmad Tea winning the King’s Award for Enterprise for its sustainable development programmes, and recognizes actions the company has taken to improve the lives of communities in the UK and around the world; notes the financing and building a cancer hospital in Sri Lanka, … |
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Thursday 10th October Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Friday 6th December 2024 UN Special Rapporteur's report on atrocity crimes in Iran 106 signatures (Most recent: 21 Dec 2024)Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East) That this House welcomes the landmark Atrocity Crimes report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, published by the OHCHR in July 2024, which sheds light on grave human rights violations, including the 1988 massacre of political prisoners; notes that the report states that … |
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Friday 29th November Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 Equal pay and prize money in women’s football 19 signatures (Most recent: 16 Dec 2024)Tabled by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) That this House expresses concern over the significant disparities in pay and prize money between men’s and women’s football; notes that the prize fund for the women’s FA Cup remains far lower than that of the men’s competition, despite the impressive growth and increasing popularity of women’s football; commends Lewes … |
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Wednesday 27th November Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 Potential closure of post offices 35 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2024)Tabled by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) That this House recognises the importance of Post Office branches across the UK; believes that they form a vital part of our local communities and highstreets with millions of people depending on them; recognises the importance of Post Offices as community hubs, providing access to communication, banking and other vital … |
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Tuesday 26th November Sarah Dyke signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 New University of Surrey United Nations CIFAL Centre 9 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2024)Tabled by: Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat - Guildford) That this House congratulates the University of Surrey, Guildford, on the opening on 25 November 2024 of their new CIFAL International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders, in partnership with the United Nations; commends its aim of capacity-building, facilitating knowledge sharing between civil society organisation representatives, public servants, decision-makers and … |
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Tuesday 26th November Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 36 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2024) Tabled by: Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire) That this House notes that Wednesday 27 November marks Fuel Poverty Awareness Day; remarks with grave concern that this winter will leave thousands of people cold and hungry; further notes that homelessness in the UK is at a record high and an estimated six million households are in fuel poverty; … |
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Tuesday 26th November Sarah Dyke signed this EDM on Tuesday 3rd December 2024 Variety Disability Sports Awards 19 signatures (Most recent: 11 Dec 2024)Tabled by: Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham) That this House celebrates the Variety Disability Sports Awards 2024, which took place on 25 November 2024; congratulates each of the award winners and nominees for their achievements, whether that be as an athlete, coach or innovator; notes the importance of equal access to sport and physical activity for all; … |
| Parliamentary Debates |
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Improving Public Transport
73 speeches (19,826 words) Thursday 5th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for securing the debate. - Link to Speech 2: Will Stone (Lab - Swindon North) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for securing the debate. - Link to Speech 3: Zöe Franklin (LD - Guildford) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for securing the debate. - Link to Speech 4: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) on securing this debate. - Link to Speech 5: Andy MacNae (Lab - Rossendale and Darwen) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) on securing this important debate. - Link to Speech 6: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) on securing this important debate. - Link to Speech 7: Natasha Irons (Lab - Croydon East) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) on securing the debate and my hon. - Link to Speech |
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Biosecurity
28 speeches (11,087 words) Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke), in her new role on the Front Bench. The hon. - Link to Speech 2: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for championing the veterinary sector. - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 26th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Ofwat, Ofwat, and Ofwat Work of the Department and its Arm's Length Bodies - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Found: Members present: Alistair Carmichael (Chair); Sarah Bool; Charlie Dewhirst; Helena Dollimore; Sarah Dyke |
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Wednesday 4th December 2024 9:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
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Tuesday 17th December 2024 9:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
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Wednesday 11th December 2024 9:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The future of farming At 10:00am: Oral evidence Jeremy Moody - Secretary and Adviser at Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) David Sturrock - Senior Research Economist at Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) Stuart Maggs - Partner at Howes Percival LLP Dr Arun Advani - Director at Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) At 11:00am: Oral evidence Tom Bradshaw - President at National Farmers' Union (NFU) Victoria Vyvyan - President at Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Robert Martin - National Chair at Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) View calendar |
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Wednesday 11th December 2024 9:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
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Tuesday 7th January 2025 9:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
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6 Dec 2024
The future of farming Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The agricultural sector is experiencing a period of significant change as it transitions away from a legacy direct payments regime towards nation-specific farming schemes. The future of farming inquiry will provide consistent scrutiny of the issues facing the sector as it transitions. It will focus on farmers, farming communities and the agricultural sector, and seek to engage with these stakeholders in formal calls for evidence, public evidence sessions, visits, engagement events and consultation. The Committee will call for evidence on a regular basis. The Committee will produce iterative and focused reports throughout the inquiry. Topics for scrutiny will include, but are not limited to:
This inquiry will engage the Committee’s cross-cutting work on supporting rural and coastal communities. If you have information or evidence which may be of interest to the Committee, please contact: efracom@parliament.uk |
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19 Dec 2024
Reforming the water sector Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions UK water bodies are affected by a number of high-profile threats including agricultural and sewage pollution. The water sector faces other important concerns such as weak resilience of water supply systems and future water security. Water companies providing services have been criticised for their environmental, financial and customer satisfaction performance. As a result of these issues, the Government has made water sector reform a top priority, with an Independent Commission expected to report in mid-2025. This long-term inquiry will allow the Committee to examine these issues and ensure that Government reforms and the work of key regulators lead to genuinely impactful change. The Committee will call for evidence on a regular basis, and produce iterative and focused reports throughout the inquiry. Topics for scrutiny will include, but are not limited to:
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20 Dec 2024
Fairness in the food supply chain Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 24 Jan 2025) In recent years, external shocks have affected the UK’s food supply chain, raising questions about its resilience and vulnerabilities. Extreme weather events, such as floods, have put further pressure on domestic food production, as well as affecting countries that the UK sources food from. The impact of extreme weather on supply chains is likely to increase due to climate change. The Government has identified food security as a national security issue. The fairness in the food supply chain inquiry will provide consistent scrutiny of issues relating to the UK’s food security, the levels of support for domestic food production and the provision of affordable and healthy food. It will focus on producers, manufacturers and retailers, as well as other actors in the supply chain, and seek to engage with these stakeholders in formal calls for evidence, public evidence sessions, visits, engagement events and consultation. The Committee will call for evidence on a regular basis. The Committee will produce iterative and focused reports throughout the inquiry. Topics for scrutiny will include, but are not limited to:
This inquiry will engage the Committee’s cross-cutting work on the future of farming and supporting rural and coastal communities.
Read the call for evidence here |