Information between 28th August 2024 - 7th September 2024
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Wednesday 9th October 2024 Cabinet Office Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative - Life peer) Debate - Main Chamber Subject: Improving productivity in the public sector View calendar |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Waste Crime: Staffordshire
53 speeches (14,032 words) Thursday 5th September 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) highlighted the benefits and importance of having a healthy workforce, so that our economy can grow and productivity - Link to Speech |
Housing: Modern Methods of Construction
52 speeches (11,646 words) Thursday 5th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) They improve precision and quality, and they improve productivity. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) England has concluded that modern methods of construction are capable of driving greater efficiency and productivity - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) endeavour.Innovation has revolutionised so many sectors and transformed the way we live, with incredible gains in productivity - Link to Speech |
Oral Answers to Questions
137 speeches (11,316 words) Thursday 5th September 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) We all have common areas of concern about the United Kingdom economy as a whole—the poor productivity - Link to Speech |
Sheep Farming
41 speeches (13,096 words) Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) industry that uses leading edge technologies to deliver safe high-quality meat and wool through increased productivity - Link to Speech 2: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) DEFRA research is also exploring how genetics can help farmers to increase productivity while mitigating - Link to Speech |
Covid-19 Inquiry
47 speeches (34,032 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) It is wasteful and inefficient, and it reduces the productivity of the public sector—a concern which - Link to Speech |
European Social Charter
15 speeches (1,190 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) bureaucratic, expensive and acts as a chilling factor for businesses, which are struggling to raise their productivity - Link to Speech |
Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
98 speeches (33,389 words) Committee of the whole House Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) experts have predicted that the Bill could cost passengers and taxpayers up to £1 billion a year in lost productivity - Link to Speech 2: None argument: living standards are not raised through inflationary pay rises; they are raised by improving productivity - Link to Speech 3: None world-leading Harper Adams University, where our farmers of the future are trained in sustainability and productivity - Link to Speech |
Healthcare Provision: East of England
43 speeches (13,792 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Clive Lewis (Lab - Norwich South) us to live longer, more secure lives, and arguably creating social stability that affects economic productivity - Link to Speech 2: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) A key, proper criticism of our Government is that productivity in the health service went down between - Link to Speech 3: George Freeman (Con - Mid Norfolk) Friend makes a really important point about productivity in the health system. - Link to Speech 4: Pippa Heylings (LD - South Cambridgeshire) GPs—we have talked about productivity—are treating more patients than ever before, but cannot keep up - Link to Speech |
Technology in Public Services
94 speeches (23,848 words) Monday 2nd September 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) The previous Government committed to a £3.4 billion NHS productivity plan. - Link to Speech 2: Peter Kyle (Lab - Hove and Portslade) The Government take extremely seriously the role that AI and digital technologies have in productivity - Link to Speech 3: Peter Kyle (Lab - Hove and Portslade) Adopting AI across health, education and policing could boost productivity by almost £24 billion a year - Link to Speech 4: Peter Kyle (Lab - Hove and Portslade) Gentleman pits productivity-enhancing tools against the interests of workers. - Link to Speech 5: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) review to address low levels of public sector productivity. - Link to Speech |
UK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement: Entry into Force
1 speech (328 words) Monday 2nd September 2024 - Written Statements Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Douglas Alexander (LAB - Lothian East) This agreement will boost productivity, jobs and growth, and allow us to help Ukraine deliver on their - Link to Speech |
FCDO Services’ Ministerial Targets 2024-25
1 speech (208 words) Monday 2nd September 2024 - Written Statements Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Friern Barnet) tax and dividend;Achievement of the return on capital employed of at least 6.5% (weighted average);A productivity - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) ENB0053 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: with the addition of future telecoms and semiconductorsgeneration and storage solutions, increasing productivity |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - University of Cambridge ENB0049 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: printing/ biofabrication is leading to rapid and global technological advancements that improve productivity |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - AstraZeneca ENB0044 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: f.Where could engineering biology improve productivity (GDP/capita) or GVA? |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - UK Agri-Tech Centre ENB0040 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: Increasing crop productivity through improved traits (e.g. photosynthetic efficiency), resulting in |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy ENB0038 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: Institute is working on supporting technical skills and apprenticeships, essential for the growth and productivity |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - Department of Biology, University of York ENB0028 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: For example, use of microbial inocula to improve agricultural productivity is emerging as an important |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - Agricultural Biotechnology Council (abc) ENB0025 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: approach, one that safeguards consumer safety and confidence while embracing advancements in science, productivity |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, and University of Oxford ENB0018 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: Short-term grants are spent acquiring materials and tacit knowledge, with a lag phase of low research productivity |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - Alternative Proteins Association ENB0003 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: the-socio-economic-impact-of-cultivated -meat-in-the-uk/Furthermore, many workers in this field will be from high productivity |
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Written Evidence - PHTA Ltd ENB0002 - Engineering biology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: region, accelerating Levelling- Up through creating ~10,000 jobs, attracting talent and boosting productivity |
Monday 2nd September 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Robertson of Port Ellen to the committee, regarding the Strategic Defence Review, dated 6 August 2024 International Relations and Defence Committee Found: • The opportunities for modernisation and transformation, and greater productivity, including through |
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Foreign Investment in UK: Yorkshire and the Humber
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Brigg and Immingham) Thursday 5th September 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to help attract foreign direct investment into green industries in the (a) Humber and (b) UK. Answered by Tulip Siddiq - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) The Treasury will continue to develop policy that supports investment in partnership with business. Investment is at the heart of this Government’s growth mission and essential to increasing the number of jobs and improving productivity across the country. The Department for Business and Trade has a dedicated investment function in the UK and overseas, including the Office for Investment.
The Government is taking forward the reforms necessary to ensure foreign investors have the support needed to invest. This includes setting up new institutions such as Great British Energy, which will combine the power of the private sector and government to accelerate the UK’s clean energy transition, and the National Wealth Fund which will mobilise billions more in private investment in the UK’s green and growth sectors.
The Chancellor will set out more detail on the National Wealth Fund ahead of the International Investment Summit in October. |
Occupational Health: Unemployment
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Thursday 5th September 2024 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to use occupational health to help reduce levels of economic inactivity. Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Expert-led impartial advice, including occupational health, can help employers provide appropriate and timely work-based support to manage their employees’ health conditions, and also support business productivity.
Occupational health supports employers to maintain and promote health and wellbeing through assessments of fitness for work and advice about reasonable adjustments, work ability or return to work plans, as well as by signposting to treatment for specific conditions. Employers also have a choice about the type and level of Occupational Health service to provide for their employees.
The Government’s Occupational Health programme includes £1m of funding for Phase 1 and £1.5m for Phase 2 of an Innovation Fund which has focussed on increasing small medium enterprises (SME) access to and capacity in the occupational health sector, due for completion in March 2025. The fund has encouraged the development of new models of occupational health tailored to the self-employed and SMEs with a focus on better use of technology.
Further, the Occupational Health Workforce Expansion Funding Scheme (launched in July 2023), has funded registered doctors and nurses to undertake occupational health training courses and qualifications. To date over 200 doctors and nurses have undertaken training with exams taking place in May 2024. |
Public Sector: Productivity
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury) Wednesday 4th September 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned labour market reforms on public sector productivity. Answered by Tulip Siddiq - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) The government is committed to creating good jobs and improving productivity in every part of the country.
Our planned reforms to the labour market, including the Plan to Make Work Pay and the upcoming Get Britain Working White Paper, will aim to boost incomes, ensure workplace rights are fit for a modern economy, increase productivity and create the right conditions for sustained economic growth. |
Local Government: Devolution
Asked by: Melanie Onn (Labour - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) Monday 2nd September 2024 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of devolution on local economies. Answered by Jim McMahon - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) This Government is committed to transferring power out of Westminster and into local communities, with landmark legislation to expand devolution across England, devolve further powers to local leaders, those with local knowledge and those with skin in the game, to drive economic growth, and empower local communities. International evidence shows that, if done correctly, devolution can lead to economic growth and increased productivity. That is why we have committed to introducing an English Devolution Bill, which will give mayors and combined authorities the powers they need to implement local growth plans - setting a clear and bespoke direction for each local economy across the country. |
Parliamentary Research |
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Debate on the future of sheep farming - CDP-2024-0114
Aug. 29 2024 Found: Separately, the government is providing grants to improve farm productivity, innovation, and research |
Early Day Motions |
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Monday 2nd September 4 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2024) Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East) That this House, whilst celebrating the 10th International Day of Yoga this year, notes that modern-day Yoga techniques have been developed by vested commercial interests, taking Indian classical Yoga away from its roots and value system and limited to certain selective practices and processes; calls on the Yoga fraternity, in … |
Bill Documents |
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Sep. 04 2024
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill Impact Assessment from the Department for Business and Trade Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26 Impact Assessments Found: areas of impact varied but included science, innovation, research and development, service delivery, productivity |
Department Publications - Statistics |
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Friday 6th September 2024
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: Business investment analysis Document: (PDF) Found: as research has shown that the UK’s weakness in investment accounts for a large proportion of our productivity |
Department Publications - Policy paper |
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Wednesday 4th September 2024
Cabinet Office Source Page: Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report Document: (PDF) Found: The policy was based on the proposition that national productivity and economic growth were being held |
Wednesday 4th September 2024
Cabinet Office Source Page: Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report Document: (PDF) Found: chemical ingredients and manufacturing processes to achieve better thermal performance and rates of productivity |
Department Publications - Transparency |
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Friday 30th August 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: HM Treasury: ministerial gifts, hospitality, overseas travel and meetings, January to March 2024 Document: (webpage) Found: Trott 2024-01-15 Behavioural Insights Team To discuss the work of the Behavioural Insights Team and productivity |
Thursday 29th August 2024
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: DBT: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, January to March 2024 Document: (webpage) Found: discussion on retail sector issues Gareth Davies 2024-01-23 Arup Roundtable discussion on growth, productivity |
Thursday 29th August 2024
Home Office Source Page: Home Office: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2024 Document: (webpage) Found: His Majesty Inspectorate Meeting with Andy Cooke to discuss the Inspectorates budget and upcoming productivity |
Thursday 29th August 2024
Department for Education Source Page: DfE and TPS main estimate memorandum 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: Outcome Estimat es subheads 1: Skills - Level up productivity and employment by improving the |
Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency |
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Sep. 02 2024
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Source Page: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Annual Report 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Albanian claims at the expense of those from other nationalities, under Operation BRIDORA, stalled productivity |
Sep. 02 2024
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Source Page: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Annual Report 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Albanian claims at the expense of those from other nationalities, under Operation BRIDORA, stalled productivity |
Sep. 02 2024
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Source Page: NDA group sustainability report 2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: : Resilient economies – enabling and supporting the conditions for local economic output, improved productivity |
Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications |
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Aug. 30 2024
NHS England Source Page: Over 130,000 people to benefit from life-saving health checks Document: Over 130,000 people to benefit from life-saving health checks (webpage) News and Communications Found: new programme is an important step towards community-focused healthcare and supporting economic and productivity |
Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation |
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Aug. 28 2024
Rural Payments Agency Source Page: Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme: expanded offer for 2024 Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: • understand the condition of your soil • effectively plan how to increase the long -term health, productivity |
Arms Length Bodies Publications |
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Sep. 05 2024
NICE Source Page: Fedratinib for treating disease-related splenomegaly or symptoms in myelofibrosis (Review of TA756) [ID5115] Publication Type: Draft guidance Document: Committee papers PDF 8.97 MB (webpage) In consultation Found: Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) have a significant impact on patients ’ overall health and productivity |
Sep. 02 2024
NHS England Source Page: Community diagnostic centres Document: Community diagnostic centres - Guidance for planning, design and implementation (webpage) Guidance Found: are labelled as follows: improved population health outcomes increased diagnostic capacity improved productivity |
Aug. 28 2024
NICE Source Page: Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for assessing skin lesions referred on the urgent suspected cancer pathway Publication Type: Diagnostics consultation Document: Committee papers 1 PDF 3.99 MB (webpage) In consultation Found: Data suggest a potential productivity gain of around 20% if autonomous AI is utilised to diagnose benign |
Aug. 28 2024
NHS England Source Page: RightCare cystic fibrosis toolkit Document: RightCare cystic fibrosis toolkit (webpage) Guidance Found: Key areas of intervention include functional mobility and transfers, personal care, productivity (including |
May. 17 2024
NICE Source Page: Iptacopan for treating paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria Publication Type: Final draft guidance Document: Public committee slides (PDF 1.33 MB) (webpage) Published Found: and service is well established •Unmet need: •Fatigue (from anaemia/extravascular haemolysis) – less productivity |
Aug. 22 2023
NICE Source Page: Iptacopan for treating paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria Publication Type: Invitation to participate Document: NICE's response to comments on the draft scope and provisional stakeholder list (PDF 348 KB) (webpage) Published Found: An effective oral treatment may also have benefits on workplace productivity that are not captured due |
Scottish Written Answers |
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S6W-29109
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane (Scottish Green Party - Highlands and Islands) Monday 2nd September 2024 Question To ask the Scottish Government how its agriculture reform programme will meet the recommendation set out in the 2021 report, Just Transition Commission: A national mission for a fairer, greener Scotland, (a) for "a new model of farm advice, with advisory services upscaled and upskilled to help farmers and land managers identify suitable climate action for their land holdings", (b) "to redirect money towards activity that better protects and maintains our land, and supports more sustainable food production" and (c) "to rebuild the connection between consumers and local produce, through integrated food policy, to reward farmers who implement more sustainable methods". Answered by Gougeon, Mairi - Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands The Agricultural Reform Programme (ARP) will deliver the Vision for Agriculture which makes clear that Scotland will have a robust and coherent framework to underpin our future agricultural support regime from 2025 onwards, that delivers climate mitigation and adaptation, nature restoration and high quality food production. The Agricultural Reform Route Map provides further clarity on how we intend to deliver the ambitions set out in the Vision. Enhanced direct payments will launch first, as a mechanism to incentivise farmers and crofters take meaningful action for climate and nature. The Enhanced tier is key to deliver the policy outcomes of the Vision and to meet the public commitment that 50% of direct payments will be ‘conditioned’ by 2025. New conditions will be introduced, with revised Greening and Cross Compliance rules, and the introduction of measures such as the Whole Farm Plan. Whole Farm Plans (WFPs) were a recommendation of the Farmer-led Groups. The foundations of the Whole Farm Plan will go live in 2025. The Foundations are 'productivity baselines': soil testing, animal health and welfare declaration, carbon audits, biodiversity audits, and the support for effective business planning. We are committed to delivering a Just Transition and the WFP will be developed with this at the forefront. That is why we will continue to work with the industry to deliver a 'just' sequencing of this requirement, ensuring that those able to contribute the most will drive this change, whilst support is put in place for those who need it. Preparing for Sustainable Farming(PSF) is already helping businesses prepare for these changes with support for conducting carbon audits and soil sampling, support for animal health and welfare activities and access to herd data for Suckler beef producers through MyHerdStats. This support includes £500 for a Carbon Audit, financial support for soil analysis and up to £1,250 for animal health and welfare. More information about this support can be found on the Rural Payments but, in addition to that, we will be working closely with the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) on communicating with customers impacted by these changes. It is also vital to consider the food system as a whole, not only in terms of nutritional benefits but in regard to sustainability too. Partnership was key to delivering the Good Food Nation Act, which places duties on Scottish Ministers, local authorities and health boards to produce plans of their food-related policies and set out what they will do to make them a reality. The Good Food Nation Plan will provide the direction for these and was subject to a recent consultation. The National Plan is due to be published next year, with local authority and health board iterations to follow the year after. |
Scottish Parliamentary Debates |
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Programme for Government 2024-25 (Eradicating Child Poverty)
73 speeches (122,438 words) Thursday 5th September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) Welfare is not a burden on society—it is a crucial investment in the health, happiness and productivity - Link to Speech 2: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) estimated that child poverty cost the Scottish economy more than £3 billion in 2023 as a result of lower productivity - Link to Speech |
Programme for Government
103 speeches (93,591 words) Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) If investment in public sector pay is working, why has there been no improvement in productivity or service - Link to Speech |
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26
161 speeches (73,685 words) Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Committee Mentions: 1: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) Professor Gareth Williams told us that the fund’s removal meant that addressing weak long-term productivity - Link to Speech |
Pre-budget Fiscal Update
43 speeches (35,584 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) We can see from the figures on productivity and growth that the Scottish economy is doing rather better - Link to Speech 2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) must deliver more efficiently, not least through digitisation while growing the economy, improving productivity - Link to Speech |
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26
163 speeches (97,792 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Committee Mentions: 1: None If there was no massive increase in productivity in the health service, the consequence would be that - Link to Speech 2: None Productivity would be about doing more with the same or not much more. - Link to Speech 3: None is concerned, a pretty thorough investigation of the potential should take place, which might make productivity - Link to Speech |
Scottish Fiscal Commission (Publications)
158 speeches (82,473 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Committee Mentions: 1: None Quite a lot of work has been done to look at public sector productivity and how it has been lagging behind - Link to Speech 2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) I saw a few months back that, since the pandemic, productivity in the NHS has fallen by 25 per cent, - Link to Speech 3: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) You said that productivity growth“will remain subdued and will not return”to the pre-global financial - Link to Speech 4: Smith, Liz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Obviously that has a huge implication for increasing productivity and, in the long run, economic growth - Link to Speech |