Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) I thank Sir Stephen Irwin and the panel for their work on this and other cases. - Speech Link
2: Thangam Debbonaire (LAB - Bristol West) Can the Leader of the House ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how she expects a buddy - Speech Link
3: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) parts of Edgware, caused by the flooding of the Kenton brook. - Speech Link
4: David Johnston (CON - Wantage) Will the Leader of the House please get a statement from the Department for Health and Social Care about - Speech Link
5: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) On 8 March, the Department of Health and Social Care launched a call for evidence to inform the development - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (CON - Life peer) The Government are grateful for the thoughtful and meticulous work of the Public Administration and Constitutional - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) ”,including with“the close engagement of 10 Downing Street.”We have seen it even in the charity field - Speech Link
3: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LDEM - Life peer) Yet ask people how they will feel if their pensions and mortgages are paid in an untested Scottish currency - Speech Link
4: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (CON - Life peer) Where was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions? Where was the Defence Secretary? - Speech Link
Mar. 18 2021
Source Page: Judicial Review ReformFound: the Home Department R (SG) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions R (Gentle) v Prime Minister
Feb. 25 2021
Source Page: Rebuilding a resilient Britain: summary reportFound: London: Department for Work and Pensions.
Feb. 10 2021
Source Page: The economics of biodiversity: the Dasgupta Review [Full report, Abridged version, Headline messages] (3 docs.)Found: into mere special interest groups, even street gangs.
Feb. 02 2021
Source Page: Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta ReviewFound: into mere special interest groups, even street gangs.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department’s staff recruited through agencies are paid their full wage during covid-19 related absences.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Temporary agency workers are brought into the department through the commercial arrangements under the Crown Commercial Service, Public Sector Resourcing framework, and are supplied by Brook Street.
Agency workers recruited by Brook Street to work in the department are currently receiving 80 per cent of their wage during Covid-19 related absences. This arrangement was implemented with the agreement of HM Treasury following the end of the central Government Contingent Labour Compensation Scheme on 31 October 2020.
The 80 per cent payment mirrors both the previous scheme referred to above and the arrangements in place under the government Job Retention Scheme.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in addition to wages has been paid to Brook Street for the recruitment of staff to her Department since March 2020.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The information requested is commercially sensitive and cannot be disclosed as it will impair the commercial interests of the Department and its ability to obtain goods and services on the best possible commercial terms.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of staff recruited to her Department by Brook Street becoming (a) fixed-term appointments and (b) permanent.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Under ‘Civil Service Recruitment Principles’ for any agency workers to become either fixed term or permanent appointments there would need to be an externally advertised recruitment exercise where they could be assessed alongside other applicants.
Mentions:
1: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) The Department of Finance now needs to ensure that it does not play games with victims and their pensions - Speech Link
2: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) good work for the people of Northern Ireland and having a good and full recovery, as I know my right - Speech Link
3: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, as we continue to drive forward on this and other - Speech Link
4: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) Yorkshire to restore a police presence and even reopen a police station on Dinnington High Street? - Speech Link
5: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) to find a particular solution to the flooding in Sandon Road and Sandyford Brook. - Speech Link