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Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Housing
Questions: I thank the Chancellor for his commitment of £75 million to preserve civil nuclear fuel manufacturing in the UK. As my right hon. Friend will know, Springfields site in Fylde is the only civil nuclear manufacturing site in the UK, and efforts are ongoing to diversify projects undertaken on the site to safeguard its future. Will he agree to look into proposals to support manufacturing on the site and help beat off international competition to bring those jobs and skills to Springfields?; Hospitality is one of the major sectors in Liverpool, Riverside, representing up to 20% of the economy and accounting for 50,000 jobs and 4,000 businesses this time last year, but, sadly, many have been forced to close due to covid. While the freeze on VAT on hospitality until April next year is welcome, the 50% hike to bring it up to 20% in six months’ time is causing a real panic to small businesses in my constituency. Will the Chancellor acknowledge that the planned hike to VAT in hospitality poses a significant risk to our economic recovery and that what we need now are measures that shore up our recovery rather than slow it down?; Last week’s Budget included lots of positive news for the High Peak, such as the tax cut for the lowest paid and the 50% business rate relief for the high street. However, plenty of other towns across the north were celebrating additional millions of pounds of investment through the levelling-up fund. Unfortunately, High Peak was not one of those areas because High Peak Labour council failed to submit a bid on time. It has now agreed to submit a bid and I am keen to work on a cross-party basis with it, but can the Chancellor assure my constituents that there will be a second round and that High Peak will still be treated as a top priority for levelling up?; As my right hon. Friend may know, this week is Evidence Week. Will he therefore let the House know whether, in his opinion, the evidence still indicates that the proposed lower Thames crossing represents value for money?; With many thousands of new homes going up to the west of Leighton Buzzard and the north of Houghton Regis, will the Government ensure that there is a direct link between thousands of new homes and increased general practice capacity?
Simon Richard Clarke (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government are focused on delivering more homes where they are most urgently needed, but we need the right infrastructure in place to facilitate this. Many of the Government’s core housing supply programmes, including an additional £1.5 billion announced at the spending review, focus on precisely that point. Recent reforms to the NHS capital regime, some of which have been legislated for through the current Health and Care Bill, will further improve the system, including through better integration between the NHS, local government and care providers.
Points of Order — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Other
Karl McCartney (Conservative, Centre-right): On a point of order, Mr Speaker, I rise to represent the 649 MPs who, as the House was sitting last night, saw a report, perhaps with some consternation, on some notable websites—notably the Guido Fawkes website—that the House of Commons Commission had made changes to our working practices in this place with no reference to us. Rightly, Mr Speaker, you have done some great things over the past 18 months to keep this place going. I could make some points about the content of the announcement last night, and notably about Lord Ridley’s excellent speech in the other place about the usefulness of masks, but I would say that you rightly castigated my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, who is no longer in his place, and some of his colleagues last week. Surely what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander.
Budget Resolutions — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): In 2019, we made a promise. We promised to give the people of this country world-class public services and to strengthen the entire fabric of this country so that everyone benefits. Everyone is entitled to have access to the same opportunities to make the most of their lives, whether they are at school, at work or whatever their personal circumstances. That is what we meant, and what we mean, by levelling up: making this country fairer for all who live in it.
Budget Resolutions — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Other
Nigel Martin Evans (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. I am going to try not to impose a time limit, at least at the beginning, but I will give an indicative time limit. If Members speak for about six minutes, including interventions, they will not be going far wrong. As the House knows, that is a luxury by today’s standards.
Budget Resolutions — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Dehenna Sheridan Fareham (Conservative, Centre-right): I will not, because I have moved on from that point I particularly want to look at what the Conservative Government are doing to tackle the courts backlog. The courts have been really damaged by covid and it is absolutely right that we are putting so much emphasis on this: not just on the courts backlog in and of itself but on extra funding for rehabilitation and for our prison services, as well as for victim support, which again is an area close to my heart Another area that is close to my heart, colleagues across the House will not be surprised to hear, is the hospitality sector, which has faced a crippling 18 months so far. It has had unprecedented support from the Government through business grants and the VAT reduction, and one of the things that is going to do wonders for the sector as it bounces back is the further reduction in business rates to be rolled out over the next 12 months. That is a really positive step that I am incredibly pleased to support today Something that I know caused vast cheers on Wednesday was the fact that we are finally seeing substantial changes to the alcohol duty system. This is long overdue, not just because it is going to help the brewing sector and the hospitality sector but because it is a form of tax simplification, which is something that I, as a low-tax Conservative, am wholeheartedly for. My inner low- tax Tory let out a massive cheer when I learned that fruit ciders were going to see a reduction in duty as well.
Budget Resolutions — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Paul Howell (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree that we need to take another look at the Leamside line, but I would like to come back on your comments about Labour being interested in business. [Hon. Members: "Not ‘you’."] My apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. If Labour Members are so interested in business, why is their attendance at the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee so woeful?
Budget Resolutions — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Simon Richard Clarke (Conservative, Centre-right): This Government remain fully committed to great care, free at the point of need, which of course is the founding principle of the health service. We remain fully committed to working to ensure that our healthcare system and our social care system are properly funded and staffed for the future. Our commitment to providing world-class public services extends to people of all ages, and that is reflected in our wider work on social care We have pledged an extra £4.7 billion by 2024-25 for schools, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education on securing a good settlement that will include nearly £2 billion of new funding over the spending review period for education recovery. That brings total education recovery spending to almost £5 billion. We are also providing £500 million to support the very youngest and their carers and to invest in family help. Last week, my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom), who has been such a brilliant advocate for this cause, described those measures as fulfilling "a fantastic pledge for every baby."—[Official Report, 27 October 2021; Vol. 702, c. 317.] I could not agree more.
56. Office of Tax Simplification (membership) — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Other
Karen Anne Bradley (Conservative, Centre-right): Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I advertise the fact that the Procedure Committee is taking evidence on this matter, that we did take oral evidence from the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire yesterday, and that we will be keen to hear the views of all right hon. and hon. Members?
Shipbuilding and Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd Insolvency — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Iain Aitken Stewart (Conservative, Centre-right): Indeed, the framing of company law is a reserved matter. I would need to take advice from officials, if the hon. Gentleman will allow me, as to whether a breach of that law was a reserved matter or, as I suspect, more a devolved one.
Shipbuilding and Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd Insolvency — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Douglas Gordon Ross (Conservative, Centre-right): We have been discussing reserved issues and devolved issues tonight. That is something that pupils at Logie Primary School will be looking at this week through UK Parliament Week. Will the Minister congratulate the young people at Logie Primary School, and the staff, on their interest in UK Parliament Week? I will be seeing them on Friday and I am sure one of the questions I might get asked is, "How do you get a mention of Logie Primary School in UK Parliament Week into an Adjournment debate about shipbuilding?"
Shipbuilding and Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd Insolvency — House of Commons, 2021-11-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Iain Aitken Stewart (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to say that my hon. Friend has given them a masterclass in how to do that. Referring back to the subject of this debate, I very much hope that among the pupils at Logie Primary School we will see future mariners, shipbuilders, engineers and technicians. I wish them all very well in their future endeavours I was surprised to see that the procurement of these new ferries to Islay did not include Ferguson Marine in the tendering process. The delays of the two ships currently under construction may well have played a part in that, but again, it is not for me to comment at this stage. It is very disappointing, given the maritime history on the Clyde in Scotland, and its shipbuilding history more generally, that these ships could not be included and are being lost to overseas orders. But, as I say, these are matters primarily for the Scottish Government to answer, and the hon. Member for East Lothian should pose them to his former colleagues in Holyrood and the Scottish Government. From the UK Government’s perspective, we are investing in the future of Scottish shipbuilding. That demonstrates the strength of our Union, and I hope to see many more ships built on the Clyde Question put and agreed to.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Katherine Fletcher (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree with you—[Interruption.] Oh crap! I agree with the hon. Lady. [Laughter.] Might as well get something decent on the record! You can take the girl out of the north of England, Madam Deputy Speaker; I apologise profusely. I agree with the hon. Lady, but I think that there are some issues that prevent immediate "do something" action, and I want genuinely to examine them.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Mixed Topics
Katherine Fletcher (Conservative, Centre-right): The term "anecdote" means, within a scientific context, not statistically proven. While the emotion that the hon. Lady shows on behalf of Ben’s family and other families is important, it is also important to step back. If nothing else, the pandemic has shown us the power of science to find the right answers to solve problems.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Mark Peter Fletcher (Conservative, Centre-right): In response to some of the passions expressed, I want to say that my hon. Friend is making an incredible speech. Not only is it emotional, but it outlines the difficulties of ethics, decision making, science and research. I have listened for the past 30 minutes, captivated by the way in which she is presenting the matter to the House. On behalf of all hon. Members here today, may I say thank you?
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Mark Peter Fletcher (Conservative, Centre-right): We have heard a number of incredibly personal stories of family members or constituents today, but my hon. Friend’s point is that we should not only let the personal impacts influence us, but ensure that the evidence comes forward as well. Does she agree that it is vital we have both in this debate?
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree with my hon. Friend. That reminds me of a request I made to our local CCG. It is up to MPs to lobby local CCGs and for constituents to lobby their MPs. I lobbied our local CCG recently with regard to—[Interruption.]
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): Before the hon. Lady answers the intervention, I must ask her not to use the word "you." When one says "you," one means the Chair. I have not interrupted the flow of her speech, but she has said "you" a few times, and I would be grateful if she would say "the hon. Lady" rather than "you" because "you" means the Chair.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you for your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker. I take it on board, and I apologise for using that term in the House. I know I should not be saying it. When you are—[Laughter.] When one is going with the flow, it just comes out.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): For the sake of clarity, it is okay if the hon. Lady says "when you are" when she means "when one is" because it is vernacular. I would not be so pernickety as to pick her up on that, and it is absolutely fine It is not often that I have the chance in a quiet House to clarify the rules that a lot of people do not understand, and that the hon. Lady clearly understands very well indeed. There are good reasons for the rules. It is not some old-fashioned tradition that we are sticking to because it is a tradition; it is because it changes the tenor of the debate. She is proceeding perfectly properly.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that we have to use the right terminology because it depersonalises the debate, which is most important I am not sure whether I answered the intervention by the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi), but I had better move on.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): Order. I am sure that the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) was not misrepresenting what the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) said. She is doing whatever he is suggesting that she is doing, but it will not be misrepresenting, because that would not be honourable.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Mark Peter Fletcher (Conservative, Centre-right): I think there has been an accusation from the Opposition Benches that my hon. Friend does not seem to be educated in this particular area. Can he outline for the benefit of the House how much he understands medicine?
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Mixed Topics
Kieran John Mullan (Conservative, Centre-right): No. The point I am making is that nothing in the NIHR’s work says that it will only consider research and applications that are RCTs, and nothing prevents NICE from looking at any number of other methods of research. Opposition Members are saying that the Bill is the only way to get people to look at the evidence more broadly, but that is simply not true.
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Thomas William Randall (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that there has been a lot of talk in this debate about a campaign that has been going on for four years. My hon. Friend speaks with his medical experience, and many of us on these Benches do not. Does he agree that there has been a churn in the representation of this House over the past four years and there are new MPs who are coming to this debate afresh? This debate has been very useful in illuminating and educating those Members who are newer to the debate and that has been a very productive exercise. Does he further agree that, in spite of the understandable emotions that exist within this debate, the primary duty of Members of this House is to pass good legislation?
Business without Debate — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman makes a perfectly reasonable point, and I can understand his disappointment that his Bill has not been aired today. I think that when we came to his Bill I asked him to name a day for Second Reading, and he named the day. I cannot now recall, having done 27 others, exactly which day he named, but whichever day it was, I hope that on that day we will have a chance to hear what he has to say about his Bill and to discover how much support it has. I hope that is helpful to the hon. Gentleman.
Children and Young People with Complex Needs — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Mixed Topics
Darren George Henry (Conservative, Centre-right): My understanding of the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne was making is that we should make sure that the investment goes into residential care. The Minister is talking about the money and the investment being put into in-patient care, but that should really be put into residential care. Will she please comment on that? In addition, taking that a step further, should areas with residential care and the staff equipped to deal with children with complex needs not eventually get people into supported living so that we can ultimately get them into independent living?
Children and Young People with Complex Needs — House of Commons, 2021-12-10
Topic: Other
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): I took the hon. Gentleman’s raised eyebrows as an indication that he wished to raise a point of order before I adjourn the House. We could have had more time on the debate, so I gave him the opportunity to make the point. The Minister is at liberty to say whatever she wishes at the Dispatch Box—that is not a matter for me—but she may wish to respond to his point.
Universal Credit Standard Allowance: End of Uplift — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Ben Spencer (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend agree that we must look at both money in and money out, and that the cost of living is causing pressures for worse-off families? Will he update the House on the work that the Department is doing in looking at the cost of living, particularly childcare and housing costs?
Universal Credit System Resilience: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Immigration
Andrew Hanson Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is aware that Harrogate has been the location for the pilot work on the managed migration from legacy benefits. Is she able to update the House on how that is going? Before the pandemic, it was going very well indeed. Is she now in a position to recommence the pilot, or to move on to the next stage of the migration?
Universal Credit System Resilience: Covid-19 — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Immigration
Thérèse Anne Coffey (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right to point out that we undertook some pilot work in Harrogate on the managed migration element of moving everybody to universal credit. I am pleased to say that there was a considerable amount of learnings from that time in Harrogate, and we have also learned a lot during the pandemic. As such, I am not envisaging a need for the pilot to be resumed in Harrogate, but it has informed our plan, which is still in preparation, on resuming the managed move to universal credit.
Disabled People: Support in Work — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Maria Frances Lewis Miller (Conservative, Centre-right): I have seen at first hand how assistive technology can change the lives of young people with disabilities at Treloar School and College in Alton in Hampshire. Can my hon. Friend update the House with any further details on the national centre for assistive and accessible technology, which could do so much to support adults with a learning disability and other disabilities to get into employment?
Disabled People: Support in Work — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Chloe Rebecca Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I am really pleased that my right hon. Friend has raised that point, and I agree on the centrality of assistive and accessible technology. That is why our national disability strategy contained a commitment to invest up to £1 million in 2021-22 to develop a new centre for assistive and accessible tech, reporting on progress by next year. I look forward to working with her to do that.
Disabled People: Support in Work — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Mixed Topics
Chloe Rebecca Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): I certainly will. It will be my passion to deliver all the commitments in the national disability strategy, to support more disabled people to be in work, stay in work and thrive in work. I also thank my hon. Friend for the foundational work he did on this, which I look forward to continuing.
Committee on Standards: Decision of the House — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Other
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): I think the hon. Gentleman prepared that intervention before he heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell), who said that, despite his voting against the Government, that was a misrepresentation of the conversations he had.
Committee on Standards: Decision of the House — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Other
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): With due respect, first, my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House is in the Chamber with me and, secondly, the right hon. and learned Lady well knows, not least as the Mother of the House, that the Cabinet Office overseas the Government response across Departments, including on a number of the issues covered by this issue.
Committee on Standards: Decision of the House — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Other
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): I did not see that the Chair of the Standards Committee was seeking to grab my attention. We are committed to working on a cross-party basis and, with that in mind, of course I will give way to him.
Committee on Standards: Decision of the House — House of Commons, 2021-11-08
Topic: Other
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): I have been very clear that we will listen to the House and listen to the debate. [Interruption.] Will the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson) just let me address the point made by the Chair of the Committee on Standards? Mr Paterson has now resigned, so it would not be possible for the House to endorse a sanction of suspension. I simply remind the House that he has suffered a serious personal tragedy. He has now resigned. In his statement, he said that he wants to continue his politics outside public life, and we should respect that. I hope, through your office, Mr Speaker, that there will be a way for us to engage on a cross-party basis, and that is what the Government will now redouble their efforts to engage on in the days ahead.