argyrotsipi/train-dataset huggingface dataset:
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-01
Topic: International Affairs
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not know why the hon. Gentleman does not understand; I am not taking his intervention In particular, we are wholly committed to the Belfast agreement and its successors. We will work with the Irish Government to maintain the common travel area on the island of Ireland and not return to the borders of the past. We have received, and we are grateful for, the submissions from the Scottish and Welsh Governments, which are being considered That said, the Supreme Court was clear in its judgment that triggering article 50 is a reserved matter for this Parliament, and that the devolved legislatures do not have a veto. But we have been clear that we will work very carefully to ensure that as powers are repatriated from Brussels back to Britain, the right powers are returned to Westminster and the right powers are passed to the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Many hon. Members raised the question of the status of EU citizens living and working in the United Kingdom. Let us be clear: this Government value and appreciate the role that they play in our economy and in our communities, and we are determined to provide as much certainty as we can, as soon as we can. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has been clear that guaranteeing UK citizens’ rights in the EU, and EU citizens’ rights in the UK, is one of our immediate objectives in the upcoming negotiations. Indeed, we stand ready to reach such a deal right now if the other countries of the European Union agree. To the EU citizens who are living, studying and working in the UK I say, "You will still be welcome in this country, as we trust our citizens will continue to be welcome in yours."
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-01
Topic: International Affairs
David Ian Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): Moving on to the forthcoming negotiations, I want to repeat that although we are leaving the EU, we are not turning our back on Europe. We will be seeking a broad new partnership with the EU outside the single market, including a bold and ambitious free trade agreement. We will maintain strong relationships with our European partners as we work together on issues such as security, justice and migration.
Science Funding — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The first section of our Green Paper on industrial strategy sets out our ambition to make Britain the best nation in the world for scientists, innovators and technical inventors. In support of this, we have announced an increase of £4.7 billion in public research and development funds, which is the biggest increase in support of science for 40 years.
Science Funding — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Education
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady has two eminent universities in her constituency that are going from strength to strength. I agree that it is important that the best researchers from across the world come to our universities, and the Prime Minister said in her Lancaster House speech that that was a priority for our negotiations.
Science Funding — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Mark Andrew Pritchard (Conservative, Centre-right): Science funding includes funding for the satellite sector, which is an important industrial base for the UK. The Government have set a target to grow this sector by a further 10% of global share in the next two decades. What more money could be put into the satellite sector from the industrial strategy challenge fund?
Science Funding — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend raises an important point. We say in the strategy that we should build on our strengths, and the satellite sector is a shining British strength that is creating huge numbers of jobs. It is specified throughout the industrial strategy as an area in which we want the industry to work together to ensure that, in particular, we are training the technicians and engineers of the future, which is what we have been doing.
Science Funding — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Sarah James (Wollaston) (Conservative, Centre-right): There is great concern about the future of fusion research after Britain pulls out of the EU and Euratom. Will the Secretary of State reassure us that he will continue to support and fully fund the Joint European Torus project and other joint research projects such as ITER—the international thermonuclear experimental reactor—after Britain leaves the EU?
Science Funding — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady does not have it right. She should know—the science sector has welcomed this fact—that we protected funding for science during all the difficult years in which we were recovering from the financial situation that Labour left us. There was a huge welcome for the £2 billion increase, which is the biggest since 1979. In other words, that is bigger than what any Labour Government ever offered.
Aerospace — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Kelly Jane Tolhurst (Conservative, Centre-right): Rochester and Strood has a proud aerospace history, having had the Short Brothers iconic flying boats. It is now home to Aeromet, an important SME that is part of the supply chain for Airbus. Will my hon. Friend outline how his Department will ensure that the UK aerospace supply chain will continue to have unhindered access to major opportunities in our manufacturing industries?
Aerospace — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): As my hon. Friend will know, the aerospace growth partnership has been a great success, with the Government working closely with industry. As part of that, the Government have made a joint funding commitment with the industry for nearly £4 billion of aerospace research between 2013 and 2026, so I think that the future is relatively well funded.
Aerospace — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has already talked about the importance of our satellite programmes in this country. The European Space Agency sits outside the EU structure, so it will be handled separately from EU discussions.
Aerospace — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): The success of Scotland has been part of a wider UK success. I absolutely recognise the point that the hon. Lady mentions. I was in Glasgow only last week, talking to high-tech companies at Glasgow University, and I can absolutely vouch for their quality.
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Labor
James Spencer Cleverly (Conservative, Centre-right): When I started a business, I found that one of the most intimidating elements was employing my first member of staff. What more can the Government do to encourage and support the self-employed to grow their company and become employers in their own right?
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Labor
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): The disabled employment programme is an important part of our work in labour markets, and it is backed by many top retailers. We will continue to press this issue and work with the Department for Work and Pensions for greater access to work for people with disabilities.
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Education
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the right hon. Lady for bringing this to our attention. A new approach to improving access to skills and apprenticeships is a fundamental part of our new industrial strategy. I will raise the matter that the right hon. Lady mentions with the Secretary of State for Education.
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Labor
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): Last week the Government launched the new industrial strategy, and the new academies programme for improving skills and access to apprenticeships is working with the existing apprenticeship programme to improve both the quality and number of apprentices.
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Education
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): Further education colleges remain an important part of our strategy to improve skills and access to apprenticeships, but they are not the only route to apprenticeships. The apprenticeship levy will increase funding for overall access to skills for our young people.
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sorry; I did not follow all the hon. Gentleman’s question. However, I know that the Treasury is looking into the fairness of taxation as between self-employed people and the rest of the workforce. I will read the hon. Gentleman’s question in Hansard and write to him accordingly.
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Labor
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): I very much agree with the thrust of my hon. Friend’s question. The Prime Minister has appointed Matthew Taylor to undertake a review of employment practices in the modern economy to ensure that while we embrace new technologies, we also protect workers’ rights.
Self-employment — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Labor
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): The Taylor review will also look into that very important issue. A worker’s contract with his or her employer is the fundamental basis on which he or she is judged to be self-employed or an employee, and that distinction will be closely scrutinised by Matthew Taylor.
SMEs: Kent and Medway — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Transportation
Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti (Conservative, Centre-right): In view of the Government’s commitment to investment in infrastructure, which will assist businesses in Kent and Medway, will the Minister confirm their commitment to the Lower Thames crossing, along with extra investment for Kent roads, which will provide connectivity for local businesses?
SMEs: Kent and Medway — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Transportation
Margot Cathleen James (Conservative, Centre-right): The Department for Transport will make an announcement, but my hon. Friend should be reassured that Kent County Council and the relevant business organisations are working closely with my Department to ensure that there are extensive improvements in the transport infrastructure in his constituency and the wider county.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): The Hendry review published its report earlier this month. The Government are considering its recommendations and the issues that would arise from a broader lagoon programme, including the potential contribution of power generated by tidal lagoons. The Government will publish their response to the Hendry review in due course.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Timothy Paul Loughton (Conservative, Centre-right): As an MP with a coastal constituency, I am a big fan of tidal power, and following the Hendry review it has been estimated that building some 10 tidal lagoon power stations by 2030 could generate 10% of our electricity requirements. So when considering the economics of the Swansea Bay scheme, will the Minister take into account the wider benefits for British manufacturing and technology of becoming a world leader in this clean technology?
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right to recognise that the question must be considered in the round and not merely on the merits or no of the Swansea Bay scheme. It is the Government’s job to consider the advantages and disadvantages of tidal lagoons as a whole and to take a decision that includes not merely the financial elements, but also environmental elements, the capacity to generate power as part of a wider energy mix and ancillary elements.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Labor
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): Heaven forfend, Mr Speaker, that I should entertain so unworthy a suspicion as to think the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman) might have smuggled some entirely unrelated question into a question on tidal lagoons. May I simply reassure him that skills remain at the centre of the Government’s concerns, and that is why they feature so prominently in the industrial strategy?
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Environment
Michael Louis David Fabricant (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister is quite right to say that he will analyse this in the round, because while I think many of us will recognise the economic advantages, particularly over a long period such as 100 to 150 years, the environmental impact will be considerable. Can he perhaps amplify what sort of things he will be looking at, including how tidal lagoons affect fish life, marine life and bird life?
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Environment
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): It is of course true that, as well as the economic case and value for money issues that that raises, there will be wider consideration of environmental impacts, but in relation not just to individual schemes as they can be understood now, but to the way in which they might concatenate across a programme of tidal lagoons.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): I dare to suggest that the hon. Gentleman is misinformed. It is not quite clear what he thinks of as the lagoons in the scheme he describes, but Hinkley Point will be a bigger generator than, certainly, the first round of lagoons, as well as being a higher load and more reliable.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): The issues considered by the Hendry review are complex, and the Government will be demanding a period of time to assess the recommendations and determine what decision is in the best interests of UK energy consumers. I have already said that we will not be dragging our heels on this, and we will not do so.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Byron Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): In a previous answer, the Minister referred to advantages and disadvantages. Does he agree that the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon would not only meet energy needs but provide huge levels of investment in jobs in my constituency and throughout the region? As the Hendry report implies, it could put Wales at the forefront of developing a world-first technology.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): I salute my colleague’s proper concern for support and investment in his constituency; that is absolutely right. The wider implications are being considered by the Government, and I remind him that the Hendry review asked for the issues to be considered specifically in the context of power generation, so those things go alongside the wider consideration we are giving to the report.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Alexander Jesse Norman (Conservative, Centre-right): As I have indicated in a separate debate with the hon. Gentleman, that is a different, although related, technology. It was funded in part by the Government and has produced interesting results. This is a matter for close consideration by officials and we will continue to reflect on the matter. If he wishes to write to me further, I would be delighted to take a letter.
Tidal Energy — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Stephen Crabb (Conservative, Centre-right): One of the core objectives of the draft industrial strategy is to rebalance the UK economy, with engineering, construction and manufacturing making a larger contribution to economic growth. Does the Minister agree that if we are to achieve that objective, we will need to invest in major infrastructure projects such as the tidal lagoon?
Leaving the EU: Research and Development (Scotland) — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Questions: What steps he is taking to safeguard investment in research and development in Scotland as a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU.
Jo Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): As the Secretary of State has already said, the Government are supporting research and development throughout the UK. We protected the resource budget at the 2015 spending review and committed an extra £2 billion in the most recent autumn statement—the largest increase in science funding since 1979.
Leaving the EU: Research and Development (Scotland) — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Questions: What steps he is taking to safeguard investment in research and development in Scotland as a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU.
Jo Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): Scotland is a powerhouse for academic research, and we want to play to one of this country’s great strengths, so we welcome the agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science and technology programmes in years to come. Britain will remain at the forefront of collective endeavours to improve and better understand the world in which we live.
Local Economic Growth — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Government Operations
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): One of our most important reforms has been to devolve power and resources to local areas through city deals, devolution deals and growth deals, in which local businesses can shape the decisions most affecting them. The hon. Lady will have welcomed last week’s announcement that half a billion pounds was devolved to northern local enterprise partnerships, including £130 million to Greater Manchester.
Local Economic Growth — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Labor
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is absolutely right that the needs of different places should be reflected in decisions that are made locally. Along with the centrality of skills and training, that is a big theme of the industrial strategy consultation, to which I hope she will respond. I look forward to her contribution.
Local Economic Growth — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Technology
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): I will indeed. One of the big opportunities is to make sure that the excellence we have in science and research is married with local strengths so that we can have the products of that research, in manufacturing for example, as well as the discoveries themselves.
Local Economic Growth — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): I declare an interest as a member of Kettering Borough Council. The borough of Kettering has had one of the fastest rates of business rate growth in the whole country in the last 10 years. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, with local government to be fully funded by business rates from 2020, all local councils will have to get far closer to their local businesses in order for local economies to function as best they can?
Local Economic Growth — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Government Operations
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right and, as a councillor, he knows how important it is that that very direct connection is made. It is one of the measures going through the House that I was proud to have proposed when I was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and it is something for which local government has long campaigned. I am delighted that it was this Conservative Government who were able to deliver it.
Offshore Energy: Humber — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): The UK is the world’s largest market for offshore wind, and the Humber energy estuary is, in my hon. Friend’s own words, "ideally positioned" to serve that sector. The Secretary of State and I saw that when we visited the new £310 million Siemens turbine blade factory, which has created more than 1,000 very valuable new jobs in the area.
Offshore Energy: Humber — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): This afternoon the Humber local enterprise partnership and Humber MPs are staging a showcase event to highlight the assets of the energy estuary. Can the Minister assure business leaders that the Government will continue to support the offshore centre, which is based in northern Lincolnshire, and the wider Humber region? Will he or one of his colleagues find time to visit the event this afternoon?
Offshore Energy: Humber — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes to the event, and yes to the assurance that my hon. Friend seeks about continued support. On top of the growth deal, the city deal and the enterprise zone programme, he will be well aware of the very significant Government commitment to future contract for difference auctions worth £730 million for less mature renewable technologies, including offshore wind. I hope he welcomes that.
Offshore Energy: Humber — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Energy
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): That is an extremely important point, and it is part of our calculation of the return on the investment made by the British taxpayer. Good progress is being made, and analysis shows that aggregated lifetime UK content in operating windfarms is 43%, against a track target of around 50%, and the proportion is higher for the value of operations and maintenance contracts, which run at about 70% of value at the moment. This will be a key area of our focus as we go forward with the industrial strategy.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Macroeconomics
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): Since our last questions, with the Prime Minister my ministerial team and I have launched our industrial strategy Green Paper, part of a cross-Government plan to build an economy that works for everyone. Efforts to secure global investment in British enterprise and innovation continue to meet with success, with the most recent example being the £115 million Novo Nordisk investment in Oxford, which is a further vote of confidence in Britain as a place to do both business and science. Today we launch the next energy capacity market auction. Last month, I signed a memorandum of co-operation with the Government of Japan on civil nuclear activities, and on Thursday I announced that we have secured a second mission to space for Major Tim Peake.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2017-01-31
Topic: Foreign Trade
Questions: What discussions has my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State had with representatives of industry, particularly the steel industry, about the UK’s leaving the European Union?
Gregory David Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): As my hon. Friend would expect, my colleagues meet representatives of all kinds of businesses, both in the UK and those looking to invest here. We are clear, as the Prime Minister has been, that we intend to pursue our negotiations to secure the best possible access to the single market so that the manifest advantages of the UK continue to be available to companies, here, now and in future.