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Upcoming Business – Lords: Grand Committee (20 June 2013)

Support for the contribution of the financial services sector to the economy – Lord Deighton. Short Debate

Energy Bill — Second Reading (18 June 2013) See 15 other results from this debate

Baroness Verma: ...enables the Secretary of State to set a legally binding decarbonisation target range for the power sector in Great Britain. This should be in 2016, when we are due to set in law the level of our economy-wide fifth carbon budget, covering the corresponding period. At that point, we will receive advice from the Committee on Climate Change on the level of the fifth carbon budget. However, it...

Sudan and South Sudan (18 June 2013)

Mark Simmonds: ...of writing to the Ethiopian Foreign Minister to express our condolences at the loss of a young female Ethiopian peacekeeper. My hon. Friend was also right to highlight the importance of oil to both economies and to acknowledge and congratulate those officials in the Foreign Office and DFID who work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering and do what they can to find lasting solutions to the...

NHS Funding (York and North Yorkshire) (18 June 2013)

Daniel Poulter: ...better care in the community for older people. A key focus is on improving productivity and ensuring value for money to make sure that our health care system stimulates and supports the local economy in relation to not only the obvious importance of keeping local populations well and at work, but the benefits that can be gained from synergies with the life sciences and the supportive and...

Railway Services (North Cornwall) (18 June 2013)

Simon Burns: .... It is right that there should be so much interest in this franchise. It serves a huge number of communities and businesses, and the Great Western rail network has an important role in the economy of the many parts of England and Wales that it serves, not least Cornwall. Railway connectivity provides crucial support for jobs and growth. Delivering high-quality rail services is, of course,...

Common Agricultural Policy: Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union (18 June 2013) See 16 other results from this debate

Michael Connarty: ...that business strongly. Bill Gates is now doing something that a financial transaction tax would achieve universally, across the world. It would raise money from the speculative, gambling casino economy that the world has become and give it to those who are often mineral rich or agriculture rich but massively exploited by those of us who live on the fat of that speculation. For me, a...

Alcohol Licensing Advertising — [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] (18 June 2013)

James Brokenshire: ...due course, taking account all the representations. As well as measures to tackle alcohol harms, the public consultation recognised the contribution that the responsible alcohol trade makes to our economy and society. The Government sought views on ways to cut red tape in licensing for responsible businesses, while not, of course, undermining safeguards against the harms that alcohol can...

Common Agricultural Policy (18 June 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Eilidh Whiteford: ...that progress has been made, particularly on the different views that exist across the UK about what is needed in certain circumstances. All I would say is that the beef sector is critical to the economy of north-east Scotland. It anchors hundreds of jobs in the rural economy and gives a welcome boost to exports, which is important. I have raised the issue of the compliance regime many...

[Martin Caton in the Chair] — Unpaid Internships (18 June 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Ian Murray: ...to the national minimum wage. Once upon a time, the idea of a minimum guaranteed wage for people in the UK was pie in the sky and highly controversial. Now, in light of its impact on family life, the economy and indeed this place, there seems to be consensus that the national minimum wage is an integral part of work and the UK economy, and it has cross- party support. However, without the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Exporters: Foreign Language Skills (18 June 2013)

Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint: UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the Government Department responsible for providing UK-based companies with the support they need to succeed in the global economy, has a number of services aimed at preparing businesses for exporting. These include schemes such as Passport to Export and Gateway to Global Growth aimed at new exporters and more experienced exporting Small and Medium Sized...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Arts (18 June 2013)

Edward Vaizey: ...growth and the creation of local jobs, including within the creative industries. The Government fully recognises the value of the creative industries. These sectors have a key role in growing our economy and contributing to British culture and we are determined to work closely with partners, including LEPs, to create the best possible environment to support business growth.

Written Answers — Treasury: Business: Loans (18 June 2013)

Greg Clark: ...Funding for Lending Scheme has contributed to a transformation of the bank funding environment and banks are now passing these on through improved credit availability and cheaper credit to the real economy including to businesses. As part of the monitoring of the Funding for Lending scheme, the Bank of England publishes the net lending data of individual banks on a quarterly basis. A...

Nato: Pensions Bill (17 June 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

David Mowat: ...are therefore suspect, but someone could be spending 50% of their pension pot on charges, and 2.5% compounded over a few years does that to someone unless things are going up. There is absolutely no evidence of economies of scale in our larger funds, which is completely unlike the situation in the United States, where charges come down as the size of funds goes up. We have too many pension...

Nato: Common Fisheries Policy (17 June 2013)

Richard Benyon: ...biomass so that they are able to catch more fish, their children will want to become fishermen and the fishing industry will start to grow in a way that I know it can and contribute to the economy.

Visas — Question (17 June 2013)

Baroness Smith of Basildon: ...in encouraging Chinese tourists to the UK and complains that the system is even more complicated than that to get into the US. Does the Minister accept that the potential loss of income to the UK economy remains at £1.2 billion? What urgent discussions will Ministers have with the Chinese authorities and tour operators to make it easier to apply for UK visas without compromising...

Written Answers — Scotland: Unemployment (17 June 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Margaret Curran: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the total loss to the Scottish economy as a result of underemployment.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Occupied Territories (17 June 2013)

Alistair Burt: ..., we support legitimate investment by British citizens and companies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and are supportive of Secretary Kerry's economic programme to develop the Palestinian economy, alongside the political framework, as the basis for a sustainable peace.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Occupied Territories (17 June 2013)

Alistair Burt: ..., we support legitimate investment by British citizens and companies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and are supportive of Secretary Kerry's economic programme to develop the Palestinian economy, alongside the political framework, as the basis for a sustainable peace.

Written Answers — Defence: Japan and USA (17 June 2013)

Andrew Murrison: Our relationship with Japan—the third largest economy in the world—is crucial to our prosperity. However, it is also increasingly important to our security; as a like-minded ally Japan shares many of our interests, values and goals. Our security and defence engagement relationship has become stronger and closer in recent years and continues to improve. In Tokyo in April 2012, the...

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Submarines (17 June 2013)

Philip Dunne: ...for money. However, any decision to discontinue the UK's sovereign submarine-manufacturing capability, or to reduce future submarine orders, would clearly have a substantial impact on the local economy in Barrow, and in other locations in which the supply chain is concentrated.