Results 181–200 of 2301 for speaker:Valerie Vaz

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Topical Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Valerie Vaz: The Minister knows that 115 Horizon Europe grants were cancelled last week. Will he commit to ensuring that that money is given to our excellent scientists, just as the previous, excellent, science Minister would have done?

Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Football Governance Fan-led Review ( 5 Jul 2022)

Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government will publish its proposals in response to the Fan-Led review of Football Governance.

Justice: Courts System ( 5 Jul 2022)

Valerie Vaz: What is the point of having a modernised courts system if we do not have the lawyers to go with it? On what date will the Minister meet members of the Criminal Bar Association to discuss pay and a modernised courts system?

Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare: United States (28 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I thank Mr Speaker for allowing this urgent debate and my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) for securing it. I want to follow up on the question about buffer zones, which the Minister failed to answer; given that they are about to be introduced in Scotland, could she say what the Government’s position is on that?

Rape: Criminal Prosecutions (28 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I am sure the Minister will realise that the whole House welcomes any new measures, but could she say what is being done about some of the older cases that have been stopped in their tracks? Will she ensure that adequate resources are there for those legacy cases where justice has not been done?

Treasury: Topical Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: Some £11.8 billion was lost to fraud during the pandemic, according to a plethora of organisations such as the National Investigation Service and the Insolvency Service. I know the Chancellor is keeping tabs on public money, but will he publish a real-time dashboard on the recovery of public money?

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions (21 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: Will the Minister please update the House on the cases of the British citizens Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof, who are still in Evin prison in Iran?

Health and Social Care: Health and Social Care: Leadership and Management (14 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I have already raised the issue of the governance at Walsall Manor Hospital. I welcome the Messenger-Pollard review—the Secretary of State will know that there is also a report called “The snowy white peaks of the NHS”, which says roughly the same thing—but I have been fobbed off because the leadership at Walsall and Wolverhampton remains the same. Could he look into why Walsall Manor...

Solar Farms and Battery Storage ( 8 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: Thank you for calling me to speak, Mr Paisley, and it is a pleasure to serve under you as Chairman. I thank the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (James Gray) for securing this debate and I obviously thank Mr Speaker for granting it. It is very timely, certainly for me and for my constituency, because we, too, have an application for a battery energy storage system in an area called the...

Standards in Public Life ( 7 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: Before the Minister does that, will he give way?

Standards in Public Life ( 7 Jun 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I thank the Minister for giving way. Will he say what the position is if the Prime Minister has broken the law? Does he accept that that is a breach of the ministerial code?

FCDO Diplomatic Staff: Funding Levels — [Hannah Bardell in the Chair] (24 May 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I will not take the full amount of time available to me; everybody can go and have a cup of coffee or something afterwards, given the early start. I thank everyone who has taken part in this vital debate. The hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) is an amazing institution in Parliament, and he is absolutely right about freedom of religion and belief. We must support everyone’s religion,...

FCDO Diplomatic Staff: Funding Levels — [Hannah Bardell in the Chair] (24 May 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I beg to move, That this House has considered funding levels for diplomatic staff in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It is a pleasure to open the debate with you in the Chair, Ms Bardell, and I start by thanking Mr Speaker for granting it, and the House of Commons Library for producing a debate pack on this extremely important subject. The debate is about the United...

FCDO Diplomatic Staff: Funding Levels — [Hannah Bardell in the Chair] (24 May 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. As she will know—she has clearly been listening to what I have been saying—it is so important for the future of the staff and the country that we make sure those staff are properly skilled and are still in place. The world is in turmoil, and we must make sure that people with level heads are still there, with the abilities and experience they...

Foreign National Offender Removal Flights (18 May 2022)

Valerie Vaz: I have written to, I think, my third Minister about the case of a person who stabbed a constituent of mine—he wanted to murder her—and is still in the country. If I write to the Minister, will he undertake to look at the case again and ensure that that person is deported so that my constituent can live in peace?

Tackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living Increases (17 May 2022)

Valerie Vaz: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Anneusb Marie Morris). It is sad that our Gracious Sovereign missed announcing the Government’s programme, but we look forward to seeing her again in the future. The cost of living is one of the biggest crises engulfing our nations and regions. That is what people have said to us in the recent local elections; from Cumbria to...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions (28 Apr 2022)

Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on creating a register of carbon offset schemes in the UK to monitor the purchase of viable agricultural land used for this purpose.

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Parliamentary Estate: Coronavirus (28 Apr 2022)

Valerie Vaz: To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many positive covid-19 cases were recorded on the Parliamentary estate in each month from November 2021 to March 2022.

Prime Minister’s Visit to India (26 Apr 2022)

Valerie Vaz: The Minister said that we are at the start of the negotiations; will she confirm that the trade unions, business and civil society will be included in any discussions in both countries?


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