Results 121–140 of 1946 for speaker:Alex Burghart

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices (29 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: In September 2023, a Project was completed to create a Ministerial Meeting Room in the Cabinet Office’s 2nd Headquarters within Glasgow: 1 Atlantic Square. The room enables the conduct of Ministerial business in Glasgow, including hosting meetings. Within London, 70 Whitehall Two of the Ministerial offices were redecorated in April 2023 due to water damage. A Ministerial Waiting Room...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: King Charles III: Art Works (29 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: As is usual practice following accession, an Official Portrait has been taken of His Majesty The King to mark the start of the new Reign, for use in public buildings and for other official purposes. His Majesty’s Government will use this portrait for the Official Portrait Scheme, announced by the Deputy Prime Minister in April last year. The scheme opened in November 2023 to enable...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Government Departments: ICT (29 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: The National Security Council (NSC) is a committee of Cabinet and is bound by the same rules and conventions as all Cabinet Committees. Information about discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees are not normally publicly shared.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: King Charles III: Art Works (29 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: The Government does not have any plans to make an assessment regarding the Australian policy of the constitutional right to a portrait of the Sovereign, or offering a free portrait of the King to all homes in the United Kingdom.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Peter Bone (25 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I thank the Rt Hon Member for bringing this to my attention. The Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 sets out the entitlement for Ministers who leave office. Such payments should not apply where a person has attained the age of sixty-five. If a former Minister was incorrectly given a severance payment, the relevant department will contact the individual to recover the...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Public Sector: Cybersecurity (25 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: The Cabinet Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Import Controls (25 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: The Cabinet Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Import Controls (25 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: The Cabinet Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I begin by saying how sorry the Government were to hear that four people—two in this country and two in Ireland—sadly lost their lives due to Storm Isha. I extend my sympathy to their family and friends. At the same time, I praise our emergency and utility workers who worked so hard to help the public in very difficult conditions. Forecasters at the Met Office raised a rare whole-country...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his warm words about our emergency services and utility workers. On his specific point about flooding, he will have heard the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which is responsible for this area, comment earlier in the week that, “Flooding resilience in England is a priority for DEFRA, as part of a whole-society approach to resilience...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I join my hon. Friend in his words of praise for those who have been working in the west midlands. I am sure that my DFT colleagues have heard what he said about the critical road in his constituency.

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: That is a classic question from the SNP, isn’t it? The hon. Lady did not listen to what I have said and then asked for more money. Central Government are absolutely not taking all the credit for everything that has happened. As she will have just heard me say, it is our partnership with the people who work in the emergency services, local government, utility companies and so on that has...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I am very happy to join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to the Appleby Emergency Response Group. So often, it is local community organisations, with their connections and awareness of and intelligence about what is taking place on the ground, that make a response possible, so I am very happy to join him in that. I am glad to hear that although his constituency was hit hard by the storms, it...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: We obviously learned a great many lessons from covid. As the hon. Lady will be aware from the documentation that the Government have published over the past couple of years, there has been a great deal of activity to improve our resilience and response to emergencies. My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister gave a statement to that effect in this House in December. The Cabinet Office...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I very much hear what my hon. Friend says. I know that my colleagues in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will have heard likewise. She will have heard what I had to say earlier about the Department’s position on flooding. On alerts, for instance, normal flood warnings were operated. We did not use the national alert because the situation did not reach that threshold,...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: The hon. Lady will have heard me reflect on what DEFRA said earlier in the week about the £5.2 billion of investment in flood and coastal erosion risk management through its capital programme, and the fact that, since 2021, the Government have put £1.5 billion into flood-defence projects across England. On the hon. Lady’s first point about the level of disruption, we understand and...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: My hon. Friend raises a very important question. We know how awful it can be for families to be flooded out of their homes. There is damage to their property and effects, and sometimes to items with sentimental value. It is important that we have processes and procedures in place to make sure that we can help people out in those circumstances. On my hon. Friend’s specific point, I will...

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I am happy to communicate that message strongly to the devolved Administration. I have visited Caithness and seen its remote beauty, but yes, one can only imagine what it would be like to be a young woman giving birth and cut off from major services. I feel that the hon. Gentleman’s plea for an upgrade at Wick is very important.

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: I am glad that my hon. Friend has such a worthy campaign to support his constituents. I will ensure that his request for a meeting goes to the most appropriate Minister, who may be able to advise him on how possible his proposal is.

Extreme Weather Events: Resilience (24 Jan 2024)

Alex Burghart: The hon. Lady will have heard me say a moment ago that the NAO was pleased that the Government have taken steps to address extreme weather as part of a whole-system approach, which can have real advantages when floods are coming. For example, it enables appropriately trained emergency workers to be sent out to clear storm drains and ensure that anything that might make the floods worse is...


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