MPs in constituencies matching southend
Results 1–20 of 7050 for southend
Transport (19 May 2022)
Trudy Harrison: ...of visiting it in Ballymena, including only last week at a heavy goods vehicle launch, where we committed to a £200 million zero-emission road freight programme. Other Members, including one from Southend city, my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Anna Firth), and my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones), also mentioned the importance of buses. We...
Business of the House (19 May 2022)
Anna Firth: ...cancer and one in eight men in Britain will suffer from it, which is about four to five of the men who were in the Chamber, including the Galleries, when I arrived. Last week, the brilliant Southend charity Prost8 UK launched a new national campaign to encourage the NHS to roll out new world-leading, minimally invasive treatments for prostate cancer. I am sure that he will be delighted to...
Treasury: Investment in UK Infrastructure (17 May 2022)
Helen Whately: ...Government are committed to investing in infrastructure to boost economic growth across the country, and I was delighted to see this at first hand when visiting my hon. Friend’s constituency of Southend West last week, where the local authority has secured £19.9 million from the levelling up fund.
Treasury: Investment in UK Infrastructure (17 May 2022)
Helen Whately: ...Government are committed to investing in infrastructure to boost economic growth across the country, and I was delighted to see this at first hand when visiting my hon. Friend’s constituency of Southend West last week, where the local authority has secured £19.9 million from the levelling up fund.
Debate on the Address: [1st day] (10 May 2022)
Matt Western: ...(Patrick Grady). It was also good to see the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Amy Callaghan) back in her place earlier, and to hear the very good maiden speech by the new hon. Member for Southend West (Anna Firth). We have been reminded of the three good colleagues we have lost: David Amess, James Brokenshire, whose memorial service took place yesterday, and, of course, our own Jack...
Queen’s Speech - Debate (1st Day): Motion for an Humble Address (10 May 2022)
Baroness Smith of Basildon: ...special guests on the contents of the Government’s programme. Once, at one such event, I noticed that a former Conservative MP, David Atkinson, had joined us. I knew David fairly well though our Southend and Basildon connections, and I said, “David, this is unexpected—how lovely to see you here”. He smiled and said, “Yes, Sarah”—referring to the then Prime Minister’s...
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Anna Firth: ...10 whole days, which is totally unacceptable. Will the Secretary of State or the Minister tell me please what is being done to stop water companies discharging sewage into the Thames estuary around Southend?
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Anna Firth: ...10 whole days, which is totally unacceptable. Will the Secretary of State or the Minister tell me please what is being done to stop water companies discharging sewage into the Thames estuary around Southend?
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Roads: Repairs and Maintenance (25 Apr 2022)
Trudy Harrison: ...Combined Authority 722,755 Shropshire Council 908,396 Slough Borough Council 54,952 Somerset County Council 1,211,948 South Tyneside Council 99,525 Southampton City Council 104,509 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 81,571 Staffordshire County Council 1,123,967 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 156,481 Suffolk County Council 1,236,079 Sunderland City Council 202,799 ...
Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Airbus A321: Registration (25 Apr 2022)
Emily Thornberry: ...) Airbus A321 flight registration G-GBNI was re-painted in UK government livery and (b) Airbus A321 flight registration G-XATW had its UK government livery removed during their respective visits to Southend Airport from 29 March to 3 April and 3 to 12 April; and what costs to the public purse arose from making those changes.
Easter Adjournment (31 Mar 2022)
Jeremy Corbyn: ...part in this debate. I fully endorse your proposal, Madam Deputy Speaker, that the summer Adjournment debate should be known as the David Amess Adjournment debate. The speed with which he described Southend means that whenever I go there I simply run to keep up with the sites that he used to describe to us. It would be nice to remember him in that way. I wish to speak about the refugee...
Business of the House (31 Mar 2022)
Anna Firth: ...multiple, and that is why I believe a debate in Government time is needed. We can all do our part to help, however. To do my bit, I am taking part in a sponsored abseil down the 154-foot tower of Southend University Hospital to support a cancer ward, and I would be delighted if my right hon. Friend wanted to join me.
Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Regional Planning and Development: Advertising (29 Mar 2022)
Neil O'Brien: ..., Glasgow, Grimsby, Great Yarmouth, Lincoln, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Mid-Wales, Dulais and Tawe, Blyth, Newcastle, South Yorkshire, Rotherham, Stoke-on-Trent, Hanley, Southend, Haverfordwest, Swansea, Walsall, Wolverhampton.
Business of the House (24 Mar 2022)
Anna Firth: Will my right hon. Friend find time for a statement, debate or more guidance on the Homes for Ukraine scheme? I have a constituent in Southend West who has already brought back Ukrainian family members from the terrible conflict in Ukraine and is housing them in his own home. He has applied under the Homes for Ukraine scheme for the £350 support, but he and we have been told that he is not...
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Anna Firth: ...has just been announced, so this is a perfect moment to review and improve the bidding for the next cycle, which is currently time-consuming, burdensome and very resource-intensive. On behalf of Southend West and the new city of Southend, which will bid to be the 2029 UK city of culture, will the Department consider having a dedicated city of culture team to guide and support applicants...
Support for New Adoptive Parents — [Ms Nusrat Ghani in the Chair] (21 Mar 2022)
Bill Esterson: ...growing our businesses, so I completely understand why the issue is so crucial for so many people and my personal experience means I support the case. My children were from Essex and were born in Southend, so I will now be in deep trouble for having slighted them. We found it incredibly difficult to build relationships with our children when we adopted them, which is a common experience....
Work and Pensions: Supporting Disabled People into Work (21 Mar 2022)
Anna Firth: Many people who live with disabilities struggle to enter the workplace as they often lack the soft skills and the confidence needed. In my constituency of Southend West, we have a wonderful charity called the Phabulous Café, which provides a training centre for young people with disabilities, learning difficulties and mental health issues to help them gain those essential soft skills. What...
DWP Estate: Office Closures (17 Mar 2022)
Justin Madders: ...for Work and Pensions does not believe in levelling up, does not believe in its own rhetoric on jobs, and does not believe in keeping people in work. We hear that offices will be closed in Stoke, Southend, Peterborough, Chesterfield, Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy, Barrow, Bishop Auckland, Doncaster and Burnley, taking jobs out of these communities. Can the Minister answer these questions for the...
Elections Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 20 (15 Mar 2022)
Lord Scriven: ...these Benches support the amendments, particularly Amendments 20 and 119, because they are about providing a prescribed piece of equipment across the country. It does not matter whether you are in Southend, Sheffield or Sunderland: there should be prescribed equipment, as now, that leads to independent, accessible and inclusive voting. The impact assessment that the Government have...
Business of the House (10 Mar 2022)
Mark Spencer: ...Mail pays close attention to Members’ questions in this Chamber, and I encourage it to take inspiration from my hon. Friend’s short time in this House and keep delivering for the people of Southend.