Bribery Act 2010 Committee: Bribery Act 2010.
Witnesses: (at 10:30 AM) Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime, Home Office Ms Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Small Businesses, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Mr Edward Argar MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice Baroness...
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Small businesses and productivity.
Witnesses: Paul Antino, Managing Director, NRT Building Services Group Ltd Tim Hopkinson, Director, Poppleton Tony Davis, Managing Director, AMD Electrical Martin Burton, Contracts Director, Arnold James Ltd Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility Rannia Leontaridi, Director, Business Growth, Department for...
Environmental Audit: Sustainability of the fashion industry.
Witnesses: Victoria Atkins MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women), Home Office Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, Defra Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility,...
Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill: Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill.
Witnesses: (at 4:30 PM) Ms Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Ms Jacquie Griffiths, Policy Lead on the Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill , Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Mr Matthew Ray, Deputy Director of Company Law, Transparency & Tax , Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...
Women and Equalities: The use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases.
Witnesses: Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission Matthew Smith, Principal (Legal), Equality and Human Rights Commission Paul Philip, Chief Executive, Solicitors Regulation Authority Lucy Frazer QC MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice Andrew Walden, Deputy Director Courts Reform Policy Division, Ministry of Justice Kelly Tolhurst MP,...
Environmental Audit: Toxic chemicals.
Witnesses: Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Professor Tim Gant, Head of Toxicology, Public Health England Dave Bench, Director, EU Exit –...
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Post Office Network.
Witnesses: Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister of Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Carl Creswell, Director, Professional Business Services, Retail and Post, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Tom Cooper, Director, UK Government Investments, Department for Business, Energy...
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: The safety of electrical goods in the UK follow-up.
Witnesses: Lynn Faulds Wood, author of UK Consumer Product Recall: An independent Review Kelly Tolhurst MP, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Graham Russell MBE, CEO, Office for Product Safety and Standards
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee: Discontinuing seasonal changes of time.
Witnesses: (at 10:10 AM) Ms Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility), Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Kelly Tolhurst: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to make my maiden speech in this important debate. It is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Falkirk (John Mc Nally)—a small business owner like myself, who I am sure will make a great contribution to this House—and the hon. Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson). I am proud also to be following my hon. Friend the Member for...
Kelly Tolhurst: Will my right hon. Friend confirm that now we have these recommendations, the people of my constituency, particularly on the Isle of Grain, can be assured that there will no longer be an airport proposal for the Hoo peninsula and that it is finally off the table?
Kelly Tolhurst: What steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and domestic violence in the past two years.
Kelly Tolhurst: What factors explain the variance in conviction rates for domestic violence and rape cases? Will the Attorney General join me on a visit to Kent to meet the excellent Crown Prosecution Service staff?
Kelly Tolhurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the total cost of smart meters being delivered to (a) 100 per cent of customers and (b) 80 per cent of customers by 2020.
Kelly Tolhurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure that the smart meter programme will not exceed the projected costs set out in her Department's impact assessment published in January 2014.
Kelly Tolhurst: After a Care Quality Commission inspection at Medway hospital, a two-day diversion of ambulances has been put in place, starting this morning. Will the Prime Minister assure me that all will be done to turn things around at our hospital so that my constituents can have a fully functioning A&E swiftly and urgently?
Kelly Tolhurst: The subject of immigration has created much thought and emotion in my constituency over a long period, whether it relates to EU or non-EU immigration, illegal immigration or refugees and asylum seekers. Often when the subject is discussed, those categories are not separated. Over recent months, we have seen heart-rending images of people migrating across the Mediterranean and across Europe,...
Kelly Tolhurst: I welcome the Secretary of State’s comments today. Although I am not a grammar school girl, I have some fantastic grammar schools in my constituency that are delivering for young people. Will she join me in welcoming the contribution that grammar schools have made to the improvement of underperforming schools in my constituency and across Medway?
Kelly Tolhurst: I want to explore a little more around employers who are repeat offenders. I have witnessed examples of activity from smaller businesses that have caused concern. Does clause 9 go far enough to prevent such businesses, once caught, from doing it again? Is it enough to stop people who have already caused concern for agencies?