Former MP for Ipswich (18 Jun 1970 – 20 Sep 1974)
Former MP for Northamptonshire Eastern (12 Jan 1906 – 25 Nov 1918)
Former MP for Mitchell (8 Jul 1816 – 6 Apr 1826)
Public Accounts Committee: Value for Money from Legal Aid.
Sarah Olney: ...ground, the Liberal Democrats are clear: we cannot let this situation continue. Thames Water is no longer a functioning company, and the Government have a choice: either bail them out with taxpayer money, or listen to our calls to put it into special administration to then be reformed into a company for the public benefit. After years of Conservative Ministers refusing to take action, this...
Nia Griffith: ...the pandemic, with friends and donors of the Tory party given the first bite at the cherry, while decent, skilled local businesses are denied the same opportunity. Billions of pounds of public money will be wasted, which excellent small and medium-sized businesses such as BCB International in my constituency—
Steve Reed: ...and animal health. It is less well known that criminals who are involved in the illegal trade in puppies are often also engaged in other forms of cross-border crime. That includes drug dealing, money laundering and even people trafficking. The European Union’s “Strategy to tackle Organised Crime” recognises the illegal trade in companion animals in Europe as an ongoing concern with...
James Heappey: ...International Fund for Ukraine Urgent Bidding Round launched in January 2024. The recent decision by the Government of Australia to contribute to the International Fund for Ukraine increases the money available within the Fund for the purchase of critical capabilities for Ukraine.
Baroness Vere of Norbiton: ...public finances. This includes cutting the employee main rate of National Insurance to 8% which, will make an average worker on £35,400 over £900 a year better off than before. This means more money in people’s pockets, helping to increase disposable income and consumer confidence. Government continues to back retailers. At Autumn Statement 2023 we extended Retail, Hospitality and...
Lucy Frazer: ...sponsorship; andArts Council England’s accountability to the Department, respecting the importance of the arm's-length principle and the Arts Council’s responsibility as custodians of public money. In conducting the review, officials will engage with a broad range of interested parties in the arts and creative sectors across the UK. As set out by the Cabinet Office guidance, the review...
James Cartlidge: ...contracts for 2024-25. He must make and publish this decision by 15 March 2024. In making their recommendation, the Single Source Regulations Office must aim to ensure that a) good value for money is obtained in government expenditure on qualifying defence contracts and b) that suppliers who are party to qualifying defence contracts are paid a fair and reasonable price under those...
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage: ...salary and the scarcity of affordable private rented accommodation excluded her from those options. She was too concerned about the pressure on her finances to seek a mortgage and had little enough money left at the end of the month to save for a deposit anyway. Alison was one of the hidden homeless, which I will talk about more later. Her case illustrates just how skewed allocation...
John Whittingdale: ...floors have not been able to take the weight of the beds, the lift has repeatedly broken down, and there are leaking roofs, asbestos and potentially even a risk of legionnaires’ disease. While money has been spent over the years to maintain the building and keep it going, it has long been recognised that a new purpose-built facility is needed, either on the present site or in a different...
Michael Tomlinson: ...when determining our approach to the asylum and immigration systems. It is right to say that no one has done more than this Government to shine a light on the overall costs and on the public money that is being spent, not least every day to house asylum seekers in hotels. I will come back in a few moments to the detail of that, but my hon. Friend the Minister for Legal Migration and the...
Lord Young of Norwood Green: ...commit crimes; what are the Government going to do about them? We heard recently that Fujitsu, unbelievably, was still being involved in government contracts, although it has given back some of the money. There are other people who ought to be held responsible for what turned out to be crimes: deliberate attempts to conceal a system that they knew was faulty. That includes Fujitsu itself....
Lord Inglewood: ...public realm—subject to the obvious caveats. If that is the case, you must get the information to the public. This is something that we spend insufficient time thinking about, because it requires money; it cannot be done for nothing. How you get it and how it is deployed is very important. Within that framework, pluralism is very important, because to answer Pilate’s question “What...
Munira Wilson: ...families told me that they scrimped and saved to get their child better support in a mainstream, but smaller and more nurturing, private school. In one case, a mother had inherited a little bit of money from a parent that she was then able to invest. She said to me that so many children will not have that opportunity. We should not penalise parents who want to make that choice to support...
Andrew Slaughter: ...leader of the council, Iain Coleman, who was my predecessor as MP for Hammersmith and Fulham, and the councillor Sean Reddin. That was a time of austerity as well, but they found the site and the money, they put it together and they built the Irish centre. It was opened by the then Tánaiste, Dick Spring, and it was hugely successful. Unfortunately, that centre did not survive—for...
Michael Gove: ...has been issued today. I agree with the shadow Secretary of State that the danger to elected representatives is growing, and my right hon. Friend the Security Minister has invested time, care and money to countering it. Passion, vigour and determination are all part of the meat of our politics, and nothing that we have said today should take away from our desire to see free speech...
Lord McColl of Dulwich: ...during the Middle Ages the temperature of the earth was higher than it is today. Abandoning attempts to prevent climate change would save the West from bankruptcy and release a large amount of money for defence and would even enable us to buy some frigates, which would please the noble Lord, Lord West.
Lucy Powell: ...of the House pleased? Will she use his resources in her marginal Portsmouth North constituency? Surely, if he is a racist, which he clearly is, he has no place in the Conservative party and his money should be given back. The truth is that the Conservatives cannot implement their own legislative programme. They have lost control. As the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Sir Charles Walker) said...
Nick Thomas-Symonds: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
Thomas Tugendhat: ...is expected to have a strong impact on some of the highest harm fraud types, such as online purchase, investment and romance scams, as well as key fraud enablers such as the recruitment and use of money mules. However, the OSA will take time to come into force. Therefore, the Government has also created the Online Fraud Charter: a voluntary agreement bringing together the largest companies...