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Defence: Topical Questions (20 Nov 2023)

Grant Shapps: My first months as Defence Secretary have strengthened my long-held belief that we need to strengthen our national defence as the world grows ever-more dangerous. With the challenges in Ukraine, the middle east and the Indo-Pacific, these are more contested times than any since the cold war. The servicemen and women of our armed forces are our greatest asset. As has been mentioned, as we ask...

Cop28 (16 Nov 2023)

Therese Coffey: .... Most recently we were together in India for the G20, and I was with the former Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my right hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps), in Japan at the G7. It has been an important part of that journey that we work globally with partners. To some extent, that has been the secret of what made the Montreal protocol work so...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Cost Effectiveness (16 Nov 2023)

Louise Haigh: ...if he will publish the internal analysis with which his Department estimated that £1.5 billion could be saved within five years by delivery of the planned efficiencies set out in the the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, published in May 2021, CP 423.

Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice (15 Nov 2023)

...Rees-Mogg Nicola Richards Angela Richardson Laurence Robertson Mary Robinson Lee Rowley Dean Russell David Rutley Gary Sambrook Selaine Saxby Paul Scully Bob Seely Andrew Selous Jim Shannon Grant Shapps David Simmonds Chloe Smith Greg Smith Henry Smith Julian Smith Royston Smith Amanda Solloway Ben Spencer Mark Spencer Alexander Stafford Andrew Stephenson Jane Stevenson John Stevenson Bob...

Economic Growth (14 Nov 2023)

...Richards Angela Richardson Rob Roberts Laurence Robertson Gavin Robinson Mary Robinson Lee Rowley Dean Russell Gary Sambrook Selaine Saxby Paul Scully Bob Seely Andrew Selous Jim Shannon Grant Shapps David Simmonds Chloe Smith Greg Smith Henry Smith Julian Smith Royston Smith Amanda Solloway Ben Spencer Mark Spencer Alexander Stafford Andrew Stephenson Jane Stevenson John Stevenson Bob...

Bills Presented: Sentencing Bill (14 Nov 2023)

Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Secretary Alex Chalk, supported by the Prime Minister, Secretary Grant Shapps, Secretary Michelle Donelan, Secretary Steve Barclay, Secretary Mel Stride, Secretary Lucy Frazer and the Attorney General, presented a Bill to make provision about the sentencing of offenders convicted of murder or sexual offences; to make provision about the...

King’s Speech - Debate (4th Day) (13 Nov 2023)

Lord Snape: ...to prepare his report about the future of the railway industry—the fourteenth in the current century, as far as I can count. His report was initially so well received by government that Mr Grant Shapps—or whatever he is calling himself these days—attached his name to it. Overnight it became the Williams-Shapps report, although I very much doubt he did anything other than read what...

Bills Presented: Victims and Prisoners Bill ( 8 Nov 2023)

Presentation and resumption of proceedings (Standing Orders Nos. 57 and 80A) Secretary Alex Chalk, supported by the Prime Minister, Secretary Suella Braverman, Secretary Grant Shapps, Secretary Steve Barclay, Secretary Kemi Badenoch, Secretary Mark Harper, the Attorney General, Edward Argar and Miss Sarah Dines, presented a Bill to make provision about victims of criminal conduct and others...

Bills Presented: Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill ( 8 Nov 2023)

Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Secretary Claire Coutinho, supported by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Grant Shapps, Secretary Michelle Donelan, Secretary Kemi Badenoch, Secretary Mark Harper, Secretary Alister Jack, John Glen and Graham Stuart, presented a Bill to make provision about licences to search and bore for and get offshore...

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Season Tickets (23 Oct 2023)

Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 10 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, when he expects flexible season tickets to be introduced for people who commute 2 or 3 days a week.

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Recruitment (23 Oct 2023)

Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 99 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of a diverse workforce across the rail sector.

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Environment Protection (23 Oct 2023)

Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 89 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, whether his Department has published an environment plan to establish rail as a key pillar of a cleaner future transport system.

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Climate Change (23 Oct 2023)

Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 91 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, what steps he is taking to prioritise long-term investment in climate resilience across the rail sector.

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Environment Protection (23 Oct 2023)

Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 90 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, what progress his Department has made towards (a) tree planting and (b) introducing other (i) green initiatives and (ii) energy efficiency measures across the rail estate.

Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Environment Protection (20 Oct 2023)

Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to pages 89-90 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, if he will provide an update on the steps taken by his Department to strengthen the contribution of the railways to the nation’s green recovery.

Net Zero (Economic Affairs Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note (16 Oct 2023)

Lord Lennie: ...to consider Lords amendments on 18 October. In February 2023, BEIS was replaced, with responsibility for energy policy transferred to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Grant Shapps served as Secretary of State for Energy from February to 31 August; currently, the Secretary of State is Claire Coutinho, but for how long is anyone’s guess. Chris Skidmore published his...

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Ministry of Defence: Policy (21 Sep 2023)

Grant Shapps: I have overall responsibility for the business of the Department. All Ministers within Defence are responsible for policy and delivery areas. Teams across the Department will be conducting horizon-scanning and ensuring current work is aligned with long-term priorities. In addition, and pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2023 to Question 198126, there are approximately 113 officials in...

Written Ministerial Statements — Ministry of Defence: Revised Terms of Reference for the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan (19 Sep 2023)

Grant Shapps: Further to the statement by the Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP dated 5 July 2023, I can confirm that the Terms of Reference of the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan have been amended by agreement with the Chair the Rt Hon Lord Justice Haddon-Cave. I have placed a copy of the revised Terms of Reference in the Library of the House. The amendments reflect the Written Ministerial Statement,...

1. Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Fuel Poverty (13 Sep 2023)

Jane Hutt: ...UK Government to help those hit hardest by the crisis and I hope we can all share this call across this Chamber for the UK Government to move forward on the social tariff. They did agree—Grant Shapps said he would look at the social tariff. It’s been dropped as far as we can see. I’m writing to the new Secretary of State. Can we join forces in the Senedd to say we would like them to...

Written Ministerial Statements — Ministry of Defence: The Defence Industry and Environmental, Social and Governance Considerations (12 Sep 2023)

Baroness Goldie: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Defence (Grant Shapps) has today released the following written ministerial statement. I wish to make a joint statement with HM Treasury, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government. The Government is clear the UK’s defence sector has an integral role in supporting the first duty of government: to promote and protect the United Kingdom’s...


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