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  • Alok Sharma – 2020 Comments on OneWeb

    Alok Sharma – 2020 Comments on OneWeb

    The comments made by Alok Sharma, the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on 20 November 2020.

    This strategic investment demonstrates government’s commitment to the UK’s space sector in the long-term and our ambition to put Britain at the cutting edge of the latest advances in space technology.

    Access to our own global fleet of satellites has the potential to connect people worldwide, providing fast UK-backed broadband from the Shetlands to the Sahara and from Pole to Pole.

    This deal gives us the chance to build on our strong advanced manufacturing and services base in the UK, creating jobs and technical expertise.

  • Private Eye – 2021 Article on OneWeb

    Private Eye – 2021 Article on OneWeb

    A section of the Private Eye article on OneWeb, published in Issue 1554 in August 2021.

    CABINET Office efforts to suppress information don’t get much more cynical than those designed to frustrate efforts to find out about the dubious government decision to invest £400m in bankrupt satellite business OneWeb last year.

    The Eye first asked several months ago for details of Boris Johnson’s meetings and calls to set up what appeared to be a deal done on his and Dominic Cummings’s whim. On no fewer than four occasions the Cabinet Office’s coverer-up-in-chief, Nicholas Howard, told the Eye it would take an extra month to weigh up the public interest in disclosing information.

    Only when forced to do so by the information commissioner did Howard provide the response he was obviously always going to: saying anything would harm the company’s commercial interests.

  • Liz Truss – 2021 Comments on Trade Envoys

    Liz Truss – 2021 Comments on Trade Envoys

    The comments made by Liz Truss, the Secretary of State for International Trade, on 25 August 2021.

    Our Trade Envoys play a key role in delivering our ambitious global trade agenda, and I am delighted the Prime Minister has appointed 10 Trade Envoys, who will boost opportunities for businesses in some of the world’s fastest growing markets.

    As we seek to boost exports, promote investment, and break down barriers to trade, our Trade Envoys will support us to share in the benefits that a closer trading relationship can offer to our businesses and our communities.

  • Sajid Javid – 2021 Comments on Support for Veterans

    Sajid Javid – 2021 Comments on Support for Veterans

    The comments made by Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on 25 August 2021.

    I recognise that the experience of conflict can affect the physical and mental wellbeing of our veterans, and that the events currently taking place in Afghanistan may have a detrimental impact on the mental health of those who served there.

    I am committed to ensuring our veterans can access the support they need. The NHS already provides incredible mental health support for our veteran community, but I know there is more to do.

    I encourage any veteran who is struggling to cope to reach out for help. Services like Op COURAGE and the Veterans’ Gateway helpline are there for you, so please come forward.

  • Angela Rayner – 2021 Comments on Conservative Spending in Hartlepool By-Election

    Angela Rayner – 2021 Comments on Conservative Spending in Hartlepool By-Election

    The comments made by Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, on 25 August 2021.

    There needs to be an investigation to get to the bottom of whether any wrongdoing has taken place, including any further dodgy deals involving Conservative Party donors secretly paying off or reimbursing the Conservative Party or the public purse and/or clearing the Prime Minister’s debts from billing the taxpayer.

  • Angela Rayner – 2021 Comments on Falling Wages

    Angela Rayner – 2021 Comments on Falling Wages

    The comments made by Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, on 25 August 2021.

    This government has totally failed working people. In-work poverty is at record levels and millions of working people are struggling to make ends meet whilst mates of Ministers and Conservative donors are given billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money.

    Everyone should earn a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s pay and earn enough to raise a family and live a decent, secure and fulfilling life. It is a sign of a broken economic model under the Conservatives that people working full-time or even multiple jobs are not able to make ends meet and millions of children are growing up in poverty in working families.

    It’s time to make our economy work for working people. Labour would immediately raise the minimum wage to at least £10 an hour and give workers more power in discussions about pay and benefits by supporting people to negotiate pay rises collectively with all workers in their sector so they can get the fair pay that they deserve.

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Paisley North Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    PAISLEY NORTH

    9 Jun 1983 – Allender Steele Adams (16 Feb 1946 – 5 Sep 1990) aged 44

    29 Nov 1990 Katherine Patricia Irene Adams, later [2005] Baroness Adams of Craigielea [L] (27 Dec 1947 – )

    CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 2005 (renamed to Paisley and Renfrewshire North)

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Paddington North Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    PADDINGTON NORTH

    25 Nov 1885 – Lionel Louis Cohen (1832 – 26 Jun 1887) aged 54

    8 Jul 1887 – John Aird,later [1901] 1st baronet (3 Dec 1833 – 6 Jan 1911) aged 77

    17 Jan 1906 – Leo George Chiozza Money [kt 1915] (13 Jun 1870 – 25 Sep 1944) aged 74

    17 Jan 1910 – Arthur Strauss (28 Apr 1847 – 30 Nov 1920) aged 73

    14 Dec 1918 – William George Perring [kt 1926] (17 Mar 1866 – 24 Aug 1937) aged 71

    30 May 1929 – Brendan Bracken,later [1952] 1st Viscount Bracken (15 Feb 1901 – 8 Aug 1958) aged 57

    26 Jul 1945 – Sir Frank Noel Mason-Macfarlane (23 Oct 1889 – 12 Aug 1953) aged 63

    20 Nov 1946 – William James Field (22 May 1909 – 11 Oct 2002) aged 93

    3 Dec 1953 – Benjamin Theaker Parkin (21 Apr 1906 – 3 Jun 1969) aged 63

    30 Oct 1969 – Arthur Charles Latham (14 Aug 1930 – 3 Dec 2016) aged 86

    CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Paddington Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    PADDINGTON

    28 Feb 1974 – Arthur Charles Latham (14 Aug 1930 – 3 Dec 2016) aged 86

    3 May 1979 – John Daniel Wheeler [kt 1990] (1 May 1940 – )

    CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950

  • Sadiq Khan – 2021 Comments on London Youngsters Talking about Health

    Sadiq Khan – 2021 Comments on London Youngsters Talking about Health

    The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 23 August 2021.

    Young Londoners have suffered greatly due to the devastating impact of the pandemic. As our city continues to recover, it’s important that young Londoners are not only given a chance to reflect on the impact this virus has had on their lives, but to learn more about the vital role the vaccines are playing in beating COVID-19. We must do all we can to help young people across London and to urge them to get vaccinated, and I’m proud that by supporting these community events we are giving thousands of young Londoners a chance to learn more about the lifesaving vaccines.