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  • Priti Patel – 2020 Comments on Dstl Scientists

    Priti Patel – 2020 Comments on Dstl Scientists

    The comments made by Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, on 5 August 2020.

    This Government is committed to giving police the resources they need and empowering them to use technologies to fight crime and keep the public safe. I am exceptionally impressed to see how Dstl is contributing to this priority through science and technology, which is directly benefiting crime reduction and providing better protection for our dedicated police officers.

    This research and development is absolutely crucial to keeping our country and citizens safe and it is exciting to see the work come to fruition.

  • Lucy Powell – 2020 Comments on High Pay Report

    Lucy Powell – 2020 Comments on High Pay Report

    Comments made by Lucy Powell, the Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, on 5 August 2020.

    These figures will stick in the throat of many low paid workers who have gone above and beyond during this pandemic to keep our shelves stocked, care for older people and deliver goods across our country. They have been undervalued and underpaid for years. This can’t go on.

    With the looming spectre of mass unemployment, Ministers must redouble their efforts to get excessive pay under control and make sure those on low incomes who have worked so hard to keep our country running get the pay they deserve.

  • Tulip Siddiq – 2020 Comments on Social Mobility Commission Report

    Tulip Siddiq – 2020 Comments on Social Mobility Commission Report

    Comments made by Tulip Siddiq, the Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years, on 5 August 2020.

    Years of underfunding has left childcare professionals working long hours for very low pay. This is driving talented staff out of the sector and letting down the young children whose life chances are shaped by vital early education.

    Labour has been calling for targeted support to save the thousands of nurseries and childminding business that are threatened with closure due to Covid-19. But we cannot go back to undervaluing the childcare workforce after this crisis – we must invest in them for the sake of the next generation.

  • Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2020 Comments on Home Affairs Select Committee Report

    Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2020 Comments on Home Affairs Select Committee Report

    The comments made by Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Shadow Home Secretary, on 5 August 2020.

    The findings of this Home Affairs Select Committee report are a stark warning to the Government that it needs to learn lessons, and fast.

    The Government’s decision to lift self-isolation guidance on 13 March and create a situation where no border protections were in place for three months is described as “inexplicable” and there is harsh criticism for the mixed messaging on recent border measures.

    The Government needs to get a grip of its communication, be open and transparent about the quarantining measures it needs to take, by publishing the evidence it is based on, and develop a properly functioning testing system.

  • David Lammy – 2020 Comments on Courts Backlog

    David Lammy – 2020 Comments on Courts Backlog

    The comments made by David Lammy, the Shadow Justice Secretary, on 5 August 2020.

    The Tories’ disastrous sell-off of courts in England and Wales has created a situation where dangerous offenders could now be released onto the streets.

    This could threaten public safety as well as being another insult to the generation of victims who are being denied justice by endless delays.

    Tory vandalism has created chaos and permanently damaged the justice system. It’s unbelievable that the Government plans to close further courts.

    The Government must stop dithering over its roll out of Nightingale Courts. We urgently need more capacity to deal with the immediate crisis. The Conservatives must also promise to make no new plans to close more courts while in government.

  • Vicky Foxcroft – 2020 Comments on Shielding Population

    Vicky Foxcroft – 2020 Comments on Shielding Population

    The comments made by Vicky Foxcroft, the Shadow Minister for Disabled People, on 5 August 2020.

    Sadly these statistics confirm what Labour has been warning for some time, issuing back to work notices for the clinical vulnerable with no support has left many facing an impossible choice between their health and their livelihood.

    The Government must publish the scientific advice it has received confirming it is safe for disabled and clinically vulnerable people to stop shielding. They must urgently confirm how those who cannot return to their workplace will be supported, how many people this affects and what steps they are taking to communicate this to the shielding community.

  • Paul Scully – 2020 Comments on Small Business Support

    Paul Scully – 2020 Comments on Small Business Support

    Comments made by Paul Scully, the Small Business Minister, on 3 August 2020.

    I know from my own experience of running small businesses just how valuable the advice and experience of experts and peers can be when you are looking to grow your company.

    The strength of small businesses up and down the country will be vital as we begin to bounce back from coronavirus and re-build our economy. These schemes will help equip small business leaders with the leadership, resilience and problem-solving skills they need to grow their firms in the wake of this pandemic.

  • Robert Jenrick – 2020 Comments on Planning

    Robert Jenrick – 2020 Comments on Planning

    Comments made by Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on 4 August 2020.

    As we get Britain building we are also laying the foundations for a green economic recovery by investing in vital infrastructure for local communities, creating jobs and building environmentally-friendly homes with a huge £1.3 billion investment announced today.

    This government is determined to level up all parts of the country and this funding will not only give a much needed boost to our economic recovery, it will help build the good quality, affordable homes the country needs.

  • Anne-Marie Trevelyan – 2020 Comments on Locusts

    Anne-Marie Trevelyan – 2020 Comments on Locusts

    The comments made by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the Secretary of State for International Development, on 4 August 2020.

    Vulnerable communities are on the brink of starvation because of the biggest locust outbreak in decades, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.

    British expertise is playing an important role in equipping companies with the right tools to combat the swarms and track where they will go next.

    But unless other countries also step up and act now, this crisis will spread and cause even more devastation.

  • Ed Miliband – 2020 Comments on Furlough Support

    Ed Miliband – 2020 Comments on Furlough Support

    The comments made by Ed Miliband, the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on 31 July 2020.

    Many businesses still have little or no cash coming in, but are trying to do the right thing and save their employees’ jobs. They now face the stark choice of letting go of their staff or facing a hefty financial burden to keep them on.

    Businesses in vastly different sectors and circumstances should not be treated in this uniform way, and it is clearly unfair and illogical for those employers still locked down and unable to trade. Unless Ministers recognise the scale of the jobs crisis and change course they will force employers to make cuts, and be culpable for thousands of workers across the country losing their jobs and livelihoods.

    Labour is calling on the Government to end their damaging blanket approach to ending furlough support before it is too late, and to target support at the hardest hit sectors. This would encourage businesses to stick with workers and not make them redundant now, which is inevitable unless government changes course.