The comments made by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the International Trade Secretary, in Stoke on 12 May 2022.
It is great to see British businesses exporting across the world thanks to our brilliant free trade agreements. Businesses who export are support higher paying jobs, and help grow the economy across the UK.
Seeing Burleigh succeed shows the high demand for quality British products, and I will continue to champion great British exporting success stories in every sector.
The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 10 May 2022.
I’m delighted to be in Silicon Valley today to bang the drum for even more investment in London by American tech companies.
London is already the number one destination for American tech companies to expand, showing we are an unrivalled destination for businesses to invest in. It is great news that even more leading US tech companies have unveiled plans to invest in and create new jobs our capital, and I want to invite businesses from across the sector and beyond to set their sights on London.
The comments made by Charlie Falconer, the Chair of the London Drugs Commission, on 12 May 2022.
I’m honoured to have been appointed chair of the London Drugs Commission. It is a real opportunity for there to be a thorough look at the effectiveness of our drugs laws and policy on cannabis. We need rigorously to identify what is the best approach to reduce harm to our communities. A national debate is long overdue. We aim to make recommendations to bring about effective and lasting change.
The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 12 May 2022.
I am delighted to announce that Lord Charlie Falconer QC will be the chair of the first-ever London Drugs Commission. As a widely respected QC and former Justice Secretary, Lord Falconer brings decades of experience.
The illegal drugs trade causes huge damage to our society and we need to do more to tackle this epidemic and further the debate around our drugs laws. That’s why I am here today in L.A. to see first-hand the approach they have taken to cannabis.
We must learn from others when considering our approach, and by examining the latest evidence from around the world and the world-class research from UCL, Lord Falconer and the Commission will make recommendations to improve our approach to cannabis to help tackle drug related crime, protect Londoners’ health and reduce the huge damage that illegal drugs cause to our communities.
The comments made by Trudy Harrison, the Transport Minister, on 11 May 2022.
Our road freight industry is one of the most efficient in the world and contributes over £13 billion to the UK economy each year.
But we must accelerate our journey towards our net zero goals, and we’re committed to leading the way globally on non-zero emission road vehicles.
Our ambitious plans will continue to ensure food is stocked on the shelves and goods are supplied while eliminating fossil fuels from HGVs and making our freight sector green for good.
The comments made by Lee Anderson, the Conservative MP for Ashfield, in the House of Commons on 11 May 2022.
As I was saying, the hon. Member for St Helens North made some great comments about food banks. My invitation is to every Opposition Member: come to Ashfield, work with me for a day in my local food bank and see the brilliant scheme we have in place. When people come for a food parcel now, they have to register for a budgeting course and a cooking course. We show them how to cook cheap and nutritious meals on a budget; we can make a meal for about 30p a day, and this is cooking from scratch.
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Indeed, it is exactly my point, so I invite him [Alex Cunningham] personally to come to Ashfield to look at how our food bank works. He will see at first hand that there is not this massive use for food banks in this country. We have generation after generation who cannot cook properly—they cannot cook a meal from scratch—and they cannot budget. The challenge is there. I make that offer to anybody. Opposition Members are sitting there with glazed expressions on their faces, looking at me as though I have landed from a different planet. They should come to Ashfield, next week or the week after, and come to a real food bank that is making a real difference to people’s lives.
I will end now, because Opposition Members are not listening; these are a generation of MPs who never listen. The bad news is that this Labour party is out of control and out of touch, but , thankfully, it is out of power. That is me done, Mr Deputy Speaker.
The comments made by John O’Dowd, the Sinn Fein MLA for Upper Bann, on 12 May 2022.
Businesses and workers need clarity and certainty at this time, not more political stunts and game-playing by the DUP and the Tory government.
The responsibility for finding solutions to the Protocol lies with Boris Johnson and the EU, that dialogue must continue, but we cannot allow society and businesses to be held to ransom.
Sinn Féin is committed to forming an Executive immediately; to support workers and families with the cost-of-living crisis; to invest an extra £1bn in health and to support businesses in taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the protocol.
The DUP’s refusal to form an Executive is punishing businesses and workers and getting in the way of progress.
They should join the rest of us, to get help out the door, and form the Executive.
The comments made by Caoimhe Archibald, the Sinn Fein Economy spokesperson, on 11 May 2022.
The DUP must immediately drop its boycott of the institutions and get back into the Executive so we are in a position to take decisions to support struggling workers and families.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has stated that 43,000 households in the north face food and energy costs which are higher than their income.
Sinn Féin has a plan to give every household in the north £230, that money can go straight into people’s pockets if we can form an Executive.
Right now people across the north are worrying about how they will feed their families or heat their homes, addressing this must be the priority for an incoming Executive and attempts to delay or block the formation of an Executive are unforgivable.
Sinn Féin and other parties were given a mandate to tackle the cost of living crisis and to put money into people’s pockets, this must be done without delay.
The comments made by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, on 12 May 2022.
I’m delighted to bring Cabinet to Stoke-on-Trent today – a city which is the beating heart of the ceramics industry and an example of the high skilled jobs that investment can bring to communities.
This government is getting on with delivering the people’s priorities and tackling the issues that matter most to the public.
This week we’ve set out how we’ll use new landmark legislation to grow our economy to address the cost of living, and level up opportunities for communities across the country.
The comments made by Nadhim Zahawi, the Secretary of State for Education, on 12 May 2022.
My mission is clear; I want to make sure every single child across our country has access to an excellent education, supporting them to reach the full height of their potential.
Between the strengthened safeguarding measures and greater accountability in our new Schools Bill, and our Schools White Paper ambitions to embed evidence, tutoring and excellent teacher training in the school system, I am confident we will achieve these ambitions for every child.