My work in Parliament - Nick Smith MP

EU Exit: End of Transition Period

Commons debates

It was only yesterday that the Government announced £100 million to develop HMRC systems to reduce the burden on traders. Why have these systems not already been developed?

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61710 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, if his Department will publish...

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61707 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, if his Department will publish...

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61707 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, what form the evaluation of Pick...

The Economy

Commons debates

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

The Economy

Commons debates

This pandemic is hitting Blaenau Gwent hard. Its shockwaves are shaking our south Wales valleys now. An entire shopping centre is under threat. A logistics centre that supplies the drinks...

Economic Update

Commons debates

To boost employment in Blaenau Gwent, we need to help more people get on the Ebbw Vale train to Cardiff, but the line needs to be redoubled, with improved signalling and bridging works. A...

Armed Forces: Overall Size

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The Army’s strength, though, is still woefully short of the Government’s target. Those wanting to join our Army were faced with Capita’s bureaucratic processes, which could take...

Armed Forces: Overall Size

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps his Department has taken to maintain the overall size of the armed forces as set out in the 2015 strategic defence and security review.

Leaving the EU: Road Haulage

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The Dover port is used by 10,000 trucks every day. If we end up with no deal, the slightest delay means that just-in-time systems fall apart. The logistics sector says that it needs a credible...

Leaving the EU: Road Haulage

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) freight logistics and (b) road haulage sector of not reaching a deal on the future relationship with the EU by the end of the...

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the Pick For Britain scheme.

Agriculture: Labour Market

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the combined effect of the UK leaving the EU and covid-19 travel restrictions on...

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to review the effectiveness of the Pick For Britain scheme; and whether that review will include...

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets he has set for the Pick For Britain scheme; and what assessment he has made of whether those targets have been met.

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agricultural settings have benefited from the Pick For Britain scheme to date.

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been recruited to the Pick For Britain scheme as of 19 June 2020; and whether that number has been...

Women: State Pension Uplift

Work and Pensions

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Informed commentators say that more than 100,000 women will be impacted by this error. Many will be older women and more likely to be living in poverty. To put this right, will the Minister agree...

Women: State Pension Uplift

Work and Pensions

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent estimate she has made of the number of women who have been underpaid their state pension uplift as a result of an administrative error.

Pensions: Taxation

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.182 of Budget 2020, what the timeframe is for the publication of the call for evidence on pension administration.