My work in Parliament - Nick Smith MP

Safe Hands Plans: Finance

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, whether his Department holds data on (a) how many more consumers...

Safe Hands Plans: Finance

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, whether his departmental officials contacted representative's of...

Safe Hands Plans: Finance

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential...

Safe Hands Plans: Finance

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, what estimate his Department has had made of the number of consumers...

Safe Hands Plans: Finance

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on 17 January 2023 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, what assessment he has made of the potential...

Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further Offences

Commons debates

My hon. Friend the Member for Croydon North (Steve Reed) identified the issue of poor data management of high-risk former offenders. What are the Government doing about that?

Sante Global

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he held discussions with lobbyists for Sante Global LLP between April and September 2022.

Unispace Global: Contracts

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Unispace Global Ltd fulfilled its contractual obligations on all PPE contracts it was awarded prior to its novation to Sante...

Unispace Global: Contracts

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the PPE contracts awarded to Unispace Global Ltd were novated to Unispace Health LLP, now Sante Global LLP.

Safe Hands Plans: Finance

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Treasury were first made aware of the financial risk posed by Safe Hands Plans funeral scheme.

Onshore Wind Farms

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

New onshore wind has been stymied since 2015, even though it is our cheapest renewable. Shire-counties conservatism has been put ahead of our national interest; weak policy has undermined the...

Onshore Wind Farms

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of onshore wind farms developed in England since 2015.

Procurement Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

Will the Minister please tell us when his single digital platform will be ready for use by industry across our country?

Procurement Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I welcome this Bill’s aims of openness, effectiveness and transparency. A third of public expenditure—£300 billion—goes on public procurement, so we must get this right....

Non-domestic Energy Support

Commons debates

On possibly tweaking the scheme, last week I visited a housing scheme for older people in Blaenau, where constituents with private pensions were complaining of increased energy costs of 400%, or...

NHS: Protective Clothing

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant the Answer 15 November 2022 to Question 83599 on NHS: Protective Clothing, when he plans to publish details of legal fees for...

5G

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of the rollout of standalone 5G (a) in Blaenau Gwent constituency and (b)...

New Clause 17 - Reporting requirements

Financial Services and Markets Bill

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise in support of new clause 10, and I am pleased to have worked alongside the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) on it, as fellow members of the Public Accounts...

New Clause 17 - Reporting requirements

Financial Services and Markets Bill

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I congratulate the Minister on his earlier remarks about seeking to improve the performance of the FCA. Many people on both sides of the House want that to happen. It is pleasing that the...

Government PPE Contracts

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for giving way. He attributed comments to me that I did not make, and I just want to put that on the record. I do have a question for him: does he accept that excessive...