Speeches and Questions - Cat Smith

Cat Smith in the House of Commons

Asylum: Iran

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the return of rejected asylum seekers to Iran.

Business Rates: Small Companies

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Minister ask local authorities to report on the extent to which landlords are passing on the grants to tenants, because it is not just in Lancaster and Fleetwood that we are seeing...

Business Rates: Small Companies

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the number of small companies that pay business rates collectively through landlords that have been able to access cash grants...

Census

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to speak for the Opposition Front Bench, supporting changes to make a more inclusive census that is fit for the 21st century. The census is an important tool for taking a...

Covid-19

Commons debates

The week before last it was “shortly”, last week it was “imminently”. Does the Secretary of State know when the public health budgets will be announced, and if he does,...

Topical Questions

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Yesterday’s Budget provided no further clarity on the £350 million for cycling that the Prime Minister mentioned on 11 February. As a consequence, from the start of next month, local...

Shipping: Discrimination

Department for Transport

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

What steps he is taking to help protect seafarers from nationality-based pay discrimination.

Life Expectancy

Health and Social Care

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The truth is that if you live in poverty you will get ill quicker and die sooner. For my constituents in Pharos ward in Fleetwood, life expectancy is 10 years shorter than just five miles down...

Life Expectancy

Health and Social Care

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent assessment he has made of trends in life expectancy.

Airport Expansion

Commons debates

The Minister has talked about the Government’s ambitions, shall we say, to reach net zero, but they are way off meeting their targets, and we do not need communities that live near airports...

Ministerial Code

Commons debates

Is it Government policy to comply with the rulings of the courts?

Topical Questions

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Why is the Secretary of State scared of 16 and 17-year-olds?

EU Nationals: Voting Rights

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The Minister acknowledges the contribution that EU citizens have made here in Britain. Of course, during the transition, EU citizens currently have the right to vote and stand for election at...

Merchant Shipping: Recruitment

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Wallem Ship Management has been listed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as an approved recruitment and placement agency, in line with the...

Universal Credit

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Government commit to ending the dehumanising work capability and personal independence payment assessments, which routinely find sick and disabled people fit for work, and commit to...

Universal Credit

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit in Wales.

Flooding

Commons debates

Businesses on the Lansil industrial estate in Lancaster are flooding again and they tell me that they cannot take much more of this, so what support can the Government offer to small family...

Porton Down: Animal Experiments

Ministry of Defence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 9721, on Porton Down: Animal Experiments, on which species of animal were scientific procedures...

Renewable Energy

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Scotland has a huge geographical advantage when it comes to wave and tidal energy, with reports suggesting that up to 40,000 jobs could be created in the sector if it had Government support. What...

Shipping: EEA Nationals

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the enforcement of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 for seafarers from European Economic...