Speeches and Debates - Bill Esterson

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Small Businesses: Government Assistance

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she plans to take to support small and medium sized businesses with the effects of trends in the level of (a) inflation and (b)...

Investment Zones

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 4.117 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, how much funding he plans...

Members: Correspondence

Department for Education

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to correspondence of 20 March 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on the repair of school buildings in Sefton...

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Research

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment with the Department of Health and Social Care of the impact of rebates in the...

Music Venues: Ownership

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to assist people managing small music venues to acquire the freehold ownership of those venues in order to...

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Budget Report 2023, HC 1183, published in March 2023, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer...

Minerals

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the paper by the Critical Minerals Association entitled Midstream Processing and Refining: Unlocking Security of Supply,...

Minerals: Supply Chains

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help secure critical mineral supply chains.

Electric Vehicles: Batteries

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by the Critical Minerals Association entitled Unlocking security of supply, published in March 2023, whether she...

Nuclear Reactors: Construction

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the deployment of further large-scale nuclear reactors in the UK after Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C.

Music Venues: Finance

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to extend social investment tax relief to grassroots music venues.

Music Venues: Finance

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits of a ticket levy on large music events and arenas to support grassroots music.

Energy Bill Relief Scheme

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Spring Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published in March 2023, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of...

Bakeries: Business Rates

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requirements there are for bakeries to be eligible for the higher rate of business rates relief.

Business Rates: Reform

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential merits of reforming business rates in the period since...

Manufacturing Industries: Supply Chains

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 16 March 2023 to Question 162170 on Manufacturing Industries: Supply Chains, whether she had discussions with...

Iron and Steel

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published in March 2023, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer...

Industrial Strategy

Business and Trade

Bill Esterson made a speech in the House of Commons

People in Scunthorpe, Rotherham and Port Talbot know how important steel is for their communities. We Labour Members understand how important it is, for communities and for the green transition....

Business

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the EU's Green Deal Industrial Plan announced on 1 February 2023, what discussions she has had with EU officials on the...

Electric Vehicles: Batteries

Department for Business and Trade

Bill Esterson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs that are supported (a) directly and (b) indirectly by gigafactories.