Liam Byrne’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour

Liam Byrne MP in Parliament

Levelling Up Fund: Ministerial Duties

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Minister of his Department is responsible for the day to day administration of the Levelling Up Fund.

G7 and NATO Summits

Commons debates

The original Atlantic charter made a commitment to banish from the world “fear and want”—curiously missing from the redraft—but the Prime Minister’s ambition to...

Companies: Ownership

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) companies and (b) individuals who have not complied with...

0.7% Official Development Assistance Target

Commons debates

We were proud to set the ambition, and we set a critical path to doing it, because we knew precisely this—that development and deterrence are two sides of the same coin. They are essential...

0.7% Official Development Assistance Target

Commons debates

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) and I thank the House authorities and Mr Speaker for the debate today. I have risen to speak because this decision seems,...

0.7% Official Development Assistance Target

Commons debates

The right hon. Gentleman is making a brilliant speech. I just want to flush out one point, which I hope will be a point of consensus. It is possible that this weekend we will get agreement on a...

Companies: Ownership

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the proportion of all registered companies in the UK which have not listed an ultimate...

International Development Association

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage his international counterparts to contribute to the twentieth...

International Monetary System

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the reallocation of the IMF's existing stock of Special Drawing Rights.

G7: Cornwall

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Prime Minister, what his priorities are for the 2021 G7 summit in Cornwall.

Engagements

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

Covid has triggered the first global rise in extreme poverty this century, but at the G7 the Prime Minister could act. He can ask leaders to reallocate the International Monetary Fund’s...

Israel and Gaza: Ceasefire

Commons debates

We heard the Minister’s statement of policy; we just do not understand the strategy for advancing it. He has to realise, like the rest of us, that there is no peace without justice. The way...

Better Jobs and a Fair Deal at Work

Debate on the Address

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind words. Does he agree that at the G7 and later this year at COP26, Her Majesty’s Government would stand a far better chance of encouraging...

Better Jobs and a Fair Deal at Work

Debate on the Address

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

I had not planned to speak today, but last Thursday the good people of the west midlands decided that they needed me fighting their corner from the cockpit of the west midlands, rather than from...

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Commons debates

It is a great pleasure to follow such a beautiful tribute. “There is an appointed time for everything”, says the Book of Ecclesiastes. “A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a...

UK Youth Parliament: Finance

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the funding for the UK Youth Parliament has been reduced; and if he will make a statement.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Department of Health and Social Care

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish statistics on covid-19 vaccinations at constituency level.

International Monetary System

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what international initiatives he plans to implement to ensure an international reallocation of the IMF'S stock of Special Drawing Rights, ahead of the G7...

Coronavirus: Disease Control

Department for Work and Pensions

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes her Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and organisations in...

Department for Education: Coronavirus

Department for Education

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and organisations in response...