Liam Byrne’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour

Liam Byrne MP in Parliament

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Commons debates

Could the Minister say a word about how he will use the missions to drive the reduction of inequalities in our country? One approach that the Labour Government tried was the use of floor targets...

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Commons debates

I think that what unites us across the House is an ambition to avoid the postcode where someone is born defining their possibilities in life. I think that that is something we share, but it is...

National Security Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, and appreciate the way in which he is stepping through these points. Is an offence created by the provider of a social media platform if it enables...

National Security Bill

Commons debates

Perhaps no one in this House has done more than the hon. Gentleman to expose the hybrid warfare and divide-and-rule tactics of Russia, but we are wide open to them, not least because a person can...

National Security Bill

Commons debates

I leave that to the judgment of the House in the debates that we have, but we must make the framework coherent, because, frankly, it is not coherent today. My second point is about the defence of...

National Security Bill

Commons debates

The right hon. Member puts his finger on precisely the lesson that we should draw from allies such as the United States. Today, the United States has a battery of eight types of controls and...

National Security Bill

Commons debates

I apologise to the Home Secretary, who is not in her place, for missing the first 11 minutes of her opening speech. As I think the Minister will have spotted, there is wide consensus across the...

Foreign Companies: China

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, whether there are Government restrictions or constraints on the UK business activities of (a) Huawei, (b) ZTE, (c) Hikvision,...

Foreign Companies

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 powers he has to (a) direct the delisting of firms from UK stock exchanges, (b) ban investment in firms, (c)...

Developing Countries: Debts

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage countries at risk of debt distress to engage in the G20 Common Framework; and if she will make a statement.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure

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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 131081 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public...

Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure

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, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local...

Sanctions: Freezing of Assets

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, if she will list the assets and properties (a) seized and (b) frozen under sanctions regulations in 2022.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Expenditure

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and...

Members: Correspondence

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, when she will reply tot he correspondence of 11 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Lodge Hill on...

Ukraine

Commons debates

Did my hon. Friend watch the coverage of the occupation of Mr Deripaska’s mansion yesterday? None of us condones that kind of behaviour, but there were more Crown servants there yesterday...

Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure

Department for International Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will (a) list the spending programmes her Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local...

Ukraine Update

Commons debates

I, too, want to thank the Secretary of State for Defence. It is now very clear that we need to re-contain Russia, which will mean resupplying Ukrainian forces, refortifying our frontline, and,...

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and...

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local spending bodies...