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Gareth Davies MP: speeches

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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3 published records · newest first.

Speeches

  • 1 Jun 2026 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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    The Government’s strategic defence review recommended an increase in the Army Reserve by 20%, but at the very same time the Government are closing Grantham’s Prince William of Gloucester barracks, which trains 70% of all Army reservists in the country. Will the Minister review that decision so that we have the capacity to train new Army reservist recruits?

  • 21 May 2026 · Industrial Strategy · Hansard source
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    The Government’s industrial strategy rightly states that improving skills in the construction sector is essential to keeping our country building. In fact, on page 44, there is a commitment to invest “£625 million to train…60,000 more skilled workers”. It has been one year since publication, so how many more skilled workers have entered the construction workforce as a result of that commitment?

  • 30 Oct 2025 · Industrial Strategy · Hansard source
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    I am afraid that is not good enough. The industry is facing deep uncertainty around the kite flying going on across the road at the Treasury. I realise that he is not responsible for that, but he needs a better answer for the construction industry. The Construction Products Association has just cut its growth forecast for the sector to barely 1% next year, warning that the uncertainty over new taxes is choking investment. I will ask the Minister again: how on earth will adding £28,000 to the cost of a new home, or 25% to road construction costs, through a new builders tax do anything other than cement the slowdown that Labour is overseeing in our economy?

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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 6Communities and local government6Culture, media and sport: 4Culture, media and sport4Defence and foreign affairs: 11Defence and foreign affairs11Democracy and constitution: 6Democracy and constitution6Economy and business: 39Economy and business39Education and skills: 3Education and skills3Environment and energy: 12Environment and energy12Housing and planning: 3Housing and planning3Immigration and borders: 3Immigration and borders3Social security and pensions: 5Social security and pensions5Transport: 3Transport3Unclassified: 7Unclassified7
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government6
Culture, media and sport4
Defence and foreign affairs11
Democracy and constitution6
Economy and business39
Education and skills3
Environment and energy12
Housing and planning3
Immigration and borders3
Social security and pensions5
Transport3
Unclassified7

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