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Oliver Dowden MP: speeches

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.

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2 published records · newest first.

Speeches

  • 12 Feb 2025 · Improving Access to Public Services · Hansard source
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    I am sure that the Secretary of State will agree that people want their public services delivered efficiently and effectively. To that end, what discussions have he and his Department had with the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk in the United States about how we can harness the power of artificial intelligence to deliver better services, and scrutinise Government spending and datasets, to eliminate waste and inefficiency?

  • 25 Jul 2024 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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    I begin by welcoming the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to his position. I know that he will be supported by a brilliant team of civil servants who are truly dedicated to public service. As we saw in module 1 of the covid inquiry report last week, biological threats pose potentially catastrophic risks to our nation, and those risks will be exacerbated by long-term trends such as climate change. To help to prepare us, I published the UK biological security strategy. Will he take the opportunity to recommit to its objectives and to provide an annual update to the House on its implementation?

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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. 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: 2Communities and local government2Culture, media and sport: 3Culture, media and sport3Defence and foreign affairs: 7Defence and foreign affairs7Democracy and constitution: 24Democracy and constitution24Economy and business: 16Economy and business16Education and skills: 5Education and skills5Environment and energy: 2Environment and energy2Health and care: 5Health and care5Housing and planning: 1Housing and planning1Justice and policing: 6Justice and policing6Social security and pensions: 3Social security and pensions3Transport: 4Transport4Unclassified: 13Unclassified13
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. 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 government2
Culture, media and sport3
Defence and foreign affairs7
Democracy and constitution24
Economy and business16
Education and skills5
Environment and energy2
Health and care5
Housing and planning1
Justice and policing6
Social security and pensions3
Transport4
Unclassified13

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