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HANSARDParental Bereavement Leave and PayThe Government are committed to supporting working families to balance work with their caring responsibilities. We have laid regulations in Parliament which, subject to…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I am happy to do so.21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandI welcome the hon. Lady, who is standing in for the shadow Secretary of State. It is very unfortunate that she decided to play the man and not the ball, because she is absolutely…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. He may be aware that the Government are investing about £1 billion in a new quantum technologies fund, which will be of benefit…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandI am sure that the hon. Lady will be delighted to see today’s employment numbers—yet again, the highest numbers on record—and she will no doubt also be delighted to know that…21 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness Productivity: BirminghamMy hon. Friend is well aware of the Government’s ambitions to have a giga factory in the UK. It is vital for the success of our economy that we are able to find these new areas of…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandBusinesses right across the United Kingdom will benefit from the new potential free trading deals around the world that we will be negotiating as we leave the European Union, but…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandI would just draw the attention of the hon. Gentleman and those on his Benches to the very recent Deloitte CFO confidence survey, which demonstrates the biggest ever jump in…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandIt is a bit like a stuck record, if I can use 1970s terminology. SNP Members said that we would not get any kind of a deal. They said that the Prime Minister would not be able to…21 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman makes a vital point. It is not enough that we just look at our own behaviour here in the United Kingdom, where we are determined to meet our net-zero…21 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness Productivity: BirminghamBirmingham’s productivity increased at twice the national rate last year, and I am meeting our great West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, next month to talk about how we can achieve…21 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will first talk about my departmental priorities. As we enter an exciting new decade, we are building a stronger, greener United Kingdom. To…21 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness Productivity: BirminghamThe hon. Lady raises a really important point, and she will know that the Department for Transport is looking closely at what more it can do to improve connectivity. I hope that…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandThe Scottish Government received almost £100 million to help to prepare for Brexit in the run-up to 31 October last year. I am delighted that we now have a good deal with the…21 Jan 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Businesses in ScotlandI am not surprised to hear that the hon. Gentleman is still determined to resist Brexit, but he will appreciate that this Government are getting on with it and ensuring that there…21 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionMy right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary is sitting right next to me, and he and I work closely on all sorts of incentives for people to move away from fossil fuels and toward…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionWhat I can say to the hon. Lady is that onshore wind produces electricity for 10 million homes in the United Kingdom. We are promoting offshore wind as the most effective way to…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionThe hon. Lady will hear that there is a lot of support for her initiative across the Chamber. She is right that we do not want Government to be telling people what to do; we want…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI urge the hon. Gentleman to consider what I have just said in explaining the achievements, the ambition and what we are actually doing in practice. Perhaps he just needs to…15 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionI will make more progress before I give way again. From fighting climate change across the world to backing British ideas, we need a thriving economy to pay for it all. That is…15 Jan 2020