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HANSARDTopical QuestionsTeesside is a wonderful net zero powerhouse, and I commend the green steel project. That is one reason why Teesside was chosen to pilot the Innovate UK programme of launchpads,…15 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are committed to ensuring that the UK has talent that supports research and innovation and drives growth. That is why we are investing millions in the brightest…15 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Technologies: University ResearchI know that my hon. Friend does fantastic work highlighting polar research through the all-party parliamentary group for the polar regions. I will be happy to champion that work,…15 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Technologies: University ResearchI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and look forward to working collaboratively with her. I absolutely share my predecessor’s determination to drive forward British science,…15 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are investing record amounts in innovation and research in technology, including across the life sciences sector. I will happily meet the hon. Lady to discuss this…15 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Technologies: University ResearchI thank my predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman), for the outstanding contribution he has made to British science and technology. The Government…15 Nov 2023HANSARDTreasuryI am also happy to give my right hon. Friend the assurance that she seeks. She has been very patient and tolerant. I understand her and her constituents’ frustrations, but there…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTreasuryI am also happy to give my right hon. Friend the assurance that she seeks. She has been very patient and tolerant. I understand her and her constituents’ frustrations, but there…23 Oct 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) for raising this important topic. If I may say so in passing, we did…20 Oct 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillMy hon. Friend makes a fair point about the pace with which the Government have been able to proceed. I will write to him, following his important intervention, with the latest on…20 Oct 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillI thank my hon. Friend, who is a doughty champion of the value of taxpayers’ money, and he makes a very important point. The commitment I can give goes rather more broadly than…20 Oct 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillAs so often is the case, it is sometimes better to be right than to be quick. Given that the Government absolutely understand and share my hon. Friend’s concerns, it is much…20 Oct 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillI will not accept that construction, but what I will accept is my hon. Friend’s entreaties that every day it is the duty of this Government—indeed, it is the proud philosophy of…20 Oct 2023HANSARD Business Banking: Undesignated Client AccountsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Rochester and Strood (Kelly Tolhurst) for highlighting this important…18 Oct 2023HANSARDDraft Finance Bill Legislation: Stamp Taxes on SharesThe Government will legislate to ensure that the existing 0% charge, under stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax, on the issue of UK shares, or other chargeable securities, on to…14 Sept 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan: Mortgage Interest RatesI am sure the constituents of Mid Bedfordshire will be very pleased to know that more than 90% of mortgage providers have signed up to our mortgage charter, which offers the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDGrowth Plan: Mortgage Interest RatesMy hon. Friend has great knowledge of these matters. It was a privilege to work with him and the sector on how we can offer consumers and homebuyers more choice. That choice…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Local Bank Branch ClosuresNothing could be further from the truth. This Government have, for the first time in history, legislated for citizens of this country, including our good friends in Scotland, to…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Local Bank Branch ClosuresI will carry on then! [ Laughter .]05 Sept 2023HANSARD Local Bank Branch ClosuresI would be interested to see evidence of that. The paid-for ATMs simply do not count in any way towards the provision of free access to cash. In the constituency of the hon.…05 Sept 2023