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HANSARDNHS FundingAs a House, we require more specific detail about exactly what funding and arrangements are being provided across Government in relation to testing and PPE availability. We are…24 Mar 2020HANSARDLocal Transport InfrastructureTransport infrastructure and, indeed, all infrastructure relies on the construction industry, and in particular its workforce. We have had reports of workers working in close…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillThis has been a very wide-ranging debate on a Bill that, though very short, is of course critically important, so it is important that we talk about its different elements. As my…24 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—that was slightly unexpected, but I am sure it reflected this wide-ranging and well-subscribed debate. We have heard some excellent maiden…16 Mar 2020HANSARDPlanning for the FutureThe Secretary of State has just been talking about the delivery of homes for social rent, but I would like to ask him about the impact of two of his Government’s policies on the…12 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Civil Liability (Information Requirements) and Risk Transformation (Amendment) Regulations 2020It is a real pleasure to serve under you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. This is my first time on a Committee that you are chairing, so thank you very much. I am also grateful, as always,…10 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2020I am grateful to the Minister for his generosity in giving way. I do not believe that I used the word “regressive”. I made clear that the impact on those at the higher level of…09 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2020It is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Hosie. I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation of the draft regulations. First, I want to make clear that we will not…09 Mar 2020HANSARD VAT (Listed Properties)I thank the hon. Member for South Thanet (Craig Mackinlay) for securing today’s debate, and for his work in the all-party parliamentary group on listed properties to highlight the…04 Mar 2020HANSARD VAT (Listed Properties)I am not implying at all that the hon. Lady would be against broader changes for other housing, if that is why she wants to intervene. I know that she is a champion of those…04 Mar 2020HANSARD VAT (Listed Properties)My understanding is that there is still a reduction but it relates to the labour-materials ratio in the cost of the overall installation. There is a question about how many…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Housing and PlanningI congratulate the hon. Member for Harborough (Neil O’Brien) on securing this debate. I have two specific and brief questions for the Minister. The first concerns the first homes…03 Mar 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionIt is a real privilege to be winding up today’s important debate. We have a heard a number of excellent speeches, including two maiden speeches. I found the comments from the new…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social SecurityDoes my hon. Friend agree that many of the cuts have been self-defeating, and current decisions are self-defeating as well? Research by Alma Economics shows that if the Government…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Rating and ValuationI am grateful to the Minister for his explanation of the order, and broadly supportive of its contents. It does, however, raise some significant questions about the Government’s…04 Feb 2020HANSARDOxford-Cambridge ExpresswayI was pleased to hear the Minister reconfirm that a review will take place. Of course, that was finally agreed to in the heat of the election campaign, perhaps because of concerns…30 Jan 2020HANSARDOxford-Cambridge Expressway10. What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of proposals for an Oxford-Cambridge expressway.30 Jan 2020HANSARDFemale Genital Mutilation7. Whether his Department plans to allocate long-term funding to end female genital mutilation.29 Jan 2020HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationI am grateful to the Minister for that answer. He will of course be aware that the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is next week. In that context,…29 Jan 2020HANSARD HomelessnessIn the brief time I have available—I am very sorry the Secretary of State is leaving, just as I am starting to speak—I want to focus on the Government’s approach to delivering…29 Jan 2020