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HANSARDTopical QuestionsNorthstowe in my constituency is the biggest new town in the UK for 50 years—the biggest since Milton Keynes. It now has 1,000 houses, but it has no dedicated community centre, no…16 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.16 May 2022HANSARDEngagements7. Financial scams have increased dramatically in recent years and are now the most common form of crime, harming millions of families every year. Most of them are made possible…27 Apr 2022HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesI, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) on securing this important debate. The level of attendance shows how important this issue is…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19The hon. Member is making an excellent speech. As he said, I am a neighbour of his; I am the MP for the bit of Cambridge that is not in his constituency. I pay tribute to…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19I am sorry, Ms Nokes. The hon. Member mentioned the shortage of office space, but there is also a shortage of wet lab space that is constraining a lot of companies. Perhaps he is…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Future of Small Cities Following Covid-19rose—26 Apr 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillThe hon. Member has described this as a tax increase, and obviously it will raise revenue, but does he accept that raising both the threshold and the rate of national insurance…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillThe hon. Member makes the case against the rise in national insurance and for a one-off windfall tax on the energy industry, but that would obviously be just a one-off for one…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI was intrigued by the hon. Lady’s comments that a VAT cut would increase economic activity, leading to more tax receipts and therefore it would pay for itself. I very much…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI very much welcome the fact that my hon. Friend mentioned the fiscal background, which is that we have just spent £400 billion on the pandemic and we now have national debt that…24 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementAs a member of the Treasury Committee and chair of the Conservative Back-Bench Treasury committee, I congratulate the Chancellor on this spring statement’s tax cutting and tax…23 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionI speak as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the environment. After the 1973 oil price shock wreaked economic havoc across the western world, different countries…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseWill the hon. Gentleman give way?08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseWill the hon. Member give way?08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseWill the hon. Member give way?08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case for the need to increase spending on health and social care in the long run. Does he share my concern about the fact that, while proposing…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseWill the hon. Member give way?08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseMy hon. Friend makes a valid point about the need to increase spending to pay for social care and has raised the different ways of doing that. Does he agree that if we are to…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseThe hon. Member stresses the importance of a sustainably growing economy. Would he like to congratulate the Government on their economic response to covid, which means that we had…08 Mar 2022