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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe still need to increase significantly the number of people being tested so that we can tackle the crisis. Companies such as Curative are supplying tens of thousands of…05 May 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageI will read out what Barclays is saying to businesses about personal guarantees: “Loans will need to have a director’s guarantee, or in the case of partnerships and sole traders,…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageI want to take this opportunity to thank my right hon. Friend and the Leader of the Opposition for the work they have done over the last five years and for their friendship and…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageOn the behaviour of the banks, I mentioned the 39.9% interest rates that the banks have announced that they will charge pretty much across the board—funny that, isn’t it? Does…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and of course those trains and buses are needed by our health workers to get to hospitals. If they are infected by being in close conditions…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageI am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. It is really, really important that everybody—no matter what their age or health condition—recognises that we are all at…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageThe badge on the Chancellor’s Twitter account says: “Stay At Home save lives”. I completely agree with the sentiment behind that message. A number of hon. and right hon. Members…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageMy hon. Friend makes an important point about those charities paying their bills. The point that I was getting to was that they will not be eligible for the job retention scheme…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageIt’s essential to his fortune.25 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIf construction workers cannot afford to stay at home they will go to work, and if the Prime Minister does not close construction sites they will stay open. Will the Leader of the…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOne of my constituents is a home carer who has been unable to get PPE. She stopped working because her daughter has asthma, and obviously she is concerned about the potential for…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillAbsolutely. It is important, and I certainly welcome it. None the less, there are some challenges with it. The fact that it is not available for the March payroll is a big problem…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillDesperation was the word used a number of times by my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson) and, prior to him, my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillMy right hon. Friend highlights the fact that some employers do not behave in a way that we should be able to expect them to behave given the nature of the crisis. We have heard…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillI am very grateful to the Financial Secretary for highlighting the issue that my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) and I raised about…24 Mar 2020HANSARDLow-paid Workers: Wages IncreaseI encourage the Minister not to make the perfect the enemy of the good in the design of the scheme. Many self-employed workers are worrying about their inability to put food on…24 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen I mentioned earlier that the universal credit system was overwhelmed, the Minister may not quite have taken on board the point I was raising. A self-employed worker sent me a…24 Mar 2020HANSARD Self-employed Persons: Financial SupportThe way around the problem that the Minister, and the Chancellor before him, identified of giving money to people who do not need it was given to him by the right hon. Member for…24 Mar 2020HANSARD British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return HomeMy 78-year-old constituent David Keating is stranded in Brazil with his wife and daughter. He has an underlying heart problem and requires medication, and he has only nine days’…24 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the challenges faced by 4.7 million self-employed people, as quoted by the Federation of Small Businesses. I was sent a screenshot of a…23 Mar 2020