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HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesIt is extraordinary that a small number of wealthy landowners have been using agricultural property relief to avoid inheritance tax. What is more extraordinary is how the…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSchool Curriculum: Workplace SkillsThere is a shortage of technical skilled workers across our economy. It is a chronic problem, not least in sectors such as clean energy. For example, there are only 3,000…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSchool Curriculum: Workplace Skills4. What steps she is taking to link the school curriculum with skills needed in the workplace.04 Nov 2024HANSARDInternational Investment Summit8. What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the outcomes of the international investment summit.31 Oct 2024HANSARDInternational Investment SummitAs my hon. Friend quite rightly said, the Labour party is now the party of business without any question. Does she agree that the measures committed to in yesterday’s Budget on…31 Oct 2024HANSARDNorthern PowerhouseThe successful investments announced are a great example of this Government delivering jobs and economic growth, in the north of England and across the country. Does my right hon.…29 Oct 2024HANSARDNorthern PowerhouseThe creation of the national wealth fund, and the record success of the £63 billion of investment announced at the investment summit, comes on top of investments that Ministers…29 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageUnlike the shadow Secretary of State, I am very pleased that the Secretary of State has announced jobs in Teesside—jobs from which my constituents in the north-west of England…07 Oct 2024HANSARDRioters: ProsecutionsI thank the Solicitor General for her kind words, and I congratulate her in turn on her appointment. I also congratulate the Government on their excellent response to the riots…12 Sept 2024HANSARDRioters: Prosecutions4. What steps she is taking to help ensure rioters are prosecuted efficiently and effectively.12 Sept 2024HANSARDPort Talbot Transition ProjectI congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this improved deal. I know how hard he has worked over many years, not just in the short term before and since the election, as he…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsMy right hon. Friend mentioned the exciting opportunities from offshore wind for the people and economy of Wales. Can she tell the House about the discussions that she and her…11 Sept 2024HANSARDClean Energy Projects9. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for clean energy projects in Wales.11 Sept 2024HANSARDLevel 3 Vocational Pathways1. What steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of the provision of level 3 vocational pathways for students.09 Sept 2024HANSARDLevel 3 Vocational PathwaysThere are a great many opportunities for technicians and engineers, which will only increase with the Government’s plans for clean energy and their industrial strategy. However,…09 Sept 2024HANSARD UK Steel ManufacturingSteel is a strategically important industry for this country, as my hon. Friend has made very clear, and I welcome her commitment that decarbonisation must not mean…05 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks about the loss of life in the channel, and about Grenfell. The latest suicide figures are a sobering reminder of the misery…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4 September.04 Sept 2024HANSARDContracts for DifferenceMy right hon. Friend is correct that clean energy is by far the cheapest way to power the UK, as confirmed by industry bodies today in welcoming his announcement, but there will…03 Sept 2024HANSARDEconomic StabilityThe Minister refers to the £22 billion black hole in the public finances left by the last Government, and which they hid from the British public. Does that not highlight just how…03 Sept 2024