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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Dame Harriett Baldwin), we are committed to ensuring not just that we work to maintain the post office network, but that we…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member raises an important point, particularly for small businesses, which rely on those schemes. I pay tribute to the Royal Mail for the speed at which it reacted to…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsBusinesses led by entrepreneurs from ethnic minority backgrounds make a huge contribution to all our constituencies. Indeed, I met two such remarkable business people in Acton a…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. One of my constituents is in a similar case, and it is devastating. For a large business, fraud and economic crime is an…30 Oct 2025HANSARDPost Office Capture Redress SchemeToday I have launched the Capture redress scheme, which is now open for applications. This represents a significant milestone in our commitment to provide redress for postmasters…29 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Companies (Directors' Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Companies (Directors’ Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. It…21 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Companies (Directors' Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025I am grateful for the support across the House on these regulations. It is clear from hon. Members’ constructive comments that we all agree that this is a serious problem that we…21 Oct 2025HANSARDRegulation Action Plan: Corporate ReportingThe Chancellor today set out the progress that has been made to deliver on the Government’s vision for ensuring regulators and regulation support growth. The Government have…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon IT Inquiry Report: Government Response to Volume 1 RecommendationsOn 8 July, the Department welcomed the publication of the first volume of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry report. The inquiry has provided a platform for postmasters to share…13 Oct 2025HANSARDPlan for Small BusinessesOn 31 July, the Government launched our plan for small businesses, changing the status quo in order to support small businesses. Economic growth remains the Government’s foremost…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Consumer AffairsMy hon. Friend makes his point powerfully. The argument that the Government sometimes hear from business is that it is about the cost of the property. He is shaking his head, and…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Consumer AffairsMy hon. Friend makes a really good point. He referenced the comments made by the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Dame Harriett Baldwin) on the impact on venues, big or small.…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Consumer AffairsIt is a pleasure to serve in my first debate as a Minister under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western)…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe SNP-led Glasgow city council is proposing to introduce a car tax on East Renfrewshire motorists, so that every time my constituents enter Glasgow city, they would have to pay…04 Sept 2025HANSARDGeorgia: DemocracyMay I join you, Mr Speaker, in congratulating the Minister on his nuptials? I thank him for the lead he has taken on Georgia. He will know, because he has recently been in…02 Sept 2025HANSARDGeorgia: Democracy5. What diplomatic steps he is taking to help protect democracy in Georgia.02 Sept 2025HANSARDCrown Immunity (Prisons)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to remove Crown immunity as it applies to prisons for the purposes of health and safety legislation. Katie…22 Jul 2025HANSARDChina AuditAs chair of the all-party parliamentary groups on Uyghurs and on Hong Kong, I have lost count of the number of responses I have had from Ministers that have referred to today’s…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChagos Archipelago: SovereigntyWhen the Foreign Affairs Committee was in Washington recently, we raised the Diego Garcia deal with the Administration. They could not have been more enthusiastic for this deal,…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI associate myself with the Foreign Secretary’s condemnation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but we need to match that condemnation with accountability. Here in the UK, Jewish…23 Jun 2025