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HANSARD Post Office Green PaperMost banks do provide services, although I know there have recently been issues around Lloyds and the availability of cheque-cashing. I am really pleased to hear that the…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Post Office Green PaperMy hon. Friend is always a doughty fighter for the rights of working people. The employment rights Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Kate Dearden), just disappeared…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Post Office Green PaperI was going to make a cruel joke about the right hon. Member remembering the opening of that post office, but I am too fond of him to do that. He pays tribute to it, and I would…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasThe hon. Member makes a really important point. Being a postie is a good job and we need to make sure that it is an attractive job. I will come to my discussions with Royal Mail…04 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasAs I mentioned a moment ago, when Royal Mail was taken over, the deed included all sorts of assurances about making sure that the owners cannot take value out of the company until…04 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasThe hon. Member makes a really important point about staff retention. Obviously, management and the workforce are working on implementing not only reforms but the pay deal.…04 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasI will come to my discussions with Royal Mail shortly. I know that the right hon. Member and I are due to discuss this issue face to face in a few days’ time. I share the deep…04 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasI will come to that point on other parcel delivery providers shortly. Before the takeover of Royal Mail, we secured commitments from its new owners, EP Group. In addition to…04 Feb 2026HANSARD Postal Services: Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Shropshire (Stuart Anderson) on securing the debate and on making such a…04 Feb 2026HANSARDModern Industrial StrategyMy hon. Friend is such a powerful advocate for the industrial strengths of her part of the world, and it is on exactly those strengths that our industrial strategy is working to…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEconomic Growth: Coastal CommunitiesThe Government are committed to supporting growth in coastal areas such as Bournemouth West. The partnership between Business Growth Dorset and the new business growth service…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to do so. The right hon. Member will understand that Royal Mail is a private company regulated by Ofcom, but it is also a critical part of our national economic…29 Jan 2026HANSARDModern Industrial StrategyYes, I can assure my hon. Friend of that. The industrial strategy recognises the great strengths of the north-east, for which he is such a strong champion. As part of the North…29 Jan 2026HANSARDModern Industrial StrategyThe hon. Lady is right to raise industry worries about the turbulent international trade environment. That is why it is so important that the Government are out in the world…29 Jan 2026HANSARDModern Industrial StrategyWe are focused on delivering our industrial strategy so that we are once again a nation that makes things, invents new industries and exports around the world. We are investing…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness Operating CostsThe hon. Member is right to highlight the Government’s commitment to tackling inadequacies in the way rates are calculated, and that is exactly what my hon. Friend the Exchequer…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness Operating CostsThe Government are working hard to reduce operating costs for all UK businesses, including those in Chichester. We are working to reduce the annual administrative burden of…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEconomic Growth: Coastal CommunitiesI had a fantastic family holiday in Northern Ireland, driven by my son’s obsession with the Titanic—I had a very moving visit there. I have met my opposite number with…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEconomic Growth: Coastal CommunitiesI am due to come to my hon. Friend’s constituency in little over a month—I do like to be beside the seaside. We often think of constituencies like hers as tourism and hospitality…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness and TradeOn 29 November, I launched the Capture redress scheme to provide payments to postmasters who suffered as a result of the Capture software… [ Official Report , 16 December 2025;…26 Jan 2026