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HANSARD Six Nations Rugby Championship: Viewing AccessI agree with the hon. Gentleman. It is important that we get the timings of the games and everything else right so that we optimise the broadcast number. As we have seen with…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Six Nations Rugby Championship: Viewing AccessI could not have put it better myself. It is so important to get the balance right between ensuring a secure financial future for our unions and the availability of the game to…04 Feb 2025HANSARDVisitor LevyHospitality businesses in my constituency of Bridlington and The Wolds are rightly concerned about Labour’s plans for a tourist tax in Wales, so will the Secretary of State…29 Jan 2025HANSARDVisitor Levy1. Whether she has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the proposed visitor levy on the economy in Wales.29 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefIt is starting to feel a bit like groundhog day, because the Government are clearly not listening to the entire agricultural economy, community or experts. Let us go back to the…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingThe Minister has just confirmed that the Treasury’s modelling is based on agricultural property relief and joint agricultural and business property relief claims, yet tax experts…23 Jan 2025HANSARDLeasehold ReformI thank the Minister for his reassurance to leaseholders, but what message does he have for freeholders, such as the residents of the Wolds View development in Driffield, who are…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseThe outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany is a timely reminder of the livestock diseases that threaten the UK every day. The Minister has said that he will take every…15 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Social CareThe increase in employer national insurance contributions comes at a time when we simply cannot afford to lose any more provision from care providers. Age UK estimates that 2…07 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Social Care2. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase to employer national insurance contributions on social care.07 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for Veterans16. What steps he is taking to support veterans.06 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for VeteransWill the Minister join me in congratulating East Riding of Yorkshire council on achieving the armed forces covenant employer recognition scheme gold award, and pay tribute to both…06 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere appears to be inconsistency between what Ministers are saying about the report by the National Energy System Operator and what the CEO of NESO told the Energy Security and…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillOn SEND funding, the East Riding of Yorkshire is the lowest funded local authority for SEND per pupil. Children in the Prime Minister’s constituency get three times more funding…11 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxWe are going to have to agree to disagree on that point. Frankly, this is a policy dreamt up by the Treasury on a spreadsheet. There has been no impact assessment, and there is no…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct. Farmers are of course price takers, not price setters, and they have always been under great pressure from the retail chain to keep their…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. Farming is a lonely existence at times, and farmers have traditionally suffered from mental health difficulties. This policy is making…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI share the frustration of my right hon. Friend shadow Secretary of State that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs cannot be with us today. I wanted to…04 Dec 2024HANSARDChagos Islands: UK-US Defence RelationshipThe shadow Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge), alluded to the presumptive nominee Marco Rubio’s comments that the deal represents a…02 Dec 2024