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HANSARDSupporting SMEs, Retail, and Hospitality and TourismA number of small high street businesses will be hit hard by the Government’s jobs tax and the dramatic reduction in business rates relief, and House of Commons Library research…21 Jan 2025HANSARDServicing Government DebtThe rising cost of borrowing will bring more misery to mortgage holders, with reports suggesting that some mortgage holders could pay an extra £500 a year. Given that potential…21 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewThe previous Conservative Government promises the people of west Hertfordshire that we would have a new hospital, and they even claimed that it was fully funded, so our sense of…20 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024In so many sectors, we have this enormous power imbalance between large companies and the smaller companies that they often contract through their supply chains, and construction…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy hon. Friend is giving an impassioned speech about the importance of business rates reform. Does she agree that there is a risk of unintended consequences in what the Government…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe hon. Member may have heard my earlier intervention. He is absolutely right, and I agree with him wholeheartedly, that we have to shift the burden away from small businesses on…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is giving an impassioned speech about the case for an overhaul of the business rates system. Why did the previous Conservative Government never get around…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Billrose —15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI completely accept that point, and I am very sympathetic to the fact that the Minister inherited a sticking-plaster system from the previous Government. If during the course of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe Minister has been here throughout the debate, and he will have heard a number of my interventions. I accept his point that those figures will not be published until Budget…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe hon. Member will recognise that it is the Government’s intention to reduce business rates for the smallest businesses, but as I have mentioned a couple of times in this…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillThe shadow Minister talks about situations in which tenants must leave a property. A constituent of mine had a terrible ordeal. She moved into a new rental property, but after…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI thank the Chancellor for advance sight of her statement. Let us be blunt: the Budget has not worked. The Chancellor says that the Government’s No. 1 mission is growth, but to…14 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the hon. Member give way?08 Jan 2025HANSARD Employer National Insurance Contributions: CharitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) on securing this important debate. I believe I have…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Lady is making a compelling case about the need to invest to save. When we invest upstream in our public services, that often saves money for the taxpayer further down…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillDoes the hon. Member agree that because the previous Government gutted public health and primary care, there is now a crisis in the NHS? Although it is right that the Government…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillPart-time workers, especially in the hospitality sector, will be very badly affected. Before these changes a person could work 14 hours a week without incurring employers’…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is encouraging the Government to ameliorate their position. Does he agree that there is one very clear way of doing that today? Members on all Benches…17 Dec 2024