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HANSARD Local Post OfficesI will. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman does not like hearing that news.30 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Post OfficesI am just getting to that—the hon. Gentleman is absolutely on point with where I am going. Sadly, it was under the previous Labour Government that the network really shrank in a…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyThe Minister’s Government have changed policy to not issue any new licences for domestic oil and gas, so we will become more dependent on imports at times when solar and wind are…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Post OfficesI do not want to politicise this too much, because I think that had gone on for a long period of time, and the inquiry took a lot of evidence last year. I think my hon. Friend the…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Post OfficesThis has been an excellent debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington (Gideon Amos) on securing it and thank the Backbench Business Committee for…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI will try to avoid a word salad. We have heard from various different industrial sectors how important it is to have stable and predictable energy costs. This month has seen…30 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am sure the Chief Secretary knows and admires the plan for growth of Conservative-led Worcestershire county council. It has been working through the plan, and it has built a new…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseReplies to my parliamentary questions are often late. They are often evasive and often refer to websites that are infrequently updated, and sometimes they are even overtly…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingThe Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that the measure will raise £500 million in revenue by 2029, which, in the context of tax revenues of over £1,150 billion, is a very…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingMr Speaker, have you noticed a pattern—that on a Thursday, a Treasury Minister will be asked to come to the Commons to answer an urgent question, and there will be barely a soul…23 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthFormer Chair, Mr Speaker, but thank you very much for calling me. It is clear that we all want to see economic growth in rural areas and across the UK, but I am concerned that…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Office for Value for MoneyI congratulate the hon. Lady not only on her excellent chairing of our Committee and this report, but on securing a slot in the Chamber to tell people about some of the report’s…20 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024It is a very great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Ms McVey. I just note that the Minister highlighted the fact that, in fact, this initiative had been…15 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueIt is good to see the Chancellor back from China and to hear her reiterate that growth is her No. 1 mission, because we have not had any growth since her Budget. Given that…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseDoes the Leader of the House plan to set aside some Government time for us to discuss the enormous changes to local government announced in a statement just before Christmas? That…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsIn yesterday’s extraordinary emergency statement from the Treasury to try to calm the markets, it paid tribute to the fact that the Government inherited the second-lowest debt in…09 Jan 2025HANSARDHealth and Adult Social Care ReformMy constituents will welcome the opportunity to get more services delivered through their GP surgeries, of which there are many excellent examples in West Worcestershire, and…06 Jan 2025HANSARD Trades and ApprenticeshipsIt is a great honour to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) on securing this important…17 Dec 2024HANSARD English DevolutionWhatever our views on the different flavours of local government, surely we in this House can all agree that good local services are delivered when there are excellent,…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverMay I start by thanking the Minister for advance sight of his statement? Before I get into my questions, can we take a moment to thank every postman and postwoman up and down this…16 Dec 2024