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HANSARDHigh Streets: Government SupportOne of the ingredients for a successful high street is having a post office in the mix. The Government have inherited a network of 11,500 post offices, and that number has been…12 Dec 2024HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized BusinessesSome of the most successful small and medium-sized businesses, which truly think long term, are owned by families, so why does the Secretary of State think that it will help his…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Plan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentFive months in and after a Budget that the Office for Budget Responsibility says will lower growth over five years, increase inflation and reduce the number of people in jobs, it…05 Dec 2024HANSARD UK Supply Chains: Uyghur Forced LabourI congratulate the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) on securing the urgent question. Let me also welcome the Minister back to Parliament, as well as to his place on the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. It is important for the UK’s international business reputation that we should have a public companies register, and…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCreative IndustriesWill the Culture Secretary welcome the news that, thanks to levelling-up funding, Malvern theatres in the west midlands will be expanding? Planning permission was granted last…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ6. Last weekend, during Storm Bert, Tenbury Wells was flooded for the second time this year. It is a question of when, not if, the town will flood again. The situation is even…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertI associate myself with the words of gratitude paid by the Secretary of State to all those who have helped over the weekend. The House will know that I have raised the situation…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingBus usage after the pandemic was beginning to recover in Worcestershire, thanks to the £2 bus fare and improvements to routes. We are campaigning in Malvern for a better and more…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Financial Services: Mansion House SpeechI declare an interest as a trustee of the parliamentary pension scheme. There is a lot to welcome in the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, a lot of which was taken from the…18 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareAcorns children’s hospice, St Richard’s hospice and GPs, care homes and pharmacies across West Worcestershire have all been in touch with concerns about the extra cost burden that…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Council TaxThe Chancellor and the International Monetary Fund are known to favour ending council tax and replacing it with a wider property tax. The Welsh Labour Government tried to revalue…14 Nov 2024HANSARDFlood ResilienceI associate myself with the Minister’s remarks about the flood victims in Spain. Flood victims in Tenbury Wells were concerned to see in the Budget Red Book that capital spending…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Export and Investment GuaranteesI want to start by saying “Exporting is GREAT”, and UK Export Finance, as the Minister just outlined, has done a tremendous job over many decades in supporting great British…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Export and Investment GuaranteesI understand that Crawford Falconer, who had been in charge of a lot of the trade negotiations, is leaving the Department. Will the Minister tell the House what his plans are to…13 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024As the Minister has set out so clearly, the instrument intends to give effect to the EU common charger directive, which applies in Northern Ireland, as is required under the…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House and updating us, because it gives her an opportunity to correct the record. She may have inadvertently misled the House at…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsWill my right hon. Friend give way?11 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI congratulate the hon. Lady on her unopposed election as Chair of the wonderful Treasury Committee. Does she share my concern that the individual who has been appointed to the…30 Oct 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAs the hon. Lady can see, I am not giving way at the moment. As you know, Madam Deputy Speaker, the only way that we get true, genuine, sustainable growth in this country is…30 Oct 2024