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HANSARD Clean Energy Superpower MissionI welcome the Secretary of State to his role, but he has been quite political in his replies. I gently point out that in West Worcestershire, fewer people voted Labour in this…18 Jul 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCongratulations on your re-election, Mr Speaker. Will the Leader of the House find time for a statement on flood defences? The last Parliament was on track to spend £5.2 billion…18 Jul 2024HANSARDThe EconomyI welcome the Minister’s statement, which was crammed with useful facts and statistics. Yesterday, our Committee met representatives of the IMF in private, and we had a very…22 May 2024HANSARD SME FinanceThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point that everyone in this House will recognise as a challenge. Getting paid by bigger businesses is a bane of the lives of many small…09 May 2024HANSARD SME FinanceI thank my excellent colleague for his question. He is absolutely right that the inquiry received evidence on what I would describe as financial apathy. Small businesses sometimes…09 May 2024HANSARD SME FinanceI agree with my right hon. Friend. Inflation is the worst tax on our economy and important steps are being taken by the independent Bank of England to raise interest rates, to…09 May 2024HANSARD SME FinanceThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for granting this wonderful opportunity to present the report that the Treasury Committee published yesterday on access to finance for small and…09 May 2024HANSARDSchool Budgets since 2010On the subject of school budgets, will the Minister join me in welcoming the letter that I received from Malvern College in Worcestershire this week? Not only is that independent…29 Apr 2024HANSARDNorth Cotswold Line: DuallingI thank the team of Ministers for the £209 million that has been allocated to Worcestershire County Council from HS2 money, to help with local transport improvements. Will the…21 Mar 2024HANSARDNorth Cotswold Line: Dualling10. Whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of dualling the North Cotswold Line between Oxford and Worcester.21 Mar 2024HANSARD HMRC Self-Assessment HelplineMay I thank the Financial Secretary and the Chancellor for listening to the howl of pain that came from ordinary taxpayers when they saw the announcement yesterday? Those who…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDid the Chancellor see an article yesterday in which the independent director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies confirmed that the average earner in the UK now has the lowest…19 Mar 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionI thank my hon. Friend for his exceptional work in this area. He shares my passion for the new Malvern-based autism free school, which will benefit children across Worcestershire…14 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI look forward to voting later today for a tax cut for thousands of my constituents; a national insurance tax cut that will mean £900 off the tax bill of thousands of my…13 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt is indeed, and I am glad that my hon. Friend welcomes that, even if it was not welcomed by the representative of the Green party.06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWe heard the Chancellor talk about how strong the growth in UK investment has been. We heard about additional investment in the productivity of our national health service and,…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI know it has not been long since the autumn statement, but we have heard today that the Leader of the Opposition has no plan. It has not been very long since the last forecast…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsDoes the right hon. Gentleman wish to intervene on the fact that the rate of tax is higher in Scotland?06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI wholeheartedly endorse what my right hon. Friend said. She is right to highlight the importance of investment in childcare in helping female employment growth, which has been…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman did not acknowledge that income tax is higher in Scotland, but he makes a good point about quantitative tightening and its impact on the…06 Mar 2024