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HANSARDRoyal Mail: Universal Service ObligationWe can certainly now end by asking for the Minister’s plan in terms of—11 Mar 2026HANSARDRoyal Mail: Universal Service ObligationThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I congratulate the hon. Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) on securing it. We can see from the number of Members…11 Mar 2026HANSARDHMRC Approved Mileage RatesThe Chancellor will review mileage rates, but with her fuel duty freeze coming to an end in September and the next fiscal event not happening until later in the year, will she…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026It is an absolute honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart; you delivered the title of this legislation with a dryness that belies its purpose and impact on our economy.…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026I am genuinely shocked and surprised to hear the Liberal Democrat line, because I seem to remember when these investigatory powers—including the right to snoop on…10 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThe Chancellor has announced today that she is not really making any changes at this point, and that she is calling for a de-escalation. What would she say to my rural constituent…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Post Office Green PaperI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement, and—I do not often say these words—I warmly welcome the decision that he has announced. It seems that the Government have…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillThe hon. Member makes a very important point, and I know that the House will be eager to hear how enthusiastic the Minister is about all the amendments that have been tabled. I am…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillI sense that this is an occasion when the House would appreciate it if I were quite brief, but I am grateful to set out our support for the principles of the Bill, and we will not…23 Feb 2026HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillThis is a short Bill, but it involves potentially raising and spending a huge amount of public money, so in the interests of thorough scrutiny, I will speak to Opposition…23 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementSoggy poppadoms, buses, a lot of whisky, pottery, bricks, some Galloway cheddar and even an aircraft carrier promoting whisky—those are some of the colourful items mentioned in…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that we sent to the other place is being scrutinised extensively, and it has been reported this morning that the Parliament Act 1911…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMadam Deputy Speaker, you can see why the Business Secretary needs to be here to answer questions, because I did not hear an answer to my question. I will try a different topic,…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYet again, the Business Secretary is not here for his departmental questions. This time, he is in China, trying to sort out the mess that is British steel strategy. He is burning…29 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI give way to a Member from the governing party.28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentGovernment Members do not have to listen to me; they can listen to the Federation of Small Businesses, which said that those wage rises risk pricing young people out of the labour…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI certainly hope that we will hear a plan of action to tackle this alarming crisis, and a less selective grouping of statistics than we heard from the Minister of State,…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentMy hon. Friend is spot on, because it is that foundation of private sector prosperity that will create the tax revenues that we can use to pay for excellent public services. A…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI have news that will perhaps come as a bit of a shock to the hon. Gentleman: it is his party that is in power, and it should be his Front Benchers and the Chancellor he should be…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentMy right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. My right hon. Friend the Member for Herne Bay and Sandwich (Sir Roger Gale) spoke extremely eloquently about the importance of the…28 Jan 2026