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HANSARD Dog Daycare: Urban AreasOne of the anomalies in the system is the fact that some local authorities use a licensing scheme while others use planning permission. There are other parts of the regulations,…27 Oct 2022HANSARDPUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEEIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. I record my thanks to the National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee for this report. As many Members…27 Oct 2022HANSARDPUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEEI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. The National Audit Office has looked into that in detail. I do not have a figure to hand, but he is right. All these measures have…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Dog Daycare: Urban AreasIt gives me great pleasure to rise to raise the important issue of daycare for dogs, particularly in the inner city. I appreciate the Minister having a quick word with me ahead of…27 Oct 2022HANSARDHome Secretary: Resignation and ReappointmentWe all know that mistakes happen, but the Minister talks as if it were a junior member of staff who had made an inadvertent clerical error. This is a Home Secretary who released…26 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I have a couple of simple questions for the Minister. As my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham West and Penge has…26 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2022On that point, the Minister says that it was a bespoke scheme. The Public Accounts Committee, which I have the privilege of chairing, looked at the Syrian resettlement scheme,…26 Oct 2022HANSARDSMEs: Red TapeBusinesses in my constituency, including some of the fabulous small breweries, are struggling with the extra paperwork they now have to fill in in order to export to the European…25 Oct 2022HANSARDSTEM Teachers in Disadvantaged AreasDisadvantage knows no boundaries and, likewise, we have huge challenges in our schools in Hackney. The Government promised that the starting salary for teachers would be £30,000.…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthThe Minister has a strong track record of being knowledgeable about finance in the private sector, so will he acknowledge that the mini-Budget caused huge chaos in the markets?…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ11. We understand that this afternoon’s vote on fracking is deemed a confidence vote in the Prime Minister. Can she give us any reason why her own Back Benchers or anyone in this…19 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not just the criminal courts that are seeing backlogs; the probate registry service and the divorce courts are also causing problems. One constituent came to my surgery last…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationThe Minister has made great play of supporting people with their energy bills, but businesses only get support until March. The Government also make great play of creating growth.…12 Oct 2022HANSARDSewage DischargesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I am proud to represent the River Lea as part of my constituency, but in 2021 there were 27 instances of sewage…12 Oct 2022HANSARDInflationThe Minister talks about vacancies in the job market. There are vacancies, of course, but many of my constituents earn under £12,000 a year. They will not benefit from the tax…11 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe have seen this Chancellor rip up fiscal responsibility, sack the senior civil servant at the Treasury and mortgage the future of our children and our country. It is not just me…23 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionIn 2019, the River Lea suffered a discharge for 1,000 hours. That was three years ago, and the ripple effect of it will be longer than just this summer. But the Environment…06 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateThe annual energy costs of a bar on my patch in Shoreditch—it is part of a large chain—have gone up from £30,000 last year to £120,000 this year. All energy contracts are now…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentAs a fellow London MP, I want to be clear with the hon. Member: no one wants to see buses cut. Is he asking the Government for more money for London to make sure that we backfill…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI want to raise a number of issues in the Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment debate. One is the issue of passport delays, which is affecting many of our constituents. Yesterday,…21 Jul 2022