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HANSARD Community Pharmacies: Devon and the South-westThe Minister is espousing brilliantly what community pharmacies do. That all comes under a contractual framework, and one of the key things that pharmacies are asking for is when…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Community Pharmacies: Devon and the South-westIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, and to speak across the Chamber from the Minister for the first time. As a GP, I am grateful for the fact that 38…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWill the Minister give way?17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIs the hon. Lady aware that the National Pharmacy Association has agreed to collective action for the first time in its history, directly as a result of this Government’s Budget?…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Lady has always been an advocate for childcare. One way the previous Government tried to address the issue was to try to stop the cliff edge for childcare by looking at…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am grateful to my fellow Leicestershire MP for giving way. One of the ways that we can judge the market is by looking at vacancies. James Reed, who runs the Reed recruitment…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am very grateful. The hon. Lady makes a fantastic point about wanting to set out the tax base. The difficulty is that the Government are also spending on the NHS. Fundamentally,…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?17 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe Minister mentions first-time buyers. However, the change to stamp duty is likely to affect them, because they are now being brought into paying stamp duty. How does that help…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance Billrose —11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe point is valid. The Government are trying to get more properties for people to buy, but at the same time they are changing back the threshold for first-time buyers. Those…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillIt is important to have transparency. It is not controversial to say that we need more houses—Members on both sides of the House agree—but take Leicester, where new housing…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI am grateful for the Minister’s clarification on that point; I think he is hitting towards it. The school itself has everything grouped into one fee, which includes the…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that the veterans’ commissioner that will be introduced by the new Government will be perfectly primed to look at this kind of problem to ensure that…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillMy hon. Friend talks about choices, and one of the choices that independent schools are now going to have to make is how to use their own resources, such as their sports pitches,…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillOne of the schools in my area has posed a question on VAT. It has combined fees, within which things like meals are included. It is not clear from Treasury guidance whether the…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Lobular Breast CancerIt is a pleasure and an honour to serve under your stewardship, Ms Vaz, and even more of an honour to be part of this debate. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Dulwich and West…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Lobular Breast CancerI want to draw the Minister’s attention to the point about guidelines. Will she consider speaking to the devolved nations and, in England, to NICE, about guidance on lobular…10 Dec 2024HANSARDRare Autoimmune Rheumatic DiseasesNo!10 Dec 2024HANSARDRare Autoimmune Rheumatic DiseasesI am grateful to the Minister for acknowledging the workforce, and for looking at the workforce plan. I was aware of the Health Secretary’s plan to revisit this, and the Minister…10 Dec 2024