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HANSARDFlood Recovery SupportFlooding is now inevitable: climate change means that it is going to happen. It is not a question of if but a question of when, and small and medium-sized enterprises are…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Reducing Costs for BusinessesDoes the Minister recognise the anger and upset of excluded businesses that have been unable to get any support, such as those in the coach industry and many others, especially…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Reducing Costs for BusinessesMany hon. Members have said that SMEs are at the heart of their constituency, and I want to mention a fish and chip shop called Goldenfry, which is highly recommended. If Members…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetySadly, cladding is not one of the only risks to building safety: flooding is another huge risk. While the Secretary of State is open to looking at amendments to building safety in…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesOne thing I am keen for MaPS to look at is the move towards three regional models. I made the point in my speech that smaller providers simply cannot bid for those large…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. As debt advisers say, the first face-to-face appointment can be extremely emotional for many people. Sometimes it is the first time…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ2. Women have been left with internal damage and pain that they describe as being like “razor blades inside them”. Many have lost their careers and some have even lost their…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesAs I mentioned at the start, my right hon. Friend has been with me from the beginning, looking at this issue and campaigning on it. She is absolutely right. I accept that some…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesI beg to move, That this House has considered reductions in community debt advice services. It is a pleasure to serve, even if very briefly, under your chairship, Ms Fovargue. I…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesI thank my right hon. Friend, who has been campaigning on this issue from the very beginning. He is absolutely right: all the forecasts—all of them—show that demand for debt…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesI am incredibly grateful for those final comments from the Minister. We all accept that we could not have expected a pandemic and we do not know what will happen in the next year.…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCommunity Debt Advice ServicesI absolutely agree. As I have outlined, we expect more people to seek debt advice, and the burden will fall on those who provide it at the moment. I pay tribute to all those who…01 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)On the skills for tomorrow, there is a huge concern about amendment 4, which removes subsection (6) on future issues around climate change and environmental goals. Surely those…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)To return to the conversation we were having about SEND and disabilities, and the disability employment gap, we will have to collect data to know whether the skills plan is…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I think the hon. Member for Great Grimsby has misunderstood. When creating a local skills plan, we need to define a local area. As the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, whose…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I mentioned to the Minister before that I have a lot of sympathy for the Government trying to work out what constitutes a local area. I was talking to a local Conservative MP and…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)rose —30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)With respect to the comments made by the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, if everything were all fine and dandy as it is, we would not have a 28 percentage points disability…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I rise to speak in favour of amendments 27 and 28 in my name, and amendments 1, 2 and 3, in the name of my hon. Friend…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I want to push the Minister a little more on the guidance. He has mentioned that it will be statutory, which I welcome, but I wonder whether it will include some of the wording…30 Nov 2021