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HANSARD High Street Bank Closures and Banking HubsWhat services banks provide is a commercial decision for them, but they provide a lot of different ways to interact with them these days, including several online options. As I…11 May 2023HANSARD High Street Bank Closures and Banking HubsMy right hon. Friend makes a good point. I will have the Economic Secretary to the Treasury write to her with any figures that we have on the pauses that have taken place as a…11 May 2023HANSARD High Street Bank Closures and Banking HubsIt is a particular pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies, because I know that if you were not in the Chair, you would be making an impassioned speech. I thank my right hon.…11 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesThe energy bills discount scheme will provide all eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills for 12 months from 1 April 2023 to…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesMy hon. Friend is a great champion of businesses in his constituency. In the first instance, I advise businesses always to contact suppliers to discuss their contracts. We are…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesThe hon. Lady raises an incredibly important point, and this Government are very alive to the issues that businesses face across the country. She will be aware that, last year,…09 May 2023HANSARD Funding for Major Infrastructure ProjectsI thank the hon. Lady, although I think we are selling it. She is absolutely right: it will boost productivity. It is creating jobs, as I have said, and it will boost…03 May 2023HANSARD Funding for Major Infrastructure ProjectsIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Sharma, particularly as this is my first outing as a Minister in Westminster Hall. What a great start! There has been a really…03 May 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipMy hon. and learned Friend will have noticed that China has been quick to condemn our historic AUKUS agreement as a “path of error”. It also still refuses to condemn Russia’s…14 Mar 2023HANSARDSaving for Later LifeIs my hon. Friend aware of the KiwiSaver scheme in New Zealand? It combines the two aspirations—to save for a pension in later life and to get on the housing ladder—in that…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Children's Mental Health Services: LincolnshireI beg to move, That this House has considered children’s mental health services in Lincolnshire. As a parent, I know how strong and how special the bond that connects us to our…07 Feb 2023HANSARDSaving for Later LifeThere has been a lot of discussion today about the adequacy of the amount saved, but no discussion of what the investments are made in. The UK has one of the lowest levels of…07 Feb 2023HANSARDDefence TechnologyThe Tempest fighter jet and the Challenger 3 are examples of the Government’s commitment to giving our forces good-quality equipment. Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that we…30 Jan 2023HANSARDDefence Technology18. What steps his Department is taking to develop innovative defence technology.30 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Jenny Green, president of the RAF Widows’ Association, lost her husband Group Captain William Green in a Tornado crash over the North sea in 1990. The crash was…15 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Whether on defence with AUKUS, trade with the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership or diplomacy with the Association of Southeast Asian…07 Dec 2022HANSARDHelping People into WorkOne of the great accomplishments of the Down Syndrome Act 2022, brought in by my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox), was to affirm the great potential of…05 Dec 2022HANSARDHelping People into Work21. What progress his Department has made on increasing the number of people with disabilities in work.05 Dec 2022HANSARD Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the excellent and thoughtful speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Ben Everitt). Along with all my colleagues, I congratulate my…18 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Lady is making a fantastic speech—let me say that straight out of the gate—but may I clarify that her proposed access-to-cash solution is for the Treasury to make an…01 Nov 2022