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HANSARDSmall Businesses: Scaling UpLet me take the opportunity to congratulate my hon. Friend on his election to this House. I remember well, as I am sure he does, the problems that the people and businesses of…31 Oct 2024HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesI am grateful for your guidance, Mr Speaker. While the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) is popular, you are much more important. I gently point out to the hon. Member for…31 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have held discussions with a range of organisations on exactly that issue. I promised the hon. Gentleman earlier that I would meet him. If he wants to add that to the list of…31 Oct 2024HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesI gently suggest to the hon. Lady that those making up the anti-growth coalition are sat on her side of the House, and I gently point out to her that the highest number of…31 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo. I gently point out to the hon. Gentleman the difficult economic inheritance that his party left this Government to sort out. We are determined to walk towards all the tough…31 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen we were in opposition, we set out a five-point plan to help with the revival of high streets. We are working to bring forward that plan. My hon. Friend will see more detail…31 Oct 2024HANSARDNight-time EconomyWe recognise the important role that night-time economy businesses play in supporting local economies and communities. Healthy night-time economy businesses not only support our…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSmall Businesses: Scaling UpI say very gently to the hon. Gentleman that if he and his party are determined to oppose the measures we took in the Budget, including on employers’ national insurance…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSmall Businesses: Scaling UpWe are certainly looking at the issues that have arisen for the industry from the judgment. More generally on access to finance, I am sure the right hon. Gentleman will welcome…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSmall Businesses: Scaling UpI am glad that the hon. Gentleman welcomes, I think, the measures we took in the Budget to raise employment allowance to help the very smallest firms. The Federation of Small…31 Oct 2024HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesI welcome my hon. Friend’s question, and I know the high streets in his constituency that he mentioned, as they are very close to Britain’s greatest constituency. He will be aware…31 Oct 2024HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesThe hon. Gentleman is an assiduous champion for his constituency in this House. If he wants to bring his chamber of commerce to meet me to discuss issues in his constituency in…31 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorI congratulate the hon. Member on getting his constituency’s pubs into the debate. I look forward to having the opportunity to visit one or two of those in his constituency again.…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorI am happy to confirm to the right hon. Lady and the whole House that I will ensure that the Treasury and the Chancellor are aware of the comments made in this debate. She will…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving me the prompt to get on to the issues around the Budget next week. He will understand, as one or two of his colleagues alluded…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorI heard the point the hon. Gentleman made, and I want to come to the issue of access to talent to work in pubs and hospitality venues. While we always need to consider issues…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorIn the usual way, let me take the opportunity to congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Leicestershire (Mr Bedford) on securing this debate and celebrating the contribution of pubs…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorLastly, Ms Vaz, Ofgem has announced a series of measures to protect non-domestic energy customers from poor behaviour by energy suppliers, which I hope will address some of the…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Business ConfidenceI too take the opportunity in the usual way to thank the hon. Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield (Mims Davies) for securing this important debate. At the outset, let me echo…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Business ConfidenceIf I may, I will come to that in one second. One of the measures announced yesterday that will strengthen business confidence further, and which many businesses have been crying…15 Oct 2024