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HANSARD Thomas CookI have tried to be as clear as I can about Thomas Cook workers abroad. I have asked the CAA to work on the matter urgently. Obviously the first priority is getting 150,000 people…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookLet me explain so that the House fully understands the situation. This is a private company that was getting on with trying to put together its own rescue deal, which—just to be…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookAs the hon. Gentleman will know, there are pretty strict rules involved in when the state can and cannot intervene in private businesses. If it intervened all the time, other much…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookAs the hon. Lady knows, I share her concerns. I do not want to abuse Mr Speaker’s counsel, so I refer the hon. Lady to my previous comments and will have the Insolvency Service…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookThe CAA holds a large part of the duty of ensuring the sustainability of an airline. In fact, it would have been responsible for renewing the airline’s licence at the beginning of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookThe hon. Lady is right. I was made aware of this scam yesterday, and it is absolutely disgusting that it could happen at this time. We have issued messages through things such as…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookI mentioned the £900 million Fosun deal that eventually fell through to indicate the extent of the money required just to keep the business afloat. That was the deal that was on…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookI am interested to hear that the hon. Gentleman’s constituents say that, because the accounts clearly show that the company lost £1.5 billion within a six-month period alone, and…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookI am very pleased to pay tribute to the employers in the hon. Lady’s constituency that are providing or offering employment. She is not the first Member this afternoon who has…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookYes, that is right. The hon. Gentleman will know the strict rules that apply through the Insolvency Service on people’s redundancy pay, which cover the holiday element as well as…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookI should mention why it is a two-week period. It is actually because the holidays mostly coincide with those dates when people are coming back on the normal day of their holiday,…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookMy right hon. Friend the Business Secretary is writing to the lenders on this specific point, and so perhaps can provide more detail about what she has asked them to do at this…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookMy hon. Friend will be pleased to know that the skills are in high demand and that many of the other travel companies are employing. Indeed, as we have heard from other hon.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the steps that the Government have been taking to support those affected by the collapse of Thomas Cook,…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookLet me see what we can deal with here. It is true, as the hon. Gentleman outlined, that the world has changed. In 2007, Thomas Cook bought MyTravel just as the internet was…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookMay I start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend, who has been working very hard through the last few difficult days with people from Peterborough who have found themselves without…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookIn simple terms, yes. As I mentioned, the review reported on 9 May, and I have been in my post since 23 July. However, the answer is yes, we will get on with it.25 Sept 2019HANSARDTransportAs the representative of two towns—one, Welwyn Garden, calls itself a city, but it is actually a town—I absolutely agree with the idea that towns have a significant part to play…09 Sept 2019HANSARDTransportAs the representative of two towns—one, Welwyn Garden, calls itself a city, but it is actually a town—I absolutely agree with the idea that towns have a significant part to play…09 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2I am not short of advice on what to do on HS2, but few pieces of advice come from somebody as distinguished as a former Transport Secretary. I have heard what he has had to say,…05 Sept 2019