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HANSARDCovid-19: Business SupportIn response to covid-19, the Department continues to support UK businesses to trade. Office for National Statistics data states that 75.4% of businesses are continuing to trade.12 May 2020HANSARD Personal StatementMr Speaker, you will be aware that the Committee on Standards last week published a report following an inquiry into the use of parliamentary stationery for the purpose of a…11 May 2020HANSARDUK/US Trade Agreement: Thames ValleyMay I start by congratulating my hon. Friend yet again on being a brilliant new representative for the Buckingham constituency? The Silverstone technology cluster includes…05 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is properly a question for a different Question Time, because it is Taskforce Europe that is responsible for our future trading relations with the European Union. What I can…05 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. When I was previously in this job, I visited the sector in Cambridgeshire. We know that the life sciences industry contributes £74…05 Mar 2020HANSARDUK Ports of EntryThe hon. Member makes an extremely good point, and that is one of the points of the free port policy. We launched the consultation last month with the Command Paper, and it closes…05 Mar 2020HANSARDUK Ports of EntryWe are using the transition period to ensure that the UK rises to the challenges of leaving the European Union while being ready to take advantage of all the benefits. Work on…05 Mar 2020HANSARDUK/US Trade Agreement: Thames ValleyThe hon. Member does not do this question justice. Our objective, of course, is to have both a very good free trade deal with the European Union and a new trade deal with the…05 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are making extensive preparations at our ports to cater for all possible scenarios of outcome from the current talks with the European Union; we are very much following the…05 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAgain, this is really a matter for Taskforce Europe, but I will pass on the hon. Member’s question to it to give him a more detailed response. What I can say is that the DIT team…05 Mar 2020HANSARDUK/US Trade Agreement: Thames ValleyAn ambitious United States free trade agreement could boost the economy in the south-east, including the Thames valley, by £622 million in the long run, supporting the growth of…05 Mar 2020HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyThe financial services sector generates 7% of UK GDP, provides 1.1 million jobs and is responsible for £29 billion-worth of tax revenue. Does the Chancellor agree that we need to…11 Feb 2020HANSARDChurch of England Free SchoolsThe fantastic Fulham Boys School will finally open at its new site in September, after a 10-year campaign. It is a Church of England-sponsored free school whose co-patrons are…06 Feb 2020HANSARDChurch of England Free Schools8. What recent discussions he has had with the Commissioners on increasing the number of Church of England free schools in England.06 Feb 2020HANSARDCrossrail DelaysWe also need to examine the role of the Mayor and chairman of TfL, Sadiq Khan, in this. In his just four years in the role, Crossrail has been delayed by three years. Does the…30 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State will know that my local Labour party has been running an outrageous campaign saying that the Parsons Green walk-in centre is set to close. The clinical…28 Jan 2020HANSARD UK-US Extradition AgreementI should state that Dr Lynch is my constituent, so I take a keen interest here. Does my right hon. Friend agree that back in 2003 when the treaty first came in—I was not in the…23 Jan 2020HANSARDLocal Government FinanceOne local government problem that is becoming more expensive is the repair and reopening of Hammersmith bridge. On that and the reopening of Harwood Terrace, will my hon. Friend…13 Jan 2020HANSARDFiscal Framework AgreementI also welcome you to your position, Mr Speaker, and the new Secretary of State to his. One of the interesting features of the negotiations was that the venue alternated between…08 Jan 2020HANSARDFiscal Framework Agreement1. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 2016 fiscal framework agreement between the Government and the Scottish Government.08 Jan 2020