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HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesThe Retail Jobs Alliance is very clear in its warning that the Government’s changes to business rates will “accelerate the decline of high streets, reducing footfall…and creating…12 Jun 2025HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesWe support business rates reform, but when Labour’s own trade union says that its plan is not going to work, Ministers should really sit up and listen. Let me turn to another…12 Jun 2025HANSARD GibraltarNotwithstanding the Foreign Secretary’s commitment to the sovereignty clause, the question of sovereignty can only really be answered once we have the full detail of the treaty.…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Theft of Tools of TradeI commend the hon. Lady for her work. In the last Parliament, my private Member’s Bill received Royal Assent as the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023. It requires some…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillBefore I begin, I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, with respect to a donation from P1 Fuels. Although it does not make…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillThe hon. Gentleman shows my age, and no doubt his own, with that sedentary interjection. The hon. Member for Harlow was right to focus on the skills agenda that underpins this…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSpace IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier) not only on securing this debate, but on his…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillWe can negotiate more, I am sure. [Interruption.] The less we hear about the hon. Gentleman’s date at Heathrow, the better. Are the Government able to outline their level of…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that where CPO powers already exist, there is a massive lack of trust between landowners and the acquiring authority? All too often a proposal will be…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI have absolutely no sympathy with the comments and rhetoric of the two Israeli Ministers that the Minister has announced sanctions on. In his statement, the Minister said…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThe hon. Gentleman just said that CPO powers are, to the landlord, an inconvenience. I would say that having a home, farm or business taken is absolute devastation, not an…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentHappy birthday, Mr Speaker. To give credit where it is due, I totally welcome today’s announcement on nuclear. Where I disagree with the Secretary of State is on his persistence…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI have always been very clear that my top priority is the protection of the Buckinghamshire countryside and all of our farmland for the production of food, not for development. It…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentDuring the general election campaign, that well-known political giant, “a Labour spokesman”, said that Labour had no plans to change the winter fuel payment, but within weeks, the…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillWhen the Minister says that agricultural protections are very strong, that simply is not true, is it? In the new NPPF that the Government brought in after being elected, they…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillWill the Minister give way?09 Jun 2025HANSARD Battery Energy Storage Sites: Safety RegulationsI congratulate the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) on bringing forward this important debate. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in it, because this is a matter of…05 Jun 2025HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsThe number of banks that have left my constituency has driven me mad: in the 336 square miles of Mid Buckinghamshire, only one high street bank is left standing. One of the most…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI listened carefully to the answer that the Minister gave to the right and proper question from the hon. Member for High Peak (Jon Pearce) just now. Will the Minister not accept…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI have given way several times. I may well come back if time allows, but I am aware of the time limit that you have set, Ms McVey. My constituency could pretty much not be further…22 May 2025