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HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI reassure the Minister that my point was less about needing more taxpayer subsidy than about ensuring that all employers are aware of the needs of working parents so that their…24 Feb 2023HANSARDCo-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillOn the point about high street banks, it is noticeable across the Buckinghamshire constituency that in 335 square miles there is only one high street premises left standing, which…24 Feb 2023HANSARDCo-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon). I join her in congratulating the hon. Member for Preston (Sir Mark Hendrick) on…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Electricity Transmission (Compensation) BillMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful case for the protection of all our constituents. On the point he just made, does he agree that such disruption is coming down the line?…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillFor the second debate running, it is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon). Over recent years, not just since the pandemic,…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillAs ever, my hon. Friend puts it far more eloquently than I could. He has hit the nail on the head, certainly on the seasonal aspect of some businesses and the changing times that…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. As we look at this legislation, it is important that we do not just think about it through the lens of the private sector,…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI give way to my hon. Friend from just down the A41.24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillThat was a powerful list of service areas that local authorities deliver for the good of all our constituents. Does my hon. Friend agree that within the spirit of what he is…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. This is the point that I was attempting to make earlier about childcare—that it is not about working from home or working from the office,…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Electricity Transmission (Compensation) BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right in what he says. In some cases, we may be talking about huge estates or big landowners, but in the vast majority of cases we will be…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Electricity Transmission (Compensation) BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Rob Butler), who so skilfully weaved into his…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend the Prime Minister was absolutely right, spot on and in tune with the vast majority of the British people when he made stopping small boat crossings, tackling…23 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Schemes15. What steps her Department is taking to support farmers through environmental land management schemes.23 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. The £168 million farming investment fund, the six new standards in the SFI and the ELMS prospectus are good news and good…23 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was a pleasure to welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow) to Manor Farm in…23 Feb 2023HANSARD UK Food ShortagesThe Secretary of State is absolutely right in pointing to the factors that she has in answering this urgent question. May I push her a little further on the question of energy,…23 Feb 2023HANSARDKnowsley IncidentI join my right hon. Friend in condemning the use of violence and in thanking the police for their response, and I categorically agree with him that we must stop the people…20 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. Whole communities have been up in arms after perverse decisions by the Planning Inspectorate, most recently on a site between Askett and Meadle and another…20 Feb 2023HANSARDBrownfield Development and Green BeltIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) on securing an incredibly…09 Feb 2023