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HANSARDUK/US Trade Agreement: Thames Valley11. What assessment she has made of the potential economic benefits to the Thames valley of a trade agreement with the US.05 Mar 2020HANSARDUK/US Trade Agreement: Thames ValleyThe Thames valley is home to many high- tech businesses, not least in the north of my constituency of Buckingham crossing into Northamptonshire at Silverstone Park. Can my right…05 Mar 2020HANSARDDeveloping World: Business Enabling12. What steps is her Department taking to promote the ease of doing business throughout the developing world.04 Mar 2020HANSARDDeveloping World: Business EnablingI welcome my hon. Friend’s comments on the success of the Africa investment summit. Can he update the House on how we can further strengthen our economic partnerships with African…04 Mar 2020HANSARDChildren’s Social CareIn Buckinghamshire, our hard-working social workers travel around 1 million miles a year to undertake statutory visits and court attendances. That is considerably more than occurs…02 Mar 2020HANSARDChildren’s Social Care8. What steps the Government are taking to improve children’s social care.02 Mar 2020HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Businesses: Government Contracts17. What plans he has to support small and medium-sized businesses in bidding for Government contracts.27 Feb 2020HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Businesses: Government ContractsSmall businesses often tell me that late payments are a significant concern when bidding for not just Government contracts, but all contracts with large companies. What steps can…27 Feb 2020HANSARD Child ProtectionThe Minister’s answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Ruth Edwards) is helpful. I was disturbed to learn from the Internet Watch Foundation a couple of weeks ago that…27 Feb 2020HANSARDRough SleepingI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and thank him in particular for the £576,000 that has been awarded following a joint bid from Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Does he agree that those who continue to peddle the line that we somehow need to tether ourselves to the EU’s rules and…27 Feb 2020HANSARDFebruary AdjournmentIt is an absolute pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie) and that powerful maiden speech. I had the pleasure of being teamed up with my hon.…13 Feb 2020HANSARDGrassroots SportJust a few years ago, Buckingham Ladies hockey team were using marmite jars on a table top to plan their tactics, and they had only five players and no goalkeeper, but I am…13 Feb 2020HANSARDFebruary AdjournmentI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Indeed, it is always sensible to listen to one’s constituents, and I am delighted that he has raised that point this afternoon. Indeed,…13 Feb 2020HANSARDTrade12. What recent economic assessment his Department has made of the value of trade between Scotland and the rest of the UK.12 Feb 2020HANSARDTradeGiven the excellent figures my right hon. Friend has just given, does he share my concern that the separatist agenda peddled by the SNP is a direct threat to Scottish jobs and…12 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureMay I urge my right hon. Friend and, indeed, anyone who seeks to celebrate the HS2 decision to keep central in their mind the blight that it will bring to communities up and down…11 Feb 2020HANSARDFlood ResponseRecent months have led to a very difficult start of the season for many farmers, particularly arable farmers forced into exceptionally late drilling. Given that farmers are likely…10 Feb 2020HANSARDBBC Licence FeeDoes my hon. Friend agree that the nub of this is fairness and proportionality? If we are to have a free and open market in television, non-payment of the licence fee should be…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Oxford to Cambridge expressway proposal is a hugely controversial issue in my constituency that would devastate the Buckinghamshire countryside and would achieve little that…06 Feb 2020