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HANSARDSupporting High StreetsPicture this: Downing Street, a hub of activity, alive with purpose, people moving with intent, heated debate and entrepreneurship at every turn. You look confused, Madam Deputy…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI entirely agree. The truth is that Labour does not have the backing of small and medium-sized businesses because it is stifling growth with its costly net zero commitments,…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsMy hon. Friend talks eloquently about the problems facing high streets. One of my constituents, a publican, told me that things were worse than during covid, because at least…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillAs a six-year-old, I remember the death of Joe McCarthy, who lived on my road in west London, so it is not just about those who lived in Sheffield or elsewhere. It affected…03 Nov 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxNo, I have already heard enough from the hon. Member, so I will not give way for the moment.28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI just wondered if the hon. Lady had any views on stamp duty land tax.28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxToday the state of our economy is laid bare: growth has flatlined at just 0.1% in August; inflation remains at almost twice the Bank of England’s target; and long-term borrowing…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI have literally only been speaking for 30 seconds, so I think the hon. Member can bear with me for a minute or two. The Government’s inexperience shows in the policies that they…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThere have been a lot of comments about when people were born and what they remember. I hope the hon. Member does not take offence, but I am sure he was born before covid and the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxI misspoke, and I withdraw the comment. But I find it strange that Liberal Democrat Members seem to have a collective amnesia on what happened over the past few years. Returning…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThe simple answer is we do not—I cannot add more than that. As the hon. Member has drawn me on this, our problem is that we do not think that is deliverable because the Government…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThe hon. Lady is being generous with interventions; I thank her for that. To bring her back to stamp duty land tax, the average house price in her constituency is over £1 million.…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxIs that not the fundamental point, and why the comments made earlier about downsizing are so important? This tax stops people downsizing, which means that people are not moving…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxWhat has surprised me about this debate is that several Labour Members have seemed to agree that this stamp duty proposal would be a good thing to do, and, as far as I can tell,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseWill the Minister give way?28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseI would urge the hon. Gentleman not to misquote the two right hon. Members that he has just quoted. Even if the quotes that he gave were whole and full—which they are not—the DPP…28 Oct 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas IndustryCan the Minister explain to my constituents how banning new drilling for oil and gas while importing gas from other countries at a higher cost will bring their bills down by £300,…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Mandatory Digital IDMy hon. Friend mentions digital exclusion. Some 28% of people over the age of 75 do not have a smartphone. How are they going to access digital ID?21 Oct 2025HANSARD Mandatory Digital IDI recently conducted a local survey after being contacted by hundreds of constituents about this digital ID issue. The results were clear. Over two thirds of respondents opposed…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Mandatory Digital IDI agree with my hon. Friend. At a time when trust in Government is so low—I think that it was about 12% in the last poll—it is totally wrong for the Government to introduce such a…21 Oct 2025