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HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesMy hon. Friend makes an important point. It is for good reason that we do not entertain specific discussions on individual companies and their commercial interests, but we have…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesAs ever, the hon. Gentleman makes his point with his usual passion. The point I was making was not to refute or in any way entertain points about individual companies; I am simply…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI understand why people make the link between what they have heard alleged about the shareholding of a particular company and how that should be spent, in an ideal world. I cannot…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesMy hon. Friend—I think he was a lawyer by training—gives a good example from a sector where one can imagine that might be happening. If firms are complying with the regime, other…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesThat is an important point and I understand why the hon. Lady asks about it. In March the Prime Minister—as Chancellor—set out our very strong position on urging companies to…07 Dec 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemI would never say to my hon. Friend that he should be ignored. On that basis, I will certainly consider his invitation, alongside reading his interesting report. The hon. Member…30 Nov 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemTo cut straight to the chase—given I was interrupted by the vote—we published the green finance strategy in 2019 and the “Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing”…30 Nov 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake). This is an incredibly important subject and a…30 Nov 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemYou are very kind, Mr Bone. As I was saying, SDR will incorporate international sustainability standards, including the global baseline standards being developed by the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemIt has been an interesting debate. I again pay tribute to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam for raising this very important subject. I hope I have managed to set out the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillMy hon. Friend is an absolute champion of small businesses and of businesses of all sizes in his constituency. We and our colleagues believe in free enterprise. We knew that the…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. In the face of challenging global headwinds, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered an autumn…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillMy hon. Friend is extremely astute: he has noted the significant contribution these taxes will make to the Exchequer. As I have just said, although this generous allowance is to…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend. Of course, he was in the Department and has a business background, so he knows the detail and the importance of R&D tax reliefs. I am sure that my…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. In raising education, I hope he will have noted and strongly welcomed the fact that, despite the tough fiscal situation, the Chancellor was…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise further education. We also announced in the statement that there will be a review by Michael Barber looking at the many positive initiatives…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. I, for one, would never resent the fact that someone is successful in life, particularly because of starting a business, working…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillI will finish this point; the hon. Gentleman is welcome to come back at me on it. He will recall the estimates at the start of the pandemic that unemployment would be 2 million…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillBy any objective assessment, that enormous support helped our country through one of the toughest challenges that we have ever faced—the biggest crisis outside war in recent…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillIf the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) will forgive me, we have some interest from another part of the House, so will I take an intervention from Wales, from the hon. Member…28 Nov 2022