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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am delighted that the hon. Gentleman is happy. Maybe that means one fewer letter towards the 54 that the Prime Minister needs to think about for the duration of the day. This…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI absolutely agree. If the right hon. Lady has positive proposals that she wishes to bring forward to amend the law, and if she is making the case that UK food standards are…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillNot right honourable yet.24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI welcome my hon. Friend’s intervention. I will take her word for it on the Civil Contingencies Act, about which I fear she may have a level of expertise that exceeds mine. To be…24 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt has now been 100 days since we first welcomed the right hon. Lady to her new post. In that time, we have seen steel production fall to record lows; the automotive sector has…18 May 2023HANSARDUK Car IndustryI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) for securing this urgent question on an area of fundamental importance not just to his…17 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe automotive industry is a jewel in the crown of British manufacturing, but to keep that jewel we need to be building batteries for electric vehicles in the UK. So far we have…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationI thank the Minister for his statement and for advance sight of it. I too begin by paying tribute to Alan Bates and the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, which has campaigned…23 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising those points, because housing is another area that we heard very little about in the Budget yesterday. Perhaps that was because of the…16 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. He will know that he represents several members of my family, so I have personal knowledge of his constituency, and they think he…16 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to close the Budget debate this evening. I begin by acknowledging all 28 speeches we have heard today, but I want to pay a…16 Mar 2023HANSARDManchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 3 ReportI am also grateful for special dispensation to speak from the Back Benches on this matter. The arena bomb was one of the most distressing and difficult episodes in the history of…06 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionWhen the Britishvolt site was first announced in 2019, with the promise to deliver the UK’s second ever gigafactory and create 8,000 jobs in Northumberland, it was lauded by the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAs we move to Third Reading, may I thank all colleagues, Ministers, civil servants and Clerks of the House for their work on this Bill. In particular, I thank my hon. Friend the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery Production(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will make a statement on the UK’s gigafactory capacity given the announcement…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesAs we heard from colleagues, energy prices are inextricably linked to our country’s competitiveness. Last week, Make UK published a survey of manufacturing businesses. That report…17 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesLast Monday the Government presented the next stage of their energy support scheme, but it got a decidedly mixed response. The Federation of Small Businesses calculated that it is…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillLet me start by declaring my interests and my registrations as a trade union member. This has been a hugely well-supported debate, with no fewer than 38 speeches from the…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Business Secretary to his first oral questions. He is the third Business Secretary we have had this year, and I have to say that lack of stability is the No. 1…29 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsRespectfully, I think the Business Secretary needs to focus a little bit more on his own side and the humility required to do that. On a more positive note, this Saturday is small…29 Nov 2022