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HANSARDHospitality SectorGood morning to the shadow Secretary of State. I am sure he had a stiff drink after his performance at Prime Minister’s questions yesterday. All pubs and live music venues that…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorWe are introducing new, permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties worth nearly £1 billion per year, which will benefit over 750,000…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorOver the longer term, we have committed to reviewing the methodology used for business rates purposes. If necessary, we will make changes to ensure that the next revaluation…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and for all his work on behalf of his constituency and businesses in Blackpool. He makes an excellent point, and I would be keen to hear…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and for championing the brilliant hospitality sector, businesses and markets in her constituency—I have the wonderful Halifax borough…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorAll the devolved Governments have full control over the structure and level of business rates within their jurisdiction. As the hon. Lady mentioned, the new relief applies to…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorEvery high street in every corner of our country is supported by our hospitality industry. They are absolutely vital to our economy, supporting over 2 million jobs. The sector is…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality SectorHospitality businesses are vital to our community and city centres. We have introduced permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties and have…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality Sector: HartlepoolI thank my hon. Friend for championing businesses like the Marine hotel in Hartlepool. Hotels will continue to benefit from the support for business rates announced at the Budget,…29 Jan 2026HANSARDHospitality Sector: HartlepoolI know my hon. Friend has been actively engaging with his local businesses, such as Camerons Brewery, to highlight their importance to the local economy, and I thank him for that.…29 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for leading today’s important debate, which is based…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI thank the hon. Member for raising animal welfare, which has come up time and again in this debate. I am proud of the strategy we launched as a Government, and work with my…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI am working at pace with my colleagues in the Department, building the evidence base, speaking to as many people as possible, and looking to understand not only those…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention and for her powerful speech. I hear and understand the urgency for action, and colleagues’ reflections on having been here in…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI thank the hon. Member for the reassurance about time. I absolutely recognise the need for enforcement—colleagues have mentioned the existing framework and the regulations that…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI am always happy to meet the leads of the petition, campaigners and colleagues in this House to update them and provide the opportunity for them to feed back directly to the…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI can absolutely provide that reassurance today. I want to hear from as many people and communities that have been impacted as possible, and ensure that they have the opportunity…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI agree with my hon. Friend, and that work in Luton to enable people to better report issues outside of those hours is appreciated and valued. Where we can, we should share and…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Meat Exports to the EUIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick) on securing this timely debate on meat…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Meat Exports to the EUMy hon. Friend makes an important point on animal welfare in the SPS agreement, which I will get to. The figures I mentioned show the strength of this sector and why smooth,…07 Jan 2026