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HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will try to move on quickly. A lot of this information is supplied by the then business owners. Deloitte actually perjured itself in court on…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEnglish Regional Transport InfrastructureWhat steps he is taking to increase spending on transport infrastructure in the English regions.18 May 2020HANSARDEnglish Regional Transport InfrastructureSome of us do not have those hair problems, Mr Speaker. Will the Minister confirm his commitment to investment right across the north—not just the big projects, such as northern…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: StrategyI welcome the Prime Minister’s statement and his approach to starting to reopen the economy while keeping the virus under control. Testing and tracing is key to the way forward.…11 May 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. As other people have said, the Bill has come as the direct result of those terrible…29 Apr 2020HANSARDSerious FraudI welcome my right hon. and learned Friend to her role. She will do a tremendous job, and she has an immediate opportunity to right a wrong. It is 10 years since my constituent,…28 Apr 2020HANSARDSerious FraudWhat recent progress the CPS has made on increasing prosecution rates for serious fraud.28 Apr 2020HANSARDThe EconomyMay I first declare my business interests, and, from a business perspective, thank the Chancellor for the excellent work that he is doing—a view shared widely across the business…27 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseDaniel Falush, a professor of infectious diseases based in Shanghai, points to the fact that part of China’s successful efforts to control the virus was immediate quarantining:…22 Apr 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a very good point about grants. The biggest grant, of course, is the job retention scheme—that is a grant. It is Government funded, and there is no…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillI am delighted to speak in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Gordon (Richard Thomson), who made some salient points. I endorse his tribute to the NHS and to all our…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillThat is an interesting point. The position is not clear on the website, and it does need clarification, but I think that loans over £250,000 are ones that businesses could not get…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that contribution, and indeed for all the work he does on the all-party parliamentary group on fair business banking and for the many speeches he…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillI think it is an absolute disgrace. I do not think that the FCA saw it coming, which is one of the flaws of the regulator. The FCA has been criticised many times in this place,…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillHas that not been solved to some extent with the job-retention scheme, because the Government will issue bonds to fund that scheme, they will be bought by asset managers and the…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillMay I take the hon. Gentleman back to his point on rented accommodation? He is right that at the moment, all landlords should show forbearance when people are in difficult…24 Mar 2020HANSARD Self-employed Persons: Financial SupportMy right hon. Friend mentioned earlier the business interruption loan scheme. Will he confirm that all self-employed people will have access to it and that they will not have to…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund Billindicated dissent.24 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State is doing an excellent job and is being incredibly responsive, despite what I appreciate must be the huge volume of correspondence coming into his inbox. He…24 Mar 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund BillThe difficulty with what the right hon. Gentleman suggests is that most businesses do not know the extent of this crisis and the impact it will have on them. It is impossible at…24 Mar 2020