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HANSARD Horizon Settlement: Future Governance of Post Office LtdI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. Is not the other scandal in this that the courts time and again failed the victims? In the prosecutions…19 Mar 2020HANSARD Horizon Settlement: Future Governance of Post Office LtdIt is a pleasure to speak in this important debate, and I am grateful to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) for bringing it forward and for his excellent speech.…19 Mar 2020HANSARDLoan Charge 2019: Sir Amyas Morse ReviewMy right hon. Friend is making some very good points, which I agree with. However, does he not agree that if something looks too good to be true, it usually is? In my business, we…19 Mar 2020HANSARDSupport for FarmersFarmers’ and landowners’ ability to protect their crops and their livestock will be seriously compromised unless general licences are issued for protected areas, gulls and traps…19 Mar 2020HANSARDSupport for Farmers5. What steps he is taking to support farmers.19 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), who has such knowledge of rural matters. It is also a pleasure to follow so…17 Mar 2020HANSARD Economic UpdateI warmly welcome this package of support for small businesses, which has been warmly welcomed by a number of businesspeople who have already contacted me. The business…17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)Yes, definitely. That will level up in the process, but we have to get private sector involvement. It is the private sector that creates jobs, not the public sector. That is a…17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)My hon. Friend briefly mentioned the Green Book. One of the reasons the A64 in my constituency has not been dualled is that, according to Highways England, it was competing with…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19My constituent, Kate Jackson, is currently aboard the Silversea cruise liner that has been refused entry to a number of ports. It is now headed to Darwin, Australia, where it is…17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. One of the difficulties with the announcement last night was that it was not brought forward with a package of remediation or…17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I absolutely agree with that, and we must have oversight of that. We also have to make sure that all banks are included in these emergency loan schemes, such as business…17 Mar 2020HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I very much welcome the investment that my right hon. Friend has announced. However, if we do not get our businesses through the crisis of the next few months, much of that…17 Mar 2020HANSARD British Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillWill there be any restrictions on what the British Library can borrow the money for? Local authorities have borrowed lots of money from the Public Works Loan Board and bought some…13 Mar 2020HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillFurther to the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Bim Afolami) about the cost of uniform, the £340 in the research is not just for the uniform.…13 Mar 2020HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillI can see why we may want to reduce the number of branded items, but I guess that has to be done for name tags—for my son, Charlie Hollinrake, I remember my wife sewing them into…13 Mar 2020HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillWe had a similar thing: little yellow or green badges that we could stick on our uniform. The guidance illustrates this. A school in Cumbria allowed students to put their house…13 Mar 2020HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillI am delighted to speak in the debate and to co-sponsor the Bill. When my hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury) asked me to support it, I quickly agreed for a…13 Mar 2020HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillI am delighted to sponsor the Bill. The hon. Gentleman mentions branding. Will he confirm that it is not his intention to stop all branding on school uniforms? It is quite…13 Mar 2020