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HANSARDEducation (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 2020HANSARD British Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillI join the hon. Lady in welcoming the West Yorkshire deal. Will she also welcome the likelihood of a York city region deal, which will encompass York and the rest of North…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 2020HANSARD Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillIn one of my small local councils, Hambleton District Council, two officials have had pay-offs in excess of £300,000 over the past three years. One of them was only earning…13 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 2020HANSARDPlanning for the FutureI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Supply alone will not solve all the affordability problems in the housing market. It will require intervention, such as his excellent…12 Mar 2020HANSARDPoints-based ImmigrationDoes my hon. Friend agree that a German-style system of social insurance for adult social care would relieve the burden and reduce the requirement for overseas workers, by…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentIt is a pleasure to speak in the debate. While I very much appreciate what Government and Opposition Members have said, the credit and inspiration for the legislation certainly…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentI thank the hon. Lady for her kind comments earlier. She will acknowledge that, as the Minister said, this is a signal to employers. It is not simply a case of, “This is what you…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Social CareA German style system of social insurance would allow somebody who is defined as needing social care to draw down a certain amount of money which they could then use to pay to a…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionOne of the measures that the Government introduced in 2017 was a corporate offence of failing to prevent tax evasion, which certainly has had an effect on advisers. Will my right…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe introduction of a corporate offence of failing to prevent economic crime could well have prevented a succession of banking scandals: PPI, the rigging of LIBOR and forex and…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionIt related to income tax. [ Interruption. ] The point I was making was about income tax. The shadow Chancellor talked about raising taxes from the people who earn the most, and I…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionSurely the right hon. Gentleman will be aware that the top 1% of earners in this country now contribute about 29.6% of all taxation, whereas in 2009-10 the figure was only about…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Coventry South (Zarah Sultana). I share some of her concerns about ensuring that those with the broadest shoulders pay the most,…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionThis is not just about the money. It is also about a fair and level playing field for everyone in the country. We know that Google turns over about 10 billion quid in the UK, we…25 Feb 2020HANSARDShared Rural Mobile NetworkI’m being intervened on by the Sports Minister! The £1 billion shared rural network, 50% of which is paid for by the taxpayer, has the support of just about every rural…13 Feb 2020HANSARDShared Rural Mobile NetworkIn answer to the Sports Minister’s question, I think that Wrexham won 1-0, and he was one of—off the top of my head—the 4,200 people in the crowd.13 Feb 2020HANSARDShared Rural Mobile Network8. What steps his Department is taking to help deliver a shared rural mobile network.13 Feb 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingI draw the House’s attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is not simply that freeholders say, “I don’t have the money.” They do not have…12 Feb 2020