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HANSARDSmart Data Road MapMy hon. Friend is right to hold our feet to the fire on this. We are pressing forward and we are determined to get it right, not just out quickly. He rightly said that I set the…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSmall Business CouncilWe already have woken up to that opportunity. As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have great opportunities in hydrogen in Teesside and in Yorkshire, with the Humber hydrogen cluster.…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSmart Data Road MapMy officials are co-ordinating and leading on the drafting of the road map, which will set out the Government’s ambition for future smart data scheme development across seven…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSmall Business CouncilI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for all he does for women in entrepreneurship and on the APPG, on which he has worked for many years. The Small Business Council has…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have always been clear that the £1 billion is not a cap. Clearly, the amount of compensation that needs to be paid for redress is to get people back to where they were before…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. Some of the most frequent correspondence that I get from colleagues from across the House relates to rogue builders. We are…07 Mar 2024HANSARDKinship Carers: Employment LeaveSome 130,000 children are in the care of close family members in England alone. We recognise the vital role that kinship carers play in looking after children who cannot live with…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an important point. We do not shy away from the fact that things have been difficult for businesses, with the covid crisis, of course, followed by the cost of…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSmall Business CouncilI am sorry that the shadow Minister is so pessimistic about the world of business. We have spoken at events together many times, and she hears the mood in those audiences, which…07 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Minimum Wage EnforcementThe hon. Gentleman is right to point to this measure. We know that naming and shaming is a significant deterrent against underpayment of the national minimum wage, and we are very…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe thank the right hon. Gentleman for his work. I have taken a quick look at the report, although it was only issued this morning. All the recommendations he makes in that report…07 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Minimum Wage EnforcementSince 2011, we have published 20 press releases and named around 3,200 employers that have, in total, repaid over £41 million in arrears to over 460,000 workers. We have recently…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSmall Business CouncilOn 1 February, the Government reaffirmed our commitment to all the UK’s 5.5 million small businesses with the creation of the new Small Business Council, which is looking at key…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that we have to increase growth? We all agree that we have to get all parts of the United Kingdom growing. If he looks at the figures from the…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Groceries Code AdjudicatorIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker. This debate is very important to me personally. My father was a hill farmer, and I represent a rural…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Groceries Code AdjudicatorI am not ignoring the right hon. Gentleman’s concerns at all. I recognise them and, as I said earlier in my speech, the vast majority of the market in terms of primary producers…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill: InstructionI am very happy to work with the hon. Gentleman to ensure that is the case. We will do everything possible to support those efforts in Northern Ireland. My officials are working…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill: InstructionI beg to move, That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill that the Committee have leave to make provision about paternity…05 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office Board and GovernanceFirst, may I correct the record? In response to the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee, the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne), I said that the fixed…28 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Board and GovernanceI think on two occasions Mr Staunton lobbied for a pay increase for Mr Read. He sought to double the overall package of Mr Read on those occasions.28 Feb 2024