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HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. The UK’s continued tech success depends on markets that are fiercely competitive, and where the best companies can…20 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to the debate and for their ongoing engagement. First, let me speak to the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for…20 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillOur position is that we do not intervene in the practices of businesses unless there is a necessity to do so. We leave those channels open for decisions by businesses in the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDIndustrial Action: Minimum Service LevelsEarlier this year Parliament passed the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023. The Act seeks to balance the ability of workers to strike with the rights and freedoms of the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDPost Office Ltd: HorizonPost Office Ltd is compensating postmasters for the suffering they have experienced due to the Horizon IT scandal, which arose following the installation of the Horizon software…08 Nov 2023HANSARDEmployment Rights RegulationsI am pleased to update the House that the Government laid the Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 on 7 November. Under this…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityDrop and go branches perform an important service, as do mobile post offices, of course. However, there is no doubt that there are challenges in maintaining the size of the…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityIt is a pleasure, Mr Hosie, to speak with you in the Chair. I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) on securing this important…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe right hon. Lady is making very important points. However, the “failure to prevent” offence, as drafted, would not cover that situation, because it covers only situations where…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI beg to move, That this House insists on its amendment 151A and disagrees with the Lords in their amendments 151E and 151F.25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI will be very brief. On the question of compromise, the hon. Lady will have noticed that there was no “failure to prevent” offence when the legislation was first tabled, nor was…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat is a good point. There are clearly different legal jurisdictions in Northern Ireland and Scotland, with of course the Court of Session in Scotland. From a legal perspective,…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important issue relating to the concerns about de-banking that we have across the economy. The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, my hon. Friend…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am pleased to bring this important Bill back to the House this afternoon, for what I sincerely hope is the last time, given that this will be the third time we have debated and…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityAs I said earlier, I am bound to stand up for rural areas, just like the hon. Lady and others in this debate, but there is a limit to taxpayers’ money, and we are talking about…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityIf that was what the Government were doing, that would be something the hon. Lady could hold us to account for, but that is not the case. There is a clear negotiation between…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityWe are very happy to take up any particular issue that Members raise, as we do regularly through correspondence and other measures. Where there are closures of post offices, we…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityI would be very happy to visit if I find myself in that part of the world. It is quite a way away from even my constituency, but Maureen obviously does a fantastic job for the…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Billrose —25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe way that we have legislated here, and the reason for doing so in that way, have always been informed by information that has come from third parties—from Spotlight on…25 Oct 2023