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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe retail sector is benefiting from the £13.6 billion of business rates support and the 75% discount up to £110,000 per premises. These are difficult times for many businesses,…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationI thank my right hon. Friend for his points, and I also hope that some good comes out of this terrible scandal. I am a big fan of mutual organisations. I am happy to have a…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his work as Chair of the Select Committee. There is a clear process in the GLO scheme for a claim being submitted and then settled. There…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationIf the hon. Gentleman writes to me, I will be happy to look into the situation. The solicitors involved in this are Dentons and Addleshaw Goddard. We believe they are the right…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationI am very sorry to hear what has happened to the hon. Gentleman’s constituent; that must have been a devastating situation for him. I do not think it would be appropriate for me…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekI was just coming on to that. As a former Chief Whip, my right hon. Friend will be familiar with a word we often hear in this place: soon. I will say very, very soon. It is fair…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the Post Office and compensation for the Horizon scandal. The Horizon scandal was a truly appalling…23 Mar 2023HANSARDRural MicrobusinessesIf the hon. Gentleman writes to me about specific instances, I will be very happy to look at them. There has been a significant increase in the number of new banks entering the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekThe hon. Gentleman makes a very fair point, which I think was referred to earlier. Some of the whistleblowers I have dealt with were outside the current legislation because of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDWhistleblowing Awareness WeekThat brings me to my next point. My hon. Friend makes a very good point, but the employment tribunal is there to settle compensation. It is the regulators in the various sectors…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to point out the emotional distress that many people felt, and the fact that some people have passed away while this process has been ongoing, a…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationI thank the hon. Lady for her kind words and for all the work she does as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on post offices. She is right to say that there are three…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationI thank my right hon. Friend for his words. He is absolutely right that it has taken too long and people have died waiting for compensation. That is totally unacceptable, and the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have met CWU representatives. I am always keen to listen to new ideas on how we make the post office network more sustainable, so yes, I am absolutely willing to do that.…23 Mar 2023HANSARDSupport for SMEsThe hon. Lady is right to raise this issue. We have put in place £13.6 billion of business rates support to help businesses over the next few years, but we are also improving…23 Mar 2023HANSARDCorporate ResponsibilityThe hon. Gentleman raises an important case. The UK is a signatory to the OECD’s declaration on international investment and multinational enterprises, a voluntary set of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDSupport for SMEsIt is a great pleasure to do so. I congratulate my hon. Friend on her work. The money that has been invested in Hope Street will contribute to its being a safer, more welcoming…23 Mar 2023HANSARDCorporate ResponsibilityI regularly meet Home Office colleagues, including this week to make sure this legislation is fit for purpose and will do what it says on the tin: tackle economic crime.23 Mar 2023HANSARDPost Office NetworkAgain, that is a very fair point. It was a horrendous scandal, and the first thing we need to do is properly compensate the victims. Alongside that there is an inquiry going on,…23 Mar 2023HANSARDRural MicrobusinessesThat is an interesting point. That relationship between banks and post offices is important for post offices and the banks, so we urge for fair terms to be struck. We also have…23 Mar 2023