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HANSARDTopical QuestionsExcitement is also building in me ahead of my visit to Kettering. I am a proud champion of small businesses, which, as we all know, are the engine room of growth in our economy.…09 Feb 2023HANSARDExport Opportunities for SMEsTrade agreements are clearly very important, which is why we have struck 71 agreements with countries around the world, as well as with the European Union. It would be a good…09 Feb 2023HANSARDExport Opportunities for SMEsThe Department is opening new markets and creating new opportunities for exporters by agreeing new trade agreements and tackling market access barriers in countries around the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDExport Barriers for Food and Farming BusinessesI am very happy to engage with the hon. Lady on that question, which had a number of other questions within it. As she knows, we have staff in more than 100 markets, and are…09 Feb 2023HANSARDForeign Direct Investment: Metro MayorsI met Andy Street this week to talk about foreign direct investment, and Lord Johnson will meet the 10 Metro Mayors today and look to discuss how we can attract more investment…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate with you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. First, let me thank my friend the hon. Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) for bringing…03 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillI heard my hon. Friend’s comments earlier about recognising the pressures on businesses and making sure that we consider their interests when making legislation, and I entirely…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) BillI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool South (Scott Benton) for proposing this important Bill, and I thank all hon. Members who have spoken on this subject. I am pleased…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) BillI entirely agree. That is why we have carefully struck a balance so that there will not be too much of a burden on employers. That would be detrimental to employees, too, because…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) BillI agree entirely. That is what modern employers are looking for. One of the biggest pressures that employers are facing is recruiting and retaining people. This is another measure…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCarer’s Leave BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this important debate, and I thank the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) for her tremendous work in bringing forward this important…03 Feb 2023HANSARDRegister of Overseas EntitiesThe Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility, my noble Friend Lord Callanan, has today made the following statement: The register of overseas entities is a vital…01 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s point. On nurses, we already have voluntary agreements, yet still they go on strike. The two things are consistent and are not mutually…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIn answer to the point from the hon. Member for Coventry South (Zarah Sultana), negotiations need to continue, and they need to be fair to workers, but also to the taxpayer, which…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am happy to give way to the hon. Member for Coventry South.30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIf I may, I will respond to the question from the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown). All those things are affected when there is a universal strike. The Bill is…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillClearly, there is a wider context for children. It is about services and safety—those are both contexts in this—as well as livelihoods. All those things are affected when people…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. It is well known that the first and foremost job of any Government is to keep the public safe. Every one of us in this…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillNegotiations need to go on. This does not stop—30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThis legislation is subject to parliamentary scrutiny. This is the Parliament of the United Kingdom: it has every right to legislate. We believe this is needed across Great…30 Jan 2023