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HANSARDReporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I welcome these regulations, although I would have liked them to go even further. Prompt payment, as the Minister said, is vital to smaller construction firms,…26 Feb 2024HANSARDReporting on Payment Practices and Performance (Amendment) Regulations 2024Before the noble Lord sits down, if that is the right phraseology, I have no doubt about the Government’s commitment to some of these further developments in reporting on…26 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsMy Lords, 20% of orchestras’ earned income comes from touring, mostly to countries in the European Economic Area. The Government’s plan to remove orchestra tax relief completely…12 Feb 2024HANSARDEducation: 11 to 16 Year-oldsMy Lords, this is National Apprenticeship Week, during which I have met a considerable number of young apprentices at parliamentary events. Not one of them claimed to have found…08 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, I am delighted to speak in this important debate, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Bragg—whose status as a national treasure I am delighted to endorse—reminding all of us,…01 Feb 2024 Bills sponsored (1)