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HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI completely understand that, as my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) and the hon. Gentleman have said, some businesses and individuals are facing…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I know that this is a very difficult time for very many businesses up and down the country, and that is why we have supported them with a…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperThe right hon. Gentleman, for whom I have enormous respect, as ever makes his case very forcefully. He talks about public procurement, and I look forward to his thoughts as part…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperFor centuries, the United Kingdom’s internal market has been the bedrock of our shared prosperity, with people, products, ideas and investment moving seamlessly between our…16 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments and for his support for the principle of the UK internal market. I hope that that is something we will hear echoed across the…16 Jul 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund Advance: Vaccines ProgrammeI hereby give notice of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s intention to seek an advance from the contingencies fund totalling £3,360,000 to enable…09 Jul 2020HANSARDIndustrial Development Act 1982: Coronavirus-related AssistanceI am tabling this statement for the benefit of Hon. and Right Hon. Members to bring to their attention spend under the Industrial Development Act 1982. In addition to the…09 Jul 2020HANSARDCelsa SteelI would like to update the House on a commercial agreement that the Government has concluded with Celsa Steel (UK) Ltd. Since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, the Government…02 Jul 2020HANSARDUK Research and Development RoadmapToday, the Government are publishing the “UK Research and Development Roadmap”. The roadmap sets out the Government’s vision and ambition to bolster the UK’s world-class…01 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillUltimately, it is possible to revoke these permissions, and expedited processes have been put in place. Nobody wants to see bad behaviour, but this is a 10-day process, and there…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillOf course my hon. Friend makes an important point, but I think local authorities will understand that it is in their own interest to ensure that businesses can open and that high…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy right hon. Friend, who has previously served as Business Secretary with great distinction, raises a number of important points. On insolvency, he will know that with the…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillOf course we want to make sure that businesses open up, and we want local authorities to help local businesses do that, which is precisely the reason for these measures. We will…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillAs ever, my hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. Yes, forbearance is part of these measures, and we would expect that very much to apply. Before I turn to the detail…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillAs my right hon. Friend will know, measures related to Sunday trading are not in the Bill, but of course Sunday trading has been temporarily relaxed in the past, during the…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy hon. Friend makes a compelling case for his constituency, and he makes the equally important point that this is an opportunity to get businesses going—up and running—after a…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I know she is working incredibly hard to support businesses in South Ribble, and I am sure she is looking forward to going to the new…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Covid-19 has had a profound impact across the economy. It required many businesses to shut their doors on 23 March, and…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillAs I said, these measures will not relate to residential applications that have been made. The whole point is to get the construction sector moving. I have talked about a range of…29 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillThe Minister for Housing, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Christopher Pincher), will deal with the details of that. The point of these measures is to get the economy…29 Jun 2020