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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe Bill, and the Budget, protect the smallest businesses, as the Minister has already explained. It is disappointing to hear the hon. Member sharing the Conservative party’s…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionI apologise for being late, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. I agree that the market of critical minerals is intensely concentrated in China.…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillFor too long, this country has suffered from irresponsible and short-sighted fiscal management from Conservatives, saddling working people with the bill for their broken promises,…03 Dec 2024HANSARDBangladesh: Attacks on Hindu CommunityI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) on securing this urgent question, and I thank the Minister for her response. She will be aware that a…02 Dec 2024HANSARDElectricity Grid UpgradesThere is an interesting discussion about the balance of trade-offs. One of the other considerations is cost, and the cost of undergrounding is multiple times the amount of…26 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsI echo the very warm tributes to Lord Prescott from across the House. One of the warmest tributes to him from outside this House was by former Vice-President Al Gore, who…21 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Post Office provides an essential service for residents and businesses in our town centres. However, in Basingstoke the franchise branch located in WHSmith is set to close…14 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Huddersfield (Harpreet Uppal), for North Somerset (Sadik Al-Hassan) and for Wrexham (Andrew Ranger) on their excellent maiden…04 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I am grateful to the shadow Chancellor for giving way. Based on his performance, everyone on the Government Benches heartily welcomes his promotion. Does he accept that the OBR…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireI completely agree with my hon. Friend: crucial to fixing the system will be rebuilding trust between parents, national Government and local authorities. There is much work to do,…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)If the last Government’s attempts at levering investment into the economy were so successful, why in 2022 was the UK 28th out of 31 OECD countries for business investment? The…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireThe Minister talked eloquently about how the Government intend to work with councils, providers and others on the reform of the system. How can parents like those I represent in…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireWill the Minister give way?31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireI thank all hon. Members who have contributed to the debate and I will conclude by referring to some of their remarks. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireI beg to move, That this House has considered SEND provision in Hampshire. It is a pleasure to lead my first Westminster Hall debate under your chairship, Sir Mark, particularly…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)Does the right hon. Gentleman deny that business investment was the lowest in the G7 under his Government? If the Government were so successful, does he also deny that in that…31 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillSuccessive Governments have made commitments on jobs, but can the right hon. Gentleman name any Government who have legislated for a jobs target? Can he specify a single Bill that…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am enjoying the right hon. Member’s lecture on energy security, but where was that argument during the last Government, when they left our country reliant on Putin and volatile…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI welcome the opportunity to speak at the Report stage of the Great British Energy Bill. It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friends the Members for Bolsover (Natalie Fleet) and…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI have to say that, whoever is the winner of the Conservative party leadership contest, I am not sure legislating for the creation of 650,000 jobs is the direction in which they…29 Oct 2024