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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillHas the Treasury done any analysis of the amount of that tax increase that will be passed on to renters, and if it has, what has it come out with?12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Billrose—12 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI will be brief—the Minister might even be able to give me a one-word answer. In 2024, the Chancellor said that she had come to the conclusion that extending the threshold freeze…12 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Home DiscountCitizens Advice notes that the warm home discount has not kept pace with rising energy bills and will struggle to touch the sides for families in energy debt. Will the Minister…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that this is about choices, but will he accept one of the choices that the Chancellor has made? Even though hospitality employs less than 7% of…16 Dec 2025HANSARDJimmy Lai ConvictionCarmen Lau is a Hong Kong democracy campaigner, and a constituent of mine. Earlier this year, her neighbours received letters asking them to take her to the Chinese embassy in…15 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessVaccination rates among the over-65s are not where we would like them to be, so will the Secretary of State adopt an emergency vaccination scheme in village halls, supermarkets…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillDoes the hon. Gentleman understand that his Government are yet to abolish the hereditary peers—15 Dec 2025HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillIn reality, we need to look at the positions that were on the table at the time. The hon. Gentleman knows as well as I do the positions that both our parties took when the votes…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) BillLet me be clear at the outset that the Liberal Democrats support the Bill. We do so because we recognise that British businesses need backing to compete globally, and both the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDWork and PensionsIt took the Government a year and a half to confirm that they were going to scrap the two-child benefit cap. What estimate has the Minister made of the number of children who,…11 Dec 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Independent InquiryWhat steps will be taken across Government while this inquiry is ongoing to ensure that the victims of these horrible crimes are given proper support during the process?09 Dec 2025HANSARDChild PovertyIt took the Government a year and a half to confirm that they were going to scrap the two-child benefit cap. What estimate has the Minister made of the number of children who,…08 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairThe Chancellor announced in the Budget that she would legislate for only one assessment of the fiscal rules every year, instead of two, which is the case at the moment. In the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesThe Minister talks about SME exporting. Is he aware that, although UK Export Finance has unveiled what it believes is a fantastic and ambitious plan to support 1,000 SME exporters…19 Nov 2025HANSARDSpecialist Manufacturing Sector: Regional EconomiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Josh Fenton-Glynn) on securing the debate. When I woke up on this…19 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsShopkeepers in Maidenhead town centre tell me how pleased they are to see neighbourhood police officers doing their regular patrols, but those outside the town centre do not see…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaThe Minister is right to say that we want as many individual components of these SMRs as possible to be built in the UK, as well as the final SMRs themselves, but what work is he…17 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsBusinesses in Maidenhead tell me that what they want to see in the Budget—the one bit of speculation that they want to hear at the moment—is for the Chancellor to just leave them…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillI wish to speak to my new clause 12. Each year hundreds of families get a knock on the door from the police who must deliver the worst news that a family can ever hear: the news…27 Oct 2025