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HANSARD Flooding: BedfordshireIn Leicestershire, we have a lot of landowners who should be doing more to help alleviate flooding. Unfortunately, local authorities have very limited powers to compel them to…16 Oct 2024HANSARDWhipps Cross Hospital: RedevelopmentMany Leicestershire residents are concerned about the Government’s review of the new hospitals programme, which would have seen two new hospitals, a midwifery-led unit and a…15 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsDoes my hon. Friend agree that the policy disproportionately affects families on lower and middle incomes, which the vast majority of these students come from? Parents I have…08 Oct 2024HANSARDJob Creation: Industrial CommunitiesDoes the Minister agree with the head of the GMB union that the Government’s plans to ban new licences for oil and gas will result in exporting jobs and importing virtue?08 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentDoes my hon. Friend agree that this choice sets a dangerous precedent? Free bus passes, prescription charges and, indeed, access to healthcare itself are all now at risk because…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSmall Businesses: Economic GrowthWhat action is the Government taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in getting access to finance, so that they can grow for the future?05 Sept 2024HANSARDOccupational Pensions: Tax ReliefDo the Government recognise the importance of workers’ saving for their later years? Do they recognise that any moves to reduce the 25% tax-free drawdown, or reductions in tax…03 Sept 2024HANSARDOccupational Pensions: Tax Relief1. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of tax relief for occupational pension contributions.03 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State join me in calling on Labour-controlled Leicester city council to review its proposals in its own local plan to site 400 houses, seven Traveller…02 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceDoes the Chancellor think that one of her first decisions to cancel infrastructure projects is consistent with her desire to grow the economy?29 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Bradley Thomas) and Members on both sides of the House who have given their maiden speeches with such passion…22 Jul 2024