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HANSARDLocal Growth: ClactonI can certainly provide that reassurance. I have vivid memories of the Clacton by-election, when I first met my hon. Friend: I get all the best days out! The Government are…24 Feb 2020HANSARDLocal Growth: Great GrimsbyWe have introduced a number of measures to address the number of empty shops on high streets, including our Open Doors pilot project, which matches landlords of empty properties…24 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are always up for new ideas. Town deal boards should be business-led and representative of their communities. We provided guidance on their membership and made it clear that we…24 Feb 2020HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetI am a passionate believer in the net zero agenda, and I believe that it is perfectly congruent with economic growth. COP26 presents a huge opportunity for the UK and globally. We…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureHear, hear!11 Feb 2020HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetWe are consulting on the option of accelerating the phasing out of petrol and diesel cars, because the average lifespan of a vehicle is around 14 years, and if we are to hit our…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. Tomorrow I am attending a roundtable at 11 Downing Street with representatives of the advanced manufacturing industry, and we are…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI had a good meeting yesterday with my hon. Friend and fellow Stoke and north Staffordshire MPs. The Government are supporting small firms across England through the network of 38…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK takes our climate commitments exceptionally seriously, and we have pledged to end the use of unabated coal here in the UK by 2025. Clearly we want to ensure that that…11 Feb 2020HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetThe clean growth strategy sets out our proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy through the course of the 2020s. This year, the Government will be setting out…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI am a big fan of the Castle Eden brewery. As a fellow north-easterner, I used to pass it regularly. Treasury policy is to avoid precipitate cliff edges that distort behaviour.…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI take the hon. Member’s point. Clearly, we want to support drinking in social settings such as the pub. It has clear societal benefits as well as business benefits, and the…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationWe absolutely want the Welsh dragon to be roaring, so I take my hon. Friend’s point. As a serial entrepreneur, she has a lot of experience in this area. We want to ensure that the…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI join hon. Members in paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood). He has done the unusual thing of bringing half of Parliament along to a…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI could not agree more, and that is the spirit of Brexit. We need to take advantage of opportunities to drive exports. It is something that we want to do across the piece to…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationThe hon. Member is an assiduous attender of Westminster Hall debates, and I am absolutely delighted to say that his persistence will be rewarded. My officials and I will always be…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationMy hon. Friend’s intervention draws attention to precisely the social value that pubs add. His constituency is a rural one in Derbyshire, and many small pubs currently benefit…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI was genuinely saddened by the expulsion of Bury. I am a football fan myself, and Middlesbrough came very close to expulsion from the Football League in 1986. I know the damage…05 Feb 2020HANSARDNational ProductivityI begin by echoing the thanks of all Members to the hon. and gallant Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) for calling today’s debate on an issue that goes to the heart of so…22 Jan 2020HANSARDNational ProductivityThat is simply not something that I am in a position to commit to on behalf of the Government today. As I said to the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde, we are resolved to do…22 Jan 2020