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HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefI am very happy to offer a meeting to a number of Members across the House. This should not be a contentious issue. We may have been written to by certain constituents, but we…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefI will no longer give way to the hon. Gentleman. I have answered the question of who this should benefit. As for why we are converting to a cash basis, brewers provided feedback…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefWe have said that these reforms will come in in 2022. We will announce the exact changes at the earliest opportunity post the consultation. To sum up, the craft brewing boom of…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefI take the point the right hon. Lady makes, but the Treasury is not doing this to squeeze small brewers. We are not making any money from it either. The reason we are doing it is…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefMy right hon. Friend asks a really good question. The truth is that there is never a good time according to the industry; there is never a perfect time. When people have a…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefI am a constituency MP as well as a Minister. This is not just officials’ advice. I spoke to many industry stakeholders and pubs on the day of the announcement, and there are…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefThat point would be valid if it were proved that every single business was going to be negatively affected. If hon. Members let me get to the point, they will see that that is not…09 Nov 2020HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesThe SAGE sub-group is looking at this issue. Not all of our research is original—much of what we have found out has come from that sub-group. Emran Mian has been leading from…05 Nov 2020HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesThe SAGE sub-group is looking at this issue. Not all of our research is original—much of what we have found out has come from that sub-group. Osama Rahman and Professor Kamlesh…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactThe SAGE sub-group is looking at this issue. Not all of our research is original—much of what we have found out has come from that sub-group. Emran Mian has been leading from…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactIt was the number of ethnic minority doctors who died right at the beginning of the pandemic that alerted us to this issue. We did look across a range of issues to see why that…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. She is absolutely right to mention older people, who are the most disproportionately impacted group. Someone who is over 70 or 80 is 80…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactThe reason we suspended gender pay gap reporting is that it was right in the middle of the pandemic and we wanted to reduce burdens on businesses that were facing an unprecedented…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactI disagree with the hon. Lady. I think we have answered the question. Saying that something is a factor means it is having an effect—it is part of the reason. She says— […22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactI will ask my colleagues in the Race Disparity Unit to see whether we can have a road map.22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I like re-emphasising that we should not jump to conclusions—we need to know why. If we misdiagnose, we are not able to solve the…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and share the deep sympathy he has for the suffering of his constituents. All of us, across the House, are seeing this. I have had…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactI may have misspoken. It might have been that people over 80 are 70 times more likely. I need to make sure I am getting the statistics right. I will confirm that for Hansard . The…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactNo, I do not recognise that statement. In fact, I have had meetings with Dr Nagpaul, and we have had many discussions about further recommendations that he has given directly to…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactI am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Ali and Professor Neal, specialist epidemiologists and health technology advisers who are experts on covid-19 and ethnicity. I am…22 Oct 2020