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HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Dr Huq. Steve, I would like to ask you a couple of questions on what you were talking about in terms of threats to the pub industry generally. I represent East…11 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Second sitting)Well we must have a lot of irrational investors.11 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am grateful for your evidence, and I am interested to hear your puzzlement about the reality of empty shops. I represent East Thanet, where there are three towns—Margate,…11 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Second sitting)Q By how much? Barnaby Lenon: I cannot answer that. We do not know, but I am quite confident that plenty of parents will have found it too difficult. Simon Nathan: If you look at…11 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Second sitting)Q I notice that the fees of private schools in the Independent Schools Council have doubled in cash terms in the last 20 years. I would be interested in the explanation for that…11 Dec 2024HANSARDSEND Pupils: SupportBradstow special school in my constituency supports some of the most vulnerable children across the south-east. More than half of those children are from families in Kent, yet…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportWith the exception, of course, of the shadow Minister—who is obliged to be here. I am also grateful that the scope of the debate was widened beyond the west country, as I…05 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Reform18. What recent progress his Department has made on reform of the House of Lords.05 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformI welcome my right hon. Friend’s response, particularly the fact that it will increase transparency for the other place. Does he agree that we have a mandate for reform, and while…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Government’s commitment to a duty of candour for public bodies. In the light of the appalling crimes of John Smyth, who left over 100 children assaulted and…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportI thank the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) for securing the debate. I am grateful in particular to my hon. Friend the Member for Dunstable and Leighton…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportMy hon. Friend is talking about the regional and national economic growth strategies. I urge him and his friends in the Department to consider whether we need a strategy for…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportI am particularly struck by what my hon. Friend is saying about making sure that everybody has access to what they need. He will have heard what I said about accessing healthcare…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportDoes the hon. Lady accept that the previous Government had not actually funded the £2 fare cap beyond the current period? Therefore, we have a cap on bus fares so that people do…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportThe hon. Gentleman was not in his place at the time, and indeed neither was I, but it is worthwhile looking at the verdict of another transport nerd, a journalist from the…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportI just wanted to give the hon. Gentleman the opportunity to confirm that the Tory Government were perfectly comfortable with public ownership of train operating companies as long…05 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe decision we are taking today to raise employer’s national insurance contributions is a difficult one, but ultimately, it is the right choice. The situation we inherited from…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I agree that if we are to revive the high street, we will need to make sure that the online giants pay their way, and I look forward to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI would just like the hon. Gentleman to apologise for the fact that all the things he has just outlined are the impact of his Government’s kamikaze Budget in 2022.03 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillDoes the hon. Gentleman have a model of a wealth tax from another country that has been successful in raising the amount of money he claims it would have raised?27 Nov 2024