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HANSARDTopical QuestionsFor too many years, this House has been witness to wrongful convictions in the Post Office-Fujitsu scandal. There remain 800 Post Office convictions based on bad data. Until those…09 Jan 2024HANSARDPension Scheme Investment13. What steps his Department is taking to encourage pension schemes to invest in the UK.14 Nov 2023HANSARDPension Scheme InvestmentI welcome the proposals that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor made in his Mansion House speech, which will increase investment in the United Kingdom. In his upcoming autumn…14 Nov 2023HANSARD Future of HorseracingOf course, Stratford-on-Avon racecourse is one such racecourse that has been adversely impacted. I would really welcome the Minister being cognisant of the fact that there is a…25 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI want to add my voice to all those who stand with Israel and her inalienable right to defend herself against an unspeakable crime. As someone born in the middle east, as a father…16 Oct 2023HANSARDDigital Markets: Competition3. What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill on levels of competition between businesses in digital…18 May 2023HANSARDDigital Markets: CompetitionThe Competition and Markets Authority’s recent ruling blocking the acquisition of Activision Blizzard has made us an outlier. Its intervention in the nascent, innovative cloud…18 May 2023HANSARDChildren’s Social Care Services: ReformMy hon. Friend asks an important question, and he will know that we are looking at how we help local authorities to commission and buy places much more efficiently with the…04 Jul 2022HANSARDLiterature Taught in SchoolsThe national curriculum states that pupils should read a wide range of books, poems and plays to appreciate our rich literary heritage and to develop a love for literature, as I…04 Jul 2022HANSARDLiterature Taught in SchoolsI want to be clear: parents should know what their children are being taught in school. There are clear requirements on schools about providing parents with information about…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 7 June, day two of Arriva’s bus strikes in Leeds, a group of year 10 pupils at the John Smeaton Academy in Leeds faced a dilemma. They had an exam, but their school bus was not…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not think that any teacher would want to strike after the damage that covid did with students being out of school. In my evidence to the pay review body, I talked about…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt least I am not missing in action. If the hon. Lady had looked at the detail of my White Paper rather than attempted to play politics with it, she would know that I always…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady again misses the point. The package is not just about the ratios. It is about looking at how we encourage and grow the childminder market, how we ensure the 1.2…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIndeed, the Secretary of State will engage with my hon. Friend on his passion for this subject. He knows we are investing £17 million in the Nuffield Early Language Intervention…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee. Those are not just ghost children; they are flesh and blood. We must make sure that we do everything in our power to get them…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes I do. The more runways that we can build from which people’s careers can take off, the better.04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady. We will wait to see the work of the pay review bodies. We have submitted our recommendation, and we will wait to hear what they say about it.04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe purpose of the important package announced today is to ensure that parents on universal credit, or the tax-free childcare element, claim what is rightfully theirs. We are…04 Jul 2022HANSARDSTEM Teachers: Disadvantaged AreasFrom this autumn, the levelling-up premium will provide early career teachers in maths, physics, chemistry and computing with a bonus of up to £3,000 tax-free annually if they…04 Jul 2022