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HANSARD Remote Education: Self-isolating PupilsI thank my hon. Friend for her amazing work on this most crucial of issues and join her in praising the excellent work of Councillor Beverley Momenabadi, who is the innovation…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWhatever new restrictions are introduced in each of the three tiers that the Prime Minister has announced, it is essential that we do everything we can to keep children at school…12 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful to the Minister and thank him for his explanation of the regulations. I should make clear at the…07 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft International Monetary Fund (Limit on Lending) Order 2020As the Minister explained, the order authorises an increase in the UK’s contingent contribution to the IMF of just under £5 billion, and it does so at an important time. The…22 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. The regulations are intended to put in place an equivalence regime for financial services during and at the end of the…16 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Support SchemesWhen the circumstances change, policies should adapt. Infection rates are growing, local restrictions are becoming more common, and this morning’s figures show levels of…15 Sept 2020HANSARD Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Environmentally Sustainable Investment) BillI am grateful to be able to make a short contribution to this debate. In the midst of the coronavirus crisis that we are going through, there is an active debate about how we…11 Sept 2020HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) BillIt has been a pleasure to listen to this debate and the many interesting contributions. I cannot mention every Member who has spoken, but we have had a lot of interesting…13 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThousands of job losses have been announced in recent days, and many more are expected if the furlough scheme is withdrawn from all sectors at the same time. With young people…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI am not sure about the part of the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention that referred to foreign companies, but the turbulence of the labour market right now does pose a danger to…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillThe matter of what is voted on is of course, a consideration for the Speaker. I do not always get to decide what is voted on in this House. New clause 26, standing in my name and…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillIt is a pleasure to be facing my old sparring partner from the Treasury Committee of some years ago across the Dispatch Box. In this debate we will cover a number of amendments…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillOn the loan charge, as I said, we have always supported cracking down on tax avoidance and we support action against those who enabled the scheme. New clause 31 makes a connection…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillQuite. Infrastructure expenditure is, of course, welcome, and we support it. It makes sense to do this when interest rates are historically low.01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillThere is no MP from the west midlands who does not care about our manufacturing base. It is a vital part of our economy. It may be true that we make less than we used to, but it…01 Jul 2020HANSARDDraft Northern Ireland Banknote (Designation of Authorised Bank) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. As the Minister said, these regulations change the authority for issuing Ulster Bank notes in Northern Ireland from…24 Jun 2020HANSARDExiting the European Union: Financial Services and MarketsLike those of many who have spoken in the Chamber today, on the fourth anniversary of her death, my thoughts are very much with our former colleague Jo Cox and her family. As we…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportThank you, Mr Speaker. Despite the interventions that the Chancellor has announced, some of our major industrial companies find themselves locked out of the lending scheme for the…18 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Repatriation of UK NationalsI have a number of constituents who are still stranded in Punjab in India—some of them in real distress. I recognise the effort from the Foreign Office in chartering flights from…29 Apr 2020