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HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I will happily write to the hon. Gentleman with that detail. I have not been directly involved in that advice. None the less, we are here to talk about the amendment. The debate…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank hon. Members for the new clause, which seeks to place the obligation on the Secretary of State to provide additional support, co-ordination and guidance to regulators on…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The UK is the second-largest exporter of services in the world. The clause is therefore needed to ensure that the UK can meet its international obligations, allowing appropriate…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Many regulators will continue to be able to make their own determination in those areas, but the Bill will create a wider framework. The Architects Registration Board and the…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his amendment, which would alter the unmet demand condition in subsection (2). The amendment would require the appropriate national authority to…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. The Bill will replace the interim system for the recognition of professional qualifications that was put in place…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 2 restricts the use of power for an appropriate national authority to make regulations under clause 1. It does so by limiting the use of power to a specific set of…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It is a pleasure to lead the Bill on Third Reading. I thank Members on both sides of the House for their support and for…12 Jan 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillBefore I respond to the Opposition amendments, I would first like to thank the hon. Members for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra) and for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury)…12 Jan 2022HANSARDFlood Recovery SupportThe flood recovery framework is in place to determine where communities and businesses need support from central Government in severe flood events. The guidance has recently been…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis party of business will not let businesses sink or swim. We will continue to engage with businesses around the regions and around the sectors to understand exactly where they…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and Pubs Code Etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and Pubs Code Etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021. It is a pleasure to…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and Pubs Code Etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021My hon. Friend raises an important point. I do not want to start a wider debate that stretches too much from the SI, but when a tied tenancy works properly shared prosperity…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and Pubs Code Etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021I will remember to heed your words, Mr Gray, and not be tempted to drift into a wider debate—11 Jan 2022HANSARDFlood Recovery SupportThe Flood Re scheme does not include businesses, as the hon. Lady says, and there are no plans to extend eligibility because that market operates differently from the household…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that Royal Mail responded directly to the hon. Lady’s concerns in December 2021, and I responded just yesterday. However, I will continue to look at this, because covid…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNight-time EconomyI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. Interestingly, we now have 400,000 more people in work than before the pandemic, which is testament to the plan for jobs and the plan…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNight-time EconomyThe business rates relief and VAT relief continue, but the grants the Chancellor has offered equate to the grants we previously offered when the same businesses were mandated to…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNight-time EconomyWe are trying make sure that the cities can open in full. That is a return to work, a return for students, a return to domestic travel, and a return to international travel. All…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsConsequential losses are included in the scheme, which is why we have an independent panel to add that expertise and ability to help those claimants to support their evidence for…11 Jan 2022