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HANSARDHospitality Sector: Covid-19 SupportI support the personal care sector, which I have engaged with regularly over the past few weeks. My right hon. Friend refers to the hospitality sector, cafés and the like. The…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHospitality Sector: Covid-19 SupportThis Government continue to be the Government and the party for businesses, and that includes the hard-pressed hospitality sector, which is such a crucial part of the ecosystem of…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 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 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 2022HANSARDHospitality Sector: Covid-19 SupportI thank the hon. Gentleman for his reference to that aptly named nightclub in Brighton. Clearly, opening nightclubs is a big challenge because of ventilation, but they are…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHospitality Sector: Covid-19 SupportI thank my hon. Friend for his support for our pubs. It is important that we save our pubs one pint at a time; they play a crucial role in our high streets, our communities and…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 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 2022HANSARDHospitality Sector: Covid-19 SupportIn addition to our £400 billion package, including grants, loans, business rates relief, VAT discounts and the rent moratorium, we are providing a further £1 billion for…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe success of the current pension arrangements means that a pensioner in the scheme is 33% better off than they would be in a normal pension scheme. We continue to believe that…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsI will not comment on Alan Cook, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind, but I recognise what he says about this statement, previous statements and Liverpool Victoria. Such issues…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsI have said that the majority of them are pioneers, and I need to do more work with them. I say “the majority” because some of the 555 were convicted themselves and will…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsThe 66 people who have applied are those who had been convicted. There is clearly a wider group who have lost money, as we heard earlier from the right hon. Member for North…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsI look forward to coming to my hon. Friend’s Select Committee next month to discuss the issue further. The Post Office has acknowledged that there have been wrongs in the past.…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsFirst, I believe we now have robust monitoring not just of the compensation schemes but of the future relationship with the Post Office and postmasters. That is exactly what Sir…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsThese questions have been addressed not just in the original Justice Fraser report, which talked about the technology and the Horizon software; Sir Wyn Williams also has technical…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsI recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s work over the past 10 years and the conversations we have had on this. I just let him know that I very much hear exactly what he is saying.…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. Clearly the Treasury has these rules to make sure it gets the best value for taxpayers’ money but, none the less, some things go…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We will ensure that we lean into the Post Office to ensure that they deliver all compensation schemes quickly and equitably so that we…15 Dec 2021