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HANSARDFastest Growing Firms: Government Support PackageThe Government are today announcing an ambitious new package to provide support for the UK’s high potential scale-ups to grow and stay in the UK. Scale-ups contribute £2.2…09 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel Industry (Nationalisation) BillWith the leave of the House, I would like to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Lola McEvoy) for her passionate speech and my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd East…09 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This Government believe in Britain’s steel future. This Bill will help to transform that belief into a reality. It will…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, of course I will.21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat businesses in Didcot and right across the country need is a fast-growing economy, and that is what we are delivering.21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsJust last year, I was in my hon. Friend’s neck of the woods for the investment summit, unleashing further billions into his part of the country. I know that the automotive sector…21 May 2026HANSARDSmall Businesses: Rural AreasEnsuring that business support takes account of rural needs is incredibly important for this Government. Around one in six people live in rural areas in England, with over 520,000…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillAs the right hon. Lady knows, I have been to Port Talbot and I have launched a steel strategy since this Government came into office. The vast majority of the decline that she…21 May 2026HANSARDCeramics and Chemicals IndustriesThis statement provides an update on the Government’s support to ceramics and critical chemical producers, two of the foundational sectors underpinning our industrial strategy.…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend, as always, gives great voice to the automotive sector. I have listened closely to the voices of the sector in relation to the ZEV mandate—it is important…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am not sure why the right hon. Gentleman would think that British steel would be more expensive as a result, but let us take one step back: if we did not protect, there would be…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. For generations, the steel industry has stood at the very heart of our national story. From the furnaces of Sheffield to…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThe right hon. Gentleman raises a really important point. This Government are determined to make, produce and use more steel from the British sector in lots of different areas of…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThe public value test is a high test, and I think the right hon. and learned Gentleman will agree that that is the case on seeing and reading the legislation, as he has done. I…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI will save the hon. Gentleman from driving home the point even more, because I understand the passion with which he speaks. With regard to Amodil, I will look into that company…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. The UK Government have a support package for England, with £4.3 billion to protect ratepayers. The Barnett consequentials…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am going to make a bit more progress. While the Government are working alongside businesses to invest in, modernise and protect Britain’s manufacturing base, the amendment would…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am grateful for the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s intervention. I knew when I was bringing these powers in and working through the legislation that they would be an…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillThe hon. Gentleman will know that when I took the difficult decision to introduce measures, I did so for products that compete directly with the products that we are capable of…21 May 2026HANSARD Steel Industry (Nationalisation) BillI am going to make some progress because the debate has been cut short. I have taken a few interventions and I am sure I will find time for the right hon. Gentleman to intervene…21 May 2026