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HANSARD Wine DutyI thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for his great speech. We are constituency neighbours and he knows that it is not just wine merchants that will be affected but thousands…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMid and South Essex integrated care board is seeking to remove vital community health services from St Peter’s Hospital in Maldon. Will the Minister meet me and our right hon.…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Angiolini Inquiry ReportI join everybody in the House in paying tribute to Sarah Everard’s family. Having spent time with them, I hope the report will at least give them some sense of the facts and…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillI would welcome my hon. Friend’s views on that point. What he has said is entirely correct. I have met so many first-time buyers in my constituency who are trapped, because they…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillThe amendments tabled by the Government —new clauses 30 to 32 in particular—will offer my constituents some hope and a quicker means of redress on many of the points raised in the…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationThe Minister will be aware from my correspondence of the case of my constituent Mr Graham Ward—one of the 555 in the GLO. He has been in touch with me in the last week, and I…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe Essex constituency that I represent has a vast horticultural industry that has been prevented from sending its products—seeds and all the other goods that people in Northern…26 Feb 2024HANSARDCoastal Tourism and Hospitality: Fiscal SupportI thank my hon. Friend, first, for securing the debate and secondly, for her compelling fiscal case for the reforms that, frankly, are essential. We have been here in recent weeks…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Deportation of Foreign National OffendersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I commend and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Rachel Maclean) on her contribution and on securing…07 Feb 2024HANSARDJobs: WithamAs it is Apprenticeship Week, will the Secretary of State join me in thanking businesses in Witham for everything that they are doing to employ youngsters and put them on that…05 Feb 2024HANSARDJobs: Witham12. What estimate he has made of the number of jobs provided by businesses in Witham constituency.05 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework: HorticultureThe Minister will know that Kings Seeds is what is known as a well established local business, having been based in Kelvedon since 1888. It trades in horticultural seeds and is…01 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework: Horticulture8. Whether he has had recent discussions with horticultural businesses on the operation of the Windsor framework.01 Feb 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith) on securing a very important debate. The tourism and…31 Jan 2024HANSARDHospitality Sector: Fiscal SupportThe Minister mentioned UKHospitality and Kate Nicholls and the way they have come together. Clearly, there are problems with labour markets in the hospitality sector, and there…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationIt is absolutely vital that the democratic institutions and lawmaking powers are returned to the elected politicians in Northern Ireland, and today is clearly very historic and…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI commend my right hon. Friend for her excellent statement, but how will she tackle the issue of funding for prescriptions? Community pharmacies are struggling, and she will…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdGiven the Government’s role as the sole shareholder in the Post Office, and the associated liabilities and responsibilities that go with that, when will the Secretary of State for…29 Jan 2024HANSARDSupport for Children with SENDWhat work is being done to support local authorities in addressing the placing of children with special educational needs and disabilities out of their own counties and localities…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2023Would my hon. Friend acknowledge that these regulations, and the overarching principle on business rates that he is leading, are helping to secure more jobs in our communities,…24 Jan 2024