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HANSARDFairtrade Certificationrose—11 Dec 2025HANSARDFairtrade CertificationIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) for his work in securing this debate and for his authoritative…11 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthThank you, Mr Speaker—I appreciate you giving me the time. I listened carefully to the Minister’s response to my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse). Some £90 billion…11 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and Girls11. What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to help tackle violence against women and girls.10 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsToday marks the final day of the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, which focused primarily on ending digital violence against women and girls. The domestic…10 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 10 December.10 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsA couple in my constituency fled persecution from the Egyptian authorities, who accused them of being traitors and terrorists due to their work as professional journalists. They…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. Training, hiring and retaining a skilled workforce are issues that affect businesses across the country. Many businesses, such as those…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI will give way to the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham) and then I will come back to the hon. Gentleman.10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkIt is tragic to hear of the closure of my hon. Friend’s local organisation. Not only will local people be deprived of the opportunity to enjoy the services it provided, but young…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkMy hon. Friend is right; the hospitality sector has been disproportionately impacted by the hike in national insurance contributions because it generally employs people on lower…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkThe cost of the VAT cut could be met by—10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI believe, off the top of my head, that it is about £9 billion. We think that that could be met by the money that we have lost from leaving the European Union—from Brexit. As a…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI thank the hon. Lady, my colleague on the Public Accounts Committee, for her intervention. She is absolutely right. I 100% and wholeheartedly welcome any boost to apprenticeships…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI listened carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s speech yesterday, which I thought he delivered very well. I am grateful to him for putting the points against our Bill. He is…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI will finish this point, if I may. I think the EU would welcome that and would be very keen to have a conversation on that basis.10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkThat approach is very piecemeal and it is taking time. If we had a more wholehearted approach to a customs union, we would be able to unlock all sorts of benefits that are not…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for sharing that knowledge with us all. Obviously, that is something to reflect upon. That is why we are pressing the Government. It is the…10 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkOur allies in America are becoming increasingly unreliable, and it is absolutely right that we should look elsewhere for our alliances, not just on trade but on defence. Recent…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will not revise my remarks. We have been speaking to many business groups that were in the room with the Minister, and they have told us that it was not part of the agreement.…08 Dec 2025