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HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (First sitting)If you change your mind you can always let us know.06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccines: NepalWill the Minister give way?06 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccines: NepalI thank the Minister for giving way. I am sure he will appreciate our concern over the stories of what is going on in Nepal. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has…06 Jul 2021HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesMany businesses on our high streets face financing their reopening in July while dealing with quarterly rents, emergency loan repayments, business rates and VAT deferrals, all…06 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (First sitting)Q To follow up on a couple of points, there have been critics of the proposals in this small piece of legislation. From your experience and that of your members, how long can it…06 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (First sitting)Q How much could it cost? What sort of range of costs could creditors see? David Kerr: I do not have those figures in front of me but I have seen the fees involved. They amount to…06 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Second sitting)Q To ask a follow-up question, you were talking about local authorities and schemes they may need to set up, Mr Magor. What are you expecting in the guidance from Ministers? How…06 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for giving evidence to us today, Mr Swift. I wonder whether you might want to make some opening remarks about your general views of the Bill and whether you support…06 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Second sitting)Q Could you say more about the scale? You talked about what you saw as the scale of the issue. What is your experience of that? Duncan Swift: There are two things in the context…06 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Second sitting)Q You have written in, but not formally, I do not think, to the Committee with evidence. I think you have written to Members of Parliament before. I wonder whether you might be…06 Jul 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. You raise some quite serious concerns about the resourcing of the Insolvency Service. Are you and your members concerned, then, that action is not being taken against…06 Jul 2021HANSARDFinancial Assistance to IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank the Minister for her opening remarks; I think it is very positive that two women are leading this debate. She gave…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Jun 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillDoes the Minister have any clarity at all on the timetable so that local authorities know what to expect and when?28 Jun 2021HANSARD Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillI am grateful for the opportunity to respond to the debate on behalf of the Opposition and to consider the contributions made by hon. Members. I also thank the Under-Secretary of…28 Jun 2021HANSARDBeauty and Wellbeing Sector WorkforceThe Minister has just mentioned the extension of the restrictions in line with the required public health measures, based on the data. Can he explain—the Government have not…23 Jun 2021HANSARDBeauty and Wellbeing Sector WorkforceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris), who co-chairs the all-party parliamentary group on…23 Jun 2021HANSARDBeauty and Wellbeing Sector WorkforceMay I probe the Minister a bit further? He will know that quarterly rents, for example, are due today and that other support measures, such as furlough, are being reduced from…23 Jun 2021HANSARDCatch-up PremiumI pay tribute to our teachers and children for the sacrifices that they have made during the pandemic. I am proud that Labour has set out proposals for a children’s recovery plan…15 Jun 2021HANSARDDraft Conformity Assessment (Mutual Recognition Agreements) and Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Murray. I am grateful to the Minister for his opening remarks on why we are using this measure to continue to support…10 Jun 2021