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HANSARD High Street BusinessesWe will now hear from Jas Athwal, after whom we will hear from Steve Darling. May I ask you, Mr Athwal, to be very brief?26 Feb 2025HANSARD Future Skills Programmes: UniversitiesSir Ed Davey will move the motion and the Minister will respond. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up.26 Feb 2025HANSARDUkraineDoes the Secretary of State regret recanting the views he originally expressed in assessing Trump? When the time is right—it is certainly not any time now—can I urge him to…24 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsGiven that what the Minister has told the House today is so at variance with the report from the Prime Minister of Mauritius, surely it rings alarm bells in his mind about the…05 Feb 2025HANSARDRenewable Energy: Workers’ RightsCan the Minister assure the House that her ambitions for renewable energy can be achieved without Chinese slave labour?04 Feb 2025HANSARDEmployers: Economic GrowthThe ambition of the Secretary of State for an 80% employment level is bound to be made more difficult by the findings in the impact assessment of the Employment Rights Bill, which…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsMay I interrupt this community lovefest, and ask my hon. Friend to reflect on the experience of Israel, where tiny religious parties are perpetually in government, exercising…30 Jan 2025HANSARDProportional Representation: General ElectionsMay I put it to the hon. Gentleman that the opposite is the case? Our system requires coalitions to be formed. Political parties are broad coalitions in order to overcome that…30 Jan 2025HANSARDIndustrial StrategyWhy is it that the Government’s energy policy is driving uncompetitive energy costs in absolutely the wrong direction? Sir Jim Ratcliffe has pointed out that the principal threat…30 Jan 2025HANSARDExtremism ReviewThe repudiation of the contents of this report is a step back from thought crime, but the danger remains of two steps towards it. Is it not outrageous when individuals are…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackBut the information released shortly before the trial did not collapse the case. Had it been released in August, it might have had a dampening effect on those unhelpful voices on…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]These are very substantial sums. A water company in my region was fined £100 million the year before last. It is vital that these amounts go to our chalk streams, which are in…28 Jan 2025HANSARDRoad Safety: Young DriversOrder. I call Jim Shannon.28 Jan 2025HANSARDRoad Safety: Young DriversBefore I call Julia Buckley, I wish to make a short statement. I have been advised that she wishes to raise relevant cases that are not currently sub judice but have been subject…28 Jan 2025HANSARDRoad Safety: Young DriversI am afraid I must reduce the time limit to a formal two-minute limit.28 Jan 2025HANSARDRoad Safety: Young DriversThere will be a three-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches.28 Jan 2025HANSARDRoad Safety: Young DriversI call Alison Bennett, spokesperson for the Lib Dems.28 Jan 2025HANSARD Fiscal Policy: Defence SpendingIt was the Minister’s assessment of costs that drove the decision to decommission Bulwark and Albion. But if the Brazilians are going to buy them, they cannot have been that bad,…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Attorney General’s Office: Conflicts of InterestSections 46 and 47 of the legacy Act enjoyed unanimous support in both this House and the other place. It is the Government’s choice to repeal those sections that has raised the…23 Jan 2025HANSARDCompetition and Markets Authority ChairmanWhat will be the impact on growth of a record number of millionaires having left the UK since the Budget?22 Jan 2025