(5 years, 6 months ago)
Commons ChamberI proffer the same advice to the hon. Member for Havant (Alan Mak) as I extended to his hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed. We might not reach his question. His moment could be now. Does he wish to seize it?
(5 years, 9 months ago)
Commons ChamberMy apologies to the hon. Member for Ipswich (Sandy Martin). I was trying to do three things at once, unsuccessfully.
(6 years, 6 months ago)
Commons ChamberAmongst other things, I have always thought of the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) as a philosopher—[Interruption]—of some distinction.
(7 years, 1 month ago)
Commons ChamberI do not want the hon. Member for Havant (Alan Mak) to feel excluded.
T8. The British Government are leading the response to the famine in east Africa. Will the Minister update the House on the Department’s work in this area?
(7 years, 8 months ago)
Commons ChamberAdvertising agencies and industry bodies can play a key role in ensuring that adverts are appropriate. Will the Minister continue working with the industry to tackle child obesity?
(8 years, 2 months ago)
Commons Chamber9. What progress his Department has made on ensuring that offenders find employment on release from prison.
(8 years, 5 months ago)
Commons ChamberHavant is a national centre for aerospace and engineering excellence. Will the Minister join me in congratulating everyone involved in the ExoMars space programme?
(8 years, 6 months ago)
Commons ChamberOrder. It is a moderately unedifying spectacle when such large numbers of Members are quite so vociferous. The saving grace is that all of them do have a very notable smile on their face, so at least there is good humour in the Chamber.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. Does he agree that the conclusion of this new agreement shows that Scotland’s two Governments can work together? Will he undertake to keep pressing the Scottish Government to reveal details of how they will use these new powers?
(8 years, 8 months ago)
Commons ChamberThe hon. Member for Havant (Mr Mak) looks animated and contented. Let’s hear from the fellow.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Household debt will be kept low, thanks to the Government’s support for savers, including the Help to Buy ISA that was launched today. Will the Minister join me in encouraging first-time buyers and young savers to take advantage of this new Government support, which is part of the Government’s long-term economic plan?
(8 years, 10 months ago)
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I thought the hon. Gentleman was standing—I had been so advised. Never mind; it is a rarity that he does not wish to contribute. I call Mr Alan Mak.
Will the Minister confirm that although strict EU state aid rules have prevented the Government from directly intervening in the steel industry, the £80 million package that they have announced represents strong and practical intervention in a difficult situation?