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Written Question
Royal Mail
Monday 9th February 2026

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions have Ministers in his Department have met with representatives of Royal Mail since September 2025.

Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Ministers from the Department for Business and Trade have met three times with representatives from Royal Mail since September 2025.

Earlier this month, I met Royal Mail’s CEO, Alistair Cochrane. The Secretary of State subsequently met Daniel Křetínský, the CEO of EP Group, which owns Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distribution Services (IDS).

In November 2025, I met Mr Cochrane and Martin Seidenberg, the CEO of IDS.

Written Question
Agriculture: National Landscapes
Wednesday 4th February 2026

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which farming areas in West Worcestershire constituency would qualify for the Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Farming in Protected Landscape programme funds projects in National Parks and National Landscapes. The programme is also open to farmers and land managers on land outside these protected landscapes where projects benefit these areas. In the West Worcestershire constituency, these areas include parts of the Malvern Hills and Cotswolds National Landscapes.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"Yet again, the Business Secretary is not here for his departmental questions. This time, he is in China, trying to sort out the mess that is British steel strategy. He is burning through £2 million a day of taxpayers’ money keeping the Scunthorpe furnace going, the Chinese owners are asking …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"Madam Deputy Speaker, you can see why the Business Secretary needs to be here to answer questions, because I did not hear an answer to my question. I will try a different topic, which is also really important to our constituents. Sixteen million of them got their Royal Mail parcels …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Business of the House

"The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that we sent to the other place is being scrutinised extensively, and it has been reported this morning that the Parliament Act 1911 may be invoked to force the Bill through to become an Act. Given that it is a private Member’s …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Youth Unemployment

"My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point.

My right hon. Friend the Member for Herne Bay and Sandwich (Sir Roger Gale) spoke extremely eloquently about the importance of the Dog and Duck in his constituency and about how terrible it is for the local community that it has closed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Youth Unemployment

"My hon. Friend is spot on, because it is that foundation of private sector prosperity that will create the tax revenues that we can use to pay for excellent public services. A similar point was made by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Leicestershire (Mr Bedford)—and I agree that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Youth Unemployment

"As we have seen so often in this debate, that is a tragedy. Every young person deserves the chance to move into the world of work. What we are seeing from those statistics is that this is not a blip, but a trend—and a trend that is moving in the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Youth Unemployment

"I certainly hope that we will hear a plan of action to tackle this alarming crisis, and a less selective grouping of statistics than we heard from the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (Dame Diana Johnson) …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Youth Unemployment

"I give way to a Member from the governing party...."
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