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Scheduled Event - 18 Mar 2026, 4:30 p.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall
Social enterprises and community ownership
MP: Jo Platt
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2026 - Fuel Duty - View Vote Context
Jo Platt (LAB) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 252 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 259
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2026 - Higher Education Fees - View Vote Context
Jo Platt (LAB) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 276 Labour Aye votes vs 19 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 98
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2026 - Student Loans - View Vote Context
Jo Platt (LAB) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 262 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 266
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2026 - Employment Rights: Investigatory Powers - View Vote Context
Jo Platt (LAB) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 368 Noes - 107
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Social Enterprises and Community Ownership

"My hon. Friend is a great advocate for the co-operative movement, whose birthplace is in his constituency. I absolutely agree with him—there is more the Government can do to support co-operatives in all sectors.

Today, the co-operative spirit is alive and well in my constituency. In towns like mine, such …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Social Enterprises and Community Ownership

"I spoke very broadly about the value of social enterprise and community ownership, but to hear individual stories from across the country just shows the power that they have and their effect on us. I thank the Minister for his response and commitment to the sector, and I look forward …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Social Enterprises and Community Ownership

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered social enterprises and community ownership.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John.

When people make speeches about post-industrial towns like mine, they often begin in the same way: by listing everything that we have lost. They talk …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Social Enterprises and Community Ownership

"That is exactly what this debate is about: hearing about initiatives that are thriving all over the country, bringing them together, and creating the support that those organisations need. I will definitely take that forward to see whether there is anything that we can do in our local area.

Across …..."
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Written Question
Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Finance
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to financially support retail and hospitality businesses on the high street.

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

The government is taking significant steps to support retail and hospitality businesses on high streets. From April 2026, we are introducing permanently lower business‑rates multipliers for retail, hospitality and leisure properties, worth nearly £900 million a year and benefiting over 750,000 premises. In recognition of the impact of the revaluation on bills, the government has introduced £4.3 billion transitional support package, to protect ratepayers from large overnight increases.

We have also announced further targeted support for pubs, and from April eligible pubs will receive a 15% cut to their new business‑rates bills, followed by a two‑year real‑terms freeze. We are also more than doubling the Hospitality Support Fund, with £10 million funding over three years. Later this year, we will bring forward a new High Streets Strategy, to help reinvigorate our communities.