Business Rates

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jim Dickson

Tuesday 27th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We will run this statement to about 3.15 pm, so we can all help each other. Jim Dickson is going to be a good example.

[Jim Dickson (Dartford) (Lab)]

I thank the Minister for his statement. The pubs in my constituency, from the Growler Stop and Ivy Leaf in Dartford to the Bull in Stone and the Spring River in Ebbsfleet, are the heart of our community. Does the Minister agree that it is crucial that we find ways to protect them as places for people to come together and build communities, and that the package he has announced today—with its 15% reduction on the revalued bill and protection for the next three years—makes a big contribution to that goal?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jim Dickson

Thursday 22nd January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Thank you. We got there. I call Jim Dickson.

[Jim Dickson (Dartford) (Lab)]

T8. Residents in Dartford regularly tell me that they want every pound of public spending used to best effect. Will the Minister update the House on the progress that is being made on cracking down on fraudsters and ensuring that UK taxpayers get back the money they are owed?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jim Dickson

Monday 24th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jim Dickson (Dartford) (Lab)]

I thank the Secretary of State and the Minister of State for Housing and Planning for visiting Ebbsfleet Garden City in my constituency last week. Does the Minister agree that, with an additional 10,000 homes to be built in Ebbsfleet over the next 10 years, to create great places to live we have got to build schools, medical facilities and green spaces—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. That is enough.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jim Dickson

Tuesday 6th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jim Dickson (Dartford) (Lab)]

T9. Far too many promises made by the last Government—promises that care would be moved out of hospitals and into the community—turned out to be hollow. From speaking to residents in Dartford, I know that hospital and community services have struggled to keep pace with new housing developments in the constituency. I am pleased to say that later this year in Dartford we will be seeing an expansion of our state-of-the-art community diagnostic centre, taking care closer to where people live. Does the Secretary of State agree that this is the start of Labour getting on with finally delivering that big shift, and will he visit Dartford with me—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I think Ministers have got the message. If they have not by this stage, I would be surprised. Who is answering?

Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR Costing

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jim Dickson

Thursday 23rd January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jim Dickson (Dartford) (Lab)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Mr Dickson, I think you were very late. I would not want to embarrass you by allowing you to ask a question.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jim Dickson

Thursday 16th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call James Naish—not here.

[Jim Dickson (Dartford) (Lab)]

2. What assessment she has made of the contribution of community spaces to civil society.