Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Liz Kendall and Gagan Mohindra

Wednesday 12th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Liz Kendall]

I absolutely will arrange for my hon. Friend to meet the relevant Minister and UKRI to make sure we get this right, because we have to do more to back our world-leading researchers and then turn that research into innovation and future growth. That is the first part of the journey, and we want to—and will—get it right.

[Mr Gagan Mohindra (South West Hertfordshire) (Con)]

2. What progress her Department has made on reaching its target for full gigabit coverage by 2030.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Liz Kendall and Gagan Mohindra

Monday 12th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Gagan Mohindra (South West Hertfordshire) (Con)]

T6. The Government claim to be the party of business, but speak to businesses today and they are hurting. Reduced opportunities for wealth creation and entrepreneurship, employee national insurance contributions and the Employment Rights Bill are destroying opportunity. What are the Government doing to incentivise our wealth creators and encourage job creation?

[Liz Kendall]

The Government are providing the stability that businesses desperately need. We are working to transform skills in this country—that is absolutely what most businesses say to me they are desperately short of. We are overhauling our job centres, so that we actually serve businesses’ needs. I would just say gently to the hon. Gentleman that it was under his party that we saw the lowest business investment in the G7. We are going to overhaul that and make this the best country in which to start up and grow a business.