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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

"So there we have it: a Prime Minister not in control, a Work and Pensions Secretary with her hands tied behind her back, and a Chancellor now scrambling to find ways to balance the books after months of reckless spending. This shoddy attempt at welfare reform has revealed something that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

"I am not giving away.

The Chancellor has also blown billions of pounds on GB Energy—a project so vague that no one seems to know what it does—while handing out inflation-busting pay rises to appease the unions. Now she cannot even claw back £5 billion of savings to keep market …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

"I am not giving away; I am going to make progress. The hon. Member can repay the favour sometime.

Thirdly, we needed a guarantee that taxes would not rise again in the upcoming Budget. But let us be honest: the Chancellor has only one move left—she will raid the pockets …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3.   On Friday I had the privilege of visiting LOROS, Leicestershire’s much-respected palliative care charity. At full capacity it could offer 31 beds to local residents, but sadly, because of the measures that the Chancellor has introduced, such as the national insurance hike, it now operates only 18 beds. May …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Jun 2025
VAT Registration Threshold: SMEs

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the impact of the VAT registration threshold on SMEs.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. It was Napoleon Bonaparte who once said that “England is a nation of shopkeepers”. As is often the case with Napoleon, …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Jun 2025
VAT Registration Threshold: SMEs

"I absolutely agree. Over the last year, particularly in the Budget and recent announcements, we have seen measures that stifle the growth of SMEs and small businesses. I thank my hon. Friend for raising that today because I am passionate about supporting them, not only so that the economy can …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Jun 2025
VAT Registration Threshold: SMEs

"I thank the hon. Member for his intervention and I absolutely agree. As a Unionist myself, I want to see all parts of the UK thrive and grow, and that obviously includes Northern Ireland. This debate equally applies to Northern Ireland as it does to everywhere else in the Union.

…..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Jun 2025
VAT Registration Threshold: SMEs

"I thank the Minister for his speech. I ask him to take back to the Treasury the various arguments that have been put forward today, particularly about the benefits for the broader economy and for our local communities that could be achieved by reviewing the VAT registration threshold.

I thank …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Organised gangs operate in many spheres—sex, drugs and, as reported in the media, our welfare system. This totally undermines public confidence in the system. Will the Minister make representations to the Home Secretary to ensure that foreign nationals who are found to have abused our welfare system are removed from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"I am not giving way. As a supporter of the Bill, I have listened to the debate closely and I agree that we need better palliative care across the UK. My own grandparents were both superbly supported by amazing Macmillan nurses in their final weeks battling incurable cancers. But I …..."
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