Mentions:
1: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) said that she will make the UK“the best place to start and grow a business”. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) wealth from the private sector to the less productive public sector. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) For the average pub, business rates have soared from £4,000 per year to over £9,000, and this morning - Speech Link
4: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) That is why I am pleased to support the Conservative proposal to abolish business rates for pubs, shops - Speech Link
5: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) Not only is the NIC rise causing hardship, but the reduction in business rates relief from 75% to 40% - Speech Link
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1: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) the changes to business rates. - Speech Link
2: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) Lady regret the Government not accepting Lib Dem amendments to exempt nurseries from the extra charges - Speech Link
3: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) make early years special: the new books, the toys and the equipment to support those additional needs - Speech Link
4: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) we are determined that the sector receives the support it needs to make that happen.The strength of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) exempt from duty, and horseracing is the only sport to receive a Government mandated levy. - Speech Link
2: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) One of the principles behind the reforms that we are looking to make to the gambling duty is to tackle - Speech Link
3: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) I am happy to hear from the hon. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) family court to make an order to prohibit the local authority from taking action that could be harmful - Speech Link
2: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) These children are calling from the grave to make them so. - Speech Link
3: None I know that those noble Lords who have contributed to this debate in support of the amendment from the - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) movement from the Government and the intention to make sure that the Bill covers earlier intervention.Of - Speech Link
5: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) For family hubs, the greater goal is the provision of family support from pregnancy to 18, 19 or 25 if - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) With permission, I will make a statement to update the House on the roll-out of nurseries in our primary - Speech Link
2: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) September 2025 childcare expansion, and to explain how she expects parents to benefit from the 30-hours - Speech Link
3: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) to support the sector to recruit and retain more staff ahead of the final phase of the roll-out. - Speech Link
4: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) In Wales and Scotland, nurseries are exempt from business rates, and schools have them factored into - Speech Link
5: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) This Labour Government want to make sure that families can access childcare support. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Lords amendments 2, 7, 12 and 16 seek to exempt charities from the changes to employer national insurance - Speech Link
2: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Bourne) role that the voluntary sector plays in the provision of essential services by seeking to exempt charities - Speech Link
3: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab - Poole) In reality, to exempt SEND school transport from the national insurance rise is not going to bankrupt - Speech Link
4: Llinos Medi (PC - Ynys Môn) urge the Government to support these Lords amendments to at least protect more businesses from the damage - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) the Government will raise from shifting the costs of the RHL relief from the Exchequer to the business - Speech Link
2: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) The Government promised in their manifesto to make the payment of business rates fairer and more balanced - Speech Link
3: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) to fund the tax cut from within the business rates system. - Speech Link
4: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) to fund the tax cut from within the business rates system. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) We need to support it, and we can through the Bill by reducing the burden of business rates on those - Speech Link
6: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) entering the state sector as a result of the business rates measure in England to steadily increase - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Amendment 54 seeks to include an annual report that breaks down the revenue from business rates by type - Speech Link
2: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) the whole school from the business rates measure. - Speech Link
3: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) , and to support the measures proposed in these two amendments, which would exempt them from business - Speech Link
4: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) cost of pupil moves from the private to the state sector will cancel out the revenue raised from the - Speech Link
5: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) When I moved the amendment, I cited the 10,000 children expected to move from the private sector to the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None All these are to be exempt from the measures in the Bill. - Speech Link
2: Lord Eatwell (Lab - Life peer) She wishes not only to exempt part-time employees from the measures in the Bill but to reduce the national - Speech Link
3: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Con - Life peer) Therefore, I very much support the amendments to exempt smaller businesses from the increase in NI to - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) In government, we took strong action to support the early years sector, while expanding the free childcare - Speech Link
5: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) schools to support the expansion of the sector. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) There have been calls from across the sector for the Government to acknowledge the impact this measure - Speech Link
2: None Only the public sector should be able to provide nurseries, it seems, and others can go to the wall. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) to support the early years sector, and we know that the national insurance increase is going to be a - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) employment allowance from £10,500 to £20,000 to offer support to the smallest businesses in the retail - Speech Link
5: Lord Londesborough (XB - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I rise to briefly support Amendments 31 and 49 in relation to the hospitality sector. - Speech Link