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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
The Government’s Productivity Plan

"The Minister is giving a similar answer to the one given by the Secretary of State before Christmas, but the new Department has now been in operation for seven months and the Minister still cannot say what the savings will be and what activities will be stopped. Does he really …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
The Government’s Productivity Plan

"I reiterate what I said earlier about welcoming this debate on the Government’s productivity plan, and I thank all hon. Members who have contributed to it. It seems curiously appropriate that, as we were debating this, news came through that Sir Philip Green is providing up to £363 million to …..."
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Written Question
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Uber
Tuesday 28th February 2017

Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.

Answered by Margot James

The Department has spent £60.69 on transactions with Uber GB through Government Procurement Cards since 28 October 2016.

The Department does not hold information on individual travel claims centrally.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Feb 2017
Vauxhall/Opel: Proposed Takeover

"In an earlier answer, the Secretary of State said that this will not become entangled in Brexit, but the concern will be that the issue of this important company’s future in Britain will become collateral damage in wider negotiations and deals on Brexit. In the face of elections in France …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 31 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"In November, the Secretary of State hauled energy companies into his Department to put pressure on them regarding claims that they were generating excess profits. This morning, at the Select Committee, Which? told us that energy companies are dismal when it comes to customer service and prices. Does he agree …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator

"May I begin by saying how grateful I am to the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this important debate to take place? I thank the hon. Member for Leeds North West (Greg Mulholland), and the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson), who has just spoken. I bow to their superior …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator

"The right hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point. The adjudicator has to redress the balance in the power dynamics in the industry and there is evidence to suggest that that is not happening.

I want to be clear: Mr Newby’s professional credentials and expertise are not disputed. His knowledge …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator

"The issue has attracted enormous interest, not just from our Select Committee but from predecessor Select Committees, which helped to change the law. As Chair of the Select Committee, I maintain that, given the hard-working and determined members of the Select Committee such as the hon. Gentleman and the hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2017
Statutory Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator

"They are not bottom just yet. It would be like a match between Newport and Chelsea, with a huge imbalance in skills and experience—perhaps that is a subject for a different debate—only for fans to discover that the referee owned shares in Chelsea’s shirt sponsor. It is as close a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jan 2017
Industrial Strategy Consultation

"I warmly welcome and support the Government’s endorsement of a long-term, interventionist industrial strategy. I hope the strategy will play an active role in ensuring that workers are upskilled and receive higher wages and that British firms can scale up and become more enterprising, more competitive and more productive.

What …..."
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