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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill

"I apologise for seeking to remake this point for the convenience of the hon. Gentleman, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I am simply saying this: irrespective of how we might have campaigned and voted in the referendum, this is a time when we have a responsibility, as parliamentarians, to make sure …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill

"I am not contradicting. I am seeking to answer—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill

"No, this is not dismissing them either. Are Members honestly saying that when a question is asked and someone answers it, weight can only be given to that answer if it compounds the premise of the question that was raised? [Interruption.] That might be how the Scottish National party goes …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill

"Once again, my hon. Friend makes the point in the most telling way. If we are providing no illumination to the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson), we are obviously providing a vast amount of humorous entertainment; I am glad she sees this issue as being so …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill

"My hon. Friend gets the point, because he takes a Conservative approach to the operation of the economy. People in Britain want to buy something. We do not make it, but some countries overseas do. But we have also heard this, “We make too much for our domestic market and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill

"Well, that did not stop the hon. Lady dilating on lots of other things that were not in the Bill. This sudden stricture of rectitude and probity that she cloaks herself in as the winter months approach is a little hard to take. We should never underestimate what that collaborative …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Jul 2017
Tuition Fees

"I promise the hon. Lady that I will listen intently to her reply. She and I will agree, I am sure, on one thing: this country is very lucky to have people with high-quality brain power at university today. They have told me and my Conservative colleagues what they thought …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Jul 2017
Tuition Fees

"I may be becoming a little forgetful, but was the manifesto to which my hon. Friend just referred the “fully costed” manifesto from the Labour party?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jul 2017
Taylor Review: Working Practices

"I welcome the report. At this early stage, can my hon. Friend give any indication as to what enhanced opportunities may be created for people with disabilities who are in the world of work or trying to enter it? They are a very important part of our constituency...."
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Written Question
Post Offices
Monday 20th February 2017

Asked by: Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the continued financial viability of the Post Office network; and whether he plans to change the level of funding provided to that network.

Answered by Margot James

The Department regularly engages with the Post Office on issues affecting the network including on the levels of investment, its overall profitability and financial stability of the business.

The Government expects the Post Office to continue to need funding beyond 2018, and we are currently working with Post Office Limited to evaluate its future strategy and establish appropriate funding levels.