Topical Questions 07 Mar 2024 Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons That was a lot of words for the Secretary of State to use to say that she believes the Canadian high commission was correct in the answer that it gave. May I ask an important question about the... Read more →
Topical Questions 07 Mar 2024 Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons Last month, the Secretary of State said at the Dispatch Box that she could state explicitly that trade talks with Canada had not broken down. However, the Canadian high commission has since... Read more →
Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation Schemes 19 Feb 2024 Commons debates I firmly agree that the revelations in The Sunday Times at the weekend could not be more serious. In particular, if true, the claim that the Post Office was instructed to deliberately go slow on... Read more →
UK Tradeshow Programme 29 Jan 2024 Department for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the UK Tradeshow Programme. Read more →
Post Office Horizon System: Exoneration of Sub-postmasters 25 Jan 2024 Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons I am grateful to the Minister for that answer, and I hope that exchange gives some reassurance to all colleagues in the House. Will he confirm that all prosecutions that arise from the Horizon... Read more →
Post Office Horizon System: Exoneration of Sub-postmasters 25 Jan 2024 Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons The Minister knows that we are willing to work with the Government on a way to exonerate the sub-postmasters and get them compensation as quickly as possible. The proposals will have to be... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates I very much recognise the case that the Minister makes for Tata’s investment in the UK, but will she just be clear with the House on whether the subsidy package for Port Talbot that we are... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates It is literally here in my hands. It is not hard to find. I say to Conservative colleagues that Google is their friend. I have tried to say that the plans are available, but we will be pragmatic... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates I agree with that case. That is why this is such an important issue for Parliament to consider. I always acknowledge that there are parts of it that are difficult. Decarbonising industry is an... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates I am not ignoring that investment; I am making the case that it is a bad deal and that there is a better deal for the resources available that would satisfy far more of our objectives and give a... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates I will take an intervention from the Government Benches, then one from my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon), and then I will take no more. Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates I can give way one more time, to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates I think that is a pathetic response. I mean no discourtesy, but that is pathetic. It is entirely reasonable for the First Minister of Wales to seek a conversation with the Prime Minister of the... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates Of course, the decision has to be considered in conjunction with the one in Scunthorpe, and that is why this issue is so important and deserves the attention it is getting today. I want to say... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates We have considerable expertise in that matter, and that grade of coal is no good for the current way steel is produced in the UK, but the right hon. Gentleman is right to raise the point because... Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates I will take an intervention from the Government Benches and one more from the Labour Back Benches, if that is okay. Read more →
Protecting Steel in the UK 23 Jan 2024 Commons debates It was a pleasure to visit the Shotton steelworks with my right hon. Friend last year, and he will know that it began as the Summers steelworks in Stalybridge in my constituency. He has much... Read more →