Speeches by Bance.

“Will the announcement about the hotel or tourism tax help with some of the revenue needs that you are experiencing?”

“Last week I went to Alucast in Wednesbury, one of our brilliant foundries. I have also been to Newby Foundries. Both told me of their relief that the landfill tax will not impose significant additional costs on them. I wonder whether the Chancellor would like to set out the action she is taking to support our brilliant…”

“Can you deliver your local growth plans if you are not able to secure the investment in your regions? What are the consequences of this policy failure?”

“The hon. Member seems to be under the misapprehension that the lifting of the cap was not agreed as part of the negotiation on the compromise. It was. Perhaps she would like to revise her remarks.”

“I wish to draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, my membership of Unite, and the kind support of ASLEF and the GMB for my election campaign. This Employment Rights Bill is our promise to working people on its way to being fulfilled, thanks in no small part to my right hon. Friend th…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for her leadership on the two-child limit, and for always carrying the kids who did not eat last night in her heart. Last week, I was at Sacred Heart school in Tipton in my constituency, where the school council and the teaching staff spoke to me about how children living in temporary accom…”

“I am so sorry that the shadow Health Secretary is no longer in his place. After his astonishing speech, I wanted to invite him to the Black Country, where waiting lists of more than a year are down by 45%. I think that the right hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) managed somehow to compare a speech he d…”

“It is very worrying to hear about the repeated attempts to access the statement before it was given, and I wonder why Conservative Members are not a little more concerned, given that the same situation may have affected them. Does my right hon. Friend agree that if a Government left themselves with only £4 billion of h…”

“Will the hon. Member address this point that in the case of the six in 10 children who are in families affected by the two-child benefit limit, those families have jobs? Will he address the situation of my constituent who lost her husband? She was working, he was working and they had three kids together. They were work…”

“SMEs tell me that the process for getting an apprentice in is too slow, too cumbersome and too bureaucratic, and they feel like giving up before they get to the end of it. What are you going to do with colleagues in the two other Departments that are now responsible for this to make sure that it is a reality for SMEs t…”

“Staying on energy for a moment, the impact of RIIO-3 on non-domestic bills is estimated to be between 5% and 10% from April. What representations have you made to Ofgem and DESNZ ahead of their decision early next month about how this is going to work?”

“I am working on the assumption that you do not believe that a 5% to 10% increase in non-domestic energy bills from April will be a good idea for our small businesses.”

“He did not read the FT this morning.”

“Liz, the London Stock Exchange Group and others have called for setting a minimum 25% allocation of pension scheme default fund assets into UK investments. How feasible do you think this is for the sector as a whole?”

“It is absolutely that. It would be good to hear more about what the barriers are to attracting institutional capital into social impact causes, communities and small businesses, and what might bring more of it in.”

“That is fascinating.”

“Coming back to your partnerships with the British Business Bank, do the British Business Bank’s products have enough flexibility? What improvements, if any, would you make to the product offering of the British Business Bank?”

“I will ask the same question about the regions. Andy, would you like to take that?”

“Lisa, would you like to come in on the barriers and enablers for the work that you do around investing in small businesses?”

“Yes, I was going to ask exactly that question about the London bias in business finance and lending. How can banks encourage growth outside London and the south-east? Was there anything that you wanted to add on that point, Louis?”