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Overseas Trade: Middle East | Business, Innovation and Skills | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will list the projects which led to (a) Egypt and (b) Sudan owing its current debts to UK Export Finance.

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Contracts (Small Businesses) | Oral Answers to Questions – Defence | Commons debates

The Minister solicits ideas on this front. The Ministry of Defence necessarily requires strict security credentials from its business contractors, but that sponsorship can act as a barrier to…

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Cabinet Office | Commons debates

Europe’s most energy efficient data centre was recently opened by Ark Continuity near Corsham on the edge of my constituency, providing resilient top-tier security infrastructure. Given the…

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Publication Of The Risk Register On Health And Social Care Bill Reforms

Duncan Hames has signed EDM2659. Motion reads: “That this House expects the Government to respect the ruling by the Information Commissioner and to publish the risk register associated with the Health and Social Care Bill reforms in advance of Report S…

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Christians In Nigeria

Duncan Hames has signed EDM2589. Motion reads: “That this House notes the continued frenzied attacks onChristians in Nigeria; condemns those who are choosing to attack people based on their region; calls on the Government to apply any diplomatic pressu…

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Justice | Commons debates

Throughout the 18 months to the end of September 2011, consistently more than half of appeal cases relating to employment and support allowance took longer than six months to be decided by the…

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Justice | Commons debates

Throughout the 18 months to the end of September 2011, consistently more than half of appeal cases relating to employment and support allowance took longer than six months to be decided by the…

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Individual Savings Accounts | Treasury | Written Answers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the individual annual limit on investments in Individual Savings Accounts was in each tax year since their introduction.

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Communities and Local Government | Commons debates

I thank the Minister for that answer and note that a quarter of the recommendations in the Portas review were suggestions that had been put forward under the Sustainable Communities Act. When…

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Child Poverty | Oral Answers to Questions – Treasury | Commons debates

Grandparents often play an important role in supporting their children’s children. So why is it that the Government’s welcome commitment to a more generous state pension bizarrely has…

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