Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 28 March 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Brian Binley. The answering member was Baroness Hodge of Barking.

Small Business

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on small businesses and trade competitiveness.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 458 c425-45WH
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department of Trade and Industry
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Speaker | 458 c445WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We must now move on to the next debate.; Speaker | 458 c445WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I have allowed a certain laxity to the hon. Gentleman who has made comments from a sedentary ...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 458 c445WH (Link to this contribution) I want to deal with the Opposition’s absurd report on regulation. First, the research comes from a T...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 458 c445WH (Link to this contribution) No. I am not interested, and I do not have time. I have heard the same speech from the hon. Gentlema...; Mark Prisk | 458 c445WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 458 c443-5WH (Link to this contribution) I join other hon. Members in congratulating the hon. Member for Northampton, South (Mr. Binley) on s...; Mark Prisk | 458 c440-3WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, commend my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton, South (Mr. Binley). As he often does, he ...; Baroness Burt of Solihull | 458 c439-40WH (Link to this contribution) That is slightly off the subject that I am currently pursuing. I think that the hon. Gentleman refer...; James Duddridge | 458 c439WH (Link to this contribution) During the Budget debate, I picked up the Liberal Democrat policy change about flexible working bein...; Baroness Burt of Solihull | 458 c438WH (Link to this contribution) I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Northampton, South (Mr. Binley) on securing the debate...; James Duddridge | 458 c436-8WH (Link to this contribution) This is the first time that I have served under your chairmanship, Mr. Caton, and I hope not to stra...; Baroness Burt of Solihull | 458 c439WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that enlightenment. My point is that it is important that we...; Brian Binley | 458 c439WH (Link to this contribution) I remain simply as chairman of the company that I founded in 1989, not as an executive officer. I ho...; Speaker | 458 c432WH (Link to this contribution) Before I call the next speaker, I advise hon. Members that I intend the winding-up speeches to start...; Brian Binley | 458 c431-2WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman. He always speaks words of wisdom. I said yesterday that I had once had t...; Philip Dunne | 458 c434-6WH (Link to this contribution) I want to make a modest contribution to the debate. This is an important subject, and I congratulate...; Andrew Smith | 458 c432-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that it will be the common currency of the debate to speak of the enormous contribution th...; Andrew Love | 458 c431WH (Link to this contribution) May I say how much I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s view that education or skills training should b...; Brian Binley | 458 c431WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Caton. I accept the point that my hon. Friend was making—it is an important one. The ...; Brian Binley | 458 c425-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is good to have your direction, guidance and help, Mr. Caton—I shall certainly need it. I am plea...; Philip Hollobone | 458 c426WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Does he agree that nowhere in the c...; Brian Binley | 458 c426-8WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend and neighbour in Northamptonshire for that question. I assure hon. Members th...; Andrew Love | 458 c428WH (Link to this contribution) I agree very much with the thrust of the hon. Gentleman’s argument, and I want to extend the discuss...; Brian Binley | 458 c428-30WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising a genuine—I know that we always use that word in response to ...; Charles Walker | 458 c430-1WH (Link to this contribution) On vocational training, does my hon. Friend think that it might be a good idea for the Government, o...; Speaker | 458 c431WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is taking rather a long time for an intervention. I think that the hon. Me...
Subjects: Corporation tax Employment Government assistance Small businesses Regulation Taxation VAT Northamptonshire Trade competitiveness Budget March 2007
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