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Economic policy, growth, inflation, fiscal policy

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PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Ian Lavery Lab
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With tech billionaires driving the deployment of artificial intelligence, many constituents are concerned about job losses, misinformation and the infrastructure needed to support the technology. In S...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Liz Saville-Roberts PC
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Yr Heliwr in Nefyn is a community-owned pub, and it is buzzing with events fuelled by local beers and food. I have to declare an interest; I have shares in Yr Heliwr, and it makes my husband very happ...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Siobhain McDonagh Lab
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In a capital city still scarred by the loss of 72 lives in the Grenfell fire, we have a second equally flammable and deadly risk. In bedrooms and corridors across London, low-paid deliverers for Deliv...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Dave Doogan SNP
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In the coming weeks, energy bills will rise again for households across the United Kingdom; within the last few days, five major mortgage lenders have pushed up mortgage prices for households across t...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Connor Naismith Lab
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It is clear to me and many across this House that despite the hard work and dedication of all postal workers, Royal Mail's management is failing in its obligation to provide a basic and reliable posta...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Kemi Badenoch Con

The Prime Minister seems to think that the last Government was a Conservative one. They were a Labour Government that failed, which is why Keir Starmer resigned. The Prime Minister talks about their r...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Kemi Badenoch Con

After last week's session, the country was thrown into confusion over whether the Prime Minister was or was not going to fund 3% for defence by 2030. After today he will have another five weeks off PM...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-09

2026-09-09 · Lillian Jones Lab
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My home town of Kilmarnock was once the industrial powerhouse of Ayrshire, but after decades of decline and deindustrialisation, it has never fully recovered. I welcome the Prime Minister's determinat...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-02

2026-09-02 · Jack Rankin Con
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Frankly, the Prime Minister did not answer any of the questions the Leader of the Opposition put to him on spending. Over the summer, the markets were clearly anxious when he failed to articulate the ...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

PMQs 2026-09-02

2026-09-02 · Tan Dhesi Lab
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The British people should be under no illusion that the nation faces a significantly increased threat level, especially from Russia, but also that we have a US leadership for whom European security is...

Answered by: Andy Burnham

Recent Ministerial Questions

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Energy Costs for Businesses

2026-10-13 · Patrick Hurley
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What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade to help reduce energy costs for businesses....

Answered by: Blair McDougall

Household Energy Bills Support

2026-10-13 · Jim Dickson
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What steps she is taking to support households by helping reduce energy bills. In the context of rising energy costs and the impact on households, the questioner seeks specific actions to alleviate fi...

Answered by: Miatta Fahnbulleh

Topical Questions

2026-10-13 · Brian Leishman
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. £15,000 in 1991 is certainly not £15,000 now, so will the Secretary of State meet with me to discuss amending the outdated schedule 4 to the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 to r...

Answered by: Michael Shanks

Topical Questions

2026-10-13 · Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Labour)
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Ahead of the Budget, I have been talking to many small businesses in my constituency. The Minister might be particularly interested to know that that includes 12 independent breweries, which are reall...

Answered by: Blair McDougall

Beauty Industry Employment and Training: Young People

2026-10-12 · Dan Aldridge
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Will the Minister give some more information about the support his Department is providing, especially for young people through the youth guarantee, to ensure that small businesses in areas like mine ...

Answered by: Andrew Western

Milburn Report

2026-10-12 · Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Conservative)
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When it comes to youth unemployment, it sounds like the Secretary of State has his head very firmly in the sand. Did he not hear Member after Member from across this House stand up and quote how the n...

Answered by: Pat McFadden

Topical Questions

2026-10-12 · Tom Rutland
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Young workers are facing real challenges in their living standards, particularly because their housing costs dwarf those faced by the generations that came before them. That is leading many to reduce ...

Answered by: Torsten Bell

Welfare Budget

2026-10-12 · Joe Robertson
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The number of children between the ages of six and 11 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has grown sixfold, which means that in the years ahead there will be a surge in the number of applic...

Answered by: Stephen Timms

Welfare Budget

2026-10-12 · John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Conservative)
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The Minister has just confirmed that the benefits bill will continue to grow. He also seems to have confirmed the Prime Minister's position that national security cannot come at the expense of social ...

Answered by: Stephen Timms

Criminal Justice System: Royal Commission

2026-09-15 · Brian Leishman

Will the Department listen to the leaders of the six national justice trade unions, who are calling for a royal commission on prisons and the wider criminal justice system?...

Answered by: Sarah Sackman

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