Speeches by Hinds.

“It is very interesting to hear this at this stage in your tenure, when you can speak very broadly. Can I take you back to what you were saying about health in particular? Social prescribing should be a huge opportunity for sport, and sport should be a huge opportunity for the health sector. We have always had public he…”

“Thank you all very much.”

“Schools sometimes complain that they are asked too much about how they use PE and the school sport premium. What is your recommendation for the further measurement of outcomes?”

“Go as far beyond your brief as you like.”

“Brilliant. I will turn to Peter, but this is potentially a question for all three of you: if there is a move back towards the old schools-sports partnerships approach, does that have to be on top of the provision for the PE and school sport premium, or do you believe that it can replace part of the PE and school sport …”

“Thank you, although that does sound a bit like “If you build it, they will come.” Huw?”

“6. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the incidence of fraud.”

“The figures were, of course, coming down, but the incidence of fraud—much of it online—is now back up to a new high. Many factors are involved, but will the Government look at taking further steps, including requiring enhanced intelligence sharing between platforms and banks, and better mandatory user identification on…”

“It is a pleasure to join this lively debate. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy in my constituency. In fact, 99.9% of businesses in East Hampshire are small or medium-sized enterprises. We over-index in professional services, retail, information and communications, and, of course, agriculture. [Interrupti…”

“Forgive me; I will not. Finally, there is the effect that the measures will have on the removal of job opportunities for those further from the labour market—perhaps those who have been out of work for a long time; ex-offenders, who it feels like more of a risk for an employer to take on; and, most of all, young people…”

“I am conscious that I have gone on for quite a while, and I want to wind up. Fourthly, there is the Employment Rights Bill. On the face of it, who would not like something with that name? It sounds like a positive thing, but the point is the effect that it will have, particularly on seasonal businesses, which might oth…”

“I shall suitably dampen. At a time when the Government are changing the relief from 75% to 40%, try telling those businesses already facing the national insurance contributions increase and all the other cost increases that their bill is being reduced. Clearly, it is going up.”

“Perhaps the hon. Gentleman is going to tell me that he has told that to his local retailers and pubs.”

“It will, and I repeat that it can only be one of those three groups. There will be some price increases, and those costs will be felt by customers and consumers, but all the indications are that the big effects will be felt in wage suppression and in employment, which will ultimately mean slower economic growth. In the…”

“Forgive me, but I do not have the history at my fingertips. The relief has been recognised over the years, and has been looked at in the past by Treasury officials. I have been a Treasury Minister, and I know that they get presented with various things that could be done, but generally speaking, when many Ministers bef…”

“The hon. Lady makes a good point about small businesses, particularly rural small businesses, and I will talk about national insurance contributions and business rates, but let me come back to how taxes on businesses are ultimately taxes on people. Some Labour Members might say that they do not mind a tax on business o…”

“National insurance relief for employing veterans comes at really quite a low cost to the Treasury, but it is effective, not just in its financial incentive but because it opens up conversations within employers. In written answers of late, the Government have been slightly equivocal about the future of the programme. C…”

“16. What steps he is taking to help support veterans into employment.”

“For reasons of timeliness, I will speak only to amendment 101, which relates to adults with Down syndrome or a learning disability, although the amendment is directly relevant to new clause 1, as the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott) spoke about. Amendment 101 would disallow medical pr…”

“My right hon. Friend is right, of course. When we in this House are told that there will be secondary legislation, guidance or a code of practice, we can only ever take that on trust, and this subject is of such moment that what is on the face of the Bill is that much more important. Given the scale of the decisions th…”