In Parliament - Ed Miliband

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

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Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. We need innovative thinking in this area. We are going to have to do things—I think that the Chancellor has said this—that we would not have done in...

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend has been powerfully advocating for the steel industry, along with other hon. Members in all parts of the House, and there is real urgency in this respect. Let me just say something...

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

I believe I am right in saying that the hon. Gentleman knows a lot about this, and I congratulate him for his work on the all-party group dealing with the whole range of these issues, but I am...

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I once used the word predatory in relation to companies and it was rather controversial, but I think the consensus may have changed....

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

I welcome what the hon. Gentleman says, and the answer is yes, because lots of businesses do not have trade unions, and the question is what rights employees will have in those circumstances. The...

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is a brilliant champion of those industries and other industries in his constituency, and I agree with him. I will come on to the particular sectoral challenges that the Secretary...

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

I certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is very important that the approach is UK-wide, and I welcome that. Let me say something about the temporary measures in the Bill. We think it...

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill

Commons debates

I begin by thanking the Business Secretary and the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully), for the...

Covid-19: Business

Commons debates

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, and add my thanks to all the workers and businesses that have kept our country going during these past few...

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Secretary of State for that answer, and I hope that he will come to the House to make a fuller statement on these matters at the earliest opportunity. I want to ask about another...

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ed Miliband made a speech in the House of Commons

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I can tell the Secretary of State that we are committed to working constructively with the Government on all issues, and we welcome the recent changes to the...

Economic Update

Commons debates

I recognise, as I am sure the whole House does, the Chancellor’s wish to get any employment support scheme right, but he will recognise, as the shadow Chancellor said from the Front Bench,...

Covid-19

Commons debates

Can I say to the Secretary of State that the House has always come together at times of national crisis as one, and that is the spirit across the House today? In that spirit, can I ask him to...

Transport Infrastructure

Commons debates

May I ask the Prime Minister about the prospects for change in relation to the eastern leg of phase 2b? The original HS2 vision was to serve and regenerate our towns, but towns in South Yorkshire...

Flood Response

Commons debates

May I say to the Secretary of State that three months on from the floods that hit my constituency in November, many people are still suffering and are still out of their homes, and I am afraid...

Flooding: South Yorkshire

Westminster Hall debates

I welcome what the Minister says about Flood Re, but I return to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley East. I know that the Minister cannot commit to making this money...

Flooding: South Yorkshire

Westminster Hall debates

Flooding: South Yorkshire

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is entirely right. I was going to mention the Flood Re scheme, of which awareness is very low. I think I am right in saying it does not cover businesses; it covers residential...

Flooding: South Yorkshire

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, particularly as your mother resides in my constituency, so this debate has particular relevance to your family. I congratulate my...