Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

My hon. Friend talks about some sectors struggling and transport, in particular aviation, would b...

My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. We need sectoral support, and some areas are desperately lo...

Like the hon. Lady, I have had letters and emails from people in similar situations, and I am sur...

The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, but the whole point is that we do not know. We need to get...

Will the hon. Lady give way on that point?

I will make some progress.

Many businesses are awaiting further lockdown easing before some...

I accept many of the points that the hon. Lady is making, but does she also accept that some of t...

I thank the hon. Lady for her point, but again we hear the argument that, because some of these j...

With businesses slowly bringing staff off furlough, does the hon. Lady agree that extending the s...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. He is absolutely correct. For the sake of a little extr...

We are behind where we thought we would be, so therefore we are introducing a four-minute limit f...

At the start of my remarks, I place on record my appreciation of and gratitude to the Government ...

HMRC estimates that the level of fraudulent or incorrect claims under the CJRS to be 5% to 10%— b...

I am not aware of those numbers, but I thank the hon. Lady for making them available to me. I am ...

Order. Just to give a bit more information, particularly to those who are going to take part in t...

I am glad to be able to take part in this important debate. Yesterday, at Prime Minister’s questi...

I congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on securing the deb...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread suffering for too many individuals and communities...

I thank the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) for securing this importan...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on securi...

The hon. Gentleman talks about an arbitrary date of 31 October for ending the scheme. Does he hav...

I said specifically that the scheme would not continue for ever and it cannot continue for ever, ...

As the hon. Gentleman possibly knows, the Liberal Democrats agree that the scheme should be kept ...

I agree wholeheartedly. I do not want to put a date on it today, but the costed proposal from the...

Order. I know that some Members have applied to speak in both Back-Bench debates and I do not thi...

I congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on securing this de...

The Labour party will do everything within its power to convince the Government that they need to...

As we are all only too aware, neither the health crisis nor the economic crisis is over, and we a...

Our economy has contracted by one fifth in the last quarter, and it is clear that we have entered...

Like many Members on both sides of the House who have spoken, I come to praise the furlough schem...

We know it has been a tough time for business, just as it has been a tough time for everyone, and...

In March, the Chancellor promised to do whatever it takes to get us through this crisis, but six ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on achieving this d...

The coronavirus job retention scheme is a pragmatic approach to supporting workers, protecting jo...

I congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on securing this im...

To sit down at 2.45 pm, I call Jim Shannon.

2.43 pm

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I thank the Minister and the Government for all that they hav...

I believe I have eight minutes to speak, and I will do my best to keep to it. These are important...

I congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) and the Backbench B...

I congratulate the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) on introducing the ...

The Minister will have heard a couple of folk refer to analysis that shows that by extending the ...

I have not seen the National Institute of Economic and Social Research analysis that the hon. Gen...

Will the Minister give way?

I have very little time—if the hon. Member does not mind, I will proceed. That bonus is an import...

Order. I am sorry, Minister—

And with that, let me sit down.

Thank you.

3.13 pm

I will not detain the House any longer, Mr Deputy Speaker. I know that there is another important...

Like last week, I will not suspend the House; I will just pause while the Dispatch Boxes are sani...