Wera Hobhouse

Given that the Minister has just said that the Government want to support households but also move away from expensive fossil fuels, why make cuts to the boiler upgrade scheme and the warm homes plan?

I would like to address the barriers that businesses are facing right now that make them not so hopeful about the future. The south-west is home to many innovative businesses that employ local people

Can the right hon. and learned Lady remind us of what her Government did, and what she did when she was in government, to increase apprenticeships?

Order. May I remind the hon. and learned Member that a winding-up speech is not a new speech? It is two minutes. If he could come to an end, that would be great.

Order. Before the Minister replies, may I encourage everybody to speak through the Chair? I do not want to be too pompous about it, but the convention is that the debate goes this way, not that way. B

HMOs are the only way many young people can afford to rent, but their unregulated growth leads to the loss of family homes. However, Bath and North East Somerset council has taken action, and has incl