Rebecca Smith

I will continue. It is little wonder that job opportunities have shrivelled up under Labour, as has been pointed out by Members on the Government Benches. Vacancies fell by 21,000 between July and Sep

I thank the hon. Member for his question, but many questions of that nature have not been answered this afternoon. That is not what I am here to talk about. I am here to talk about the fact that busin

The Government are quick to lecture Conservative Members about how to care for the most vulnerable, but at the very moment that Ministers say they want more people getting into work—as we have heard t

I thank the right hon. Member for giving way yet again. He is helpfully listing things from the Budget that are supposed to help businesses, but I wonder whether he has come across anyone in his const

Female genital mutilation is one of the most serious forms of violence against women and girls, yet the Government’s understanding of its prevalence is still based on figures from 2011, estimating tha

The Secretary of State recently announced the closure of the independent Social Mobility Commission and its replacement with a Government-run class unit. The commission existed to pose independent cha