Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support Post Offices with increased energy costs.
Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of high energy prices on small and medium size businesses.
Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of higher energy prices on Post Offices.
Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the numbers of people who have successfully accessed support through the prepayment voucher scheme.
Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department are taking to increase the speed of issuing prepayment vouchers.
Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to help increase the uptake of support through the prepayment voucher scheme.
Stephen Kinnock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for reimbursement were received by HM Passport Office in 2022; and how much was paid out in (a) December 2022 and (b) 2022.
Stephen Kinnock: Like the Minister, I am keen to thank colleagues who have done so much and made so many valued contributions both to this Bill throughout its progress and in the debate today. I would very much like to thank the Bill team for the excellent work they have done, as always supporting us through our work and on many occasions helping to shed light where there was more or less total confusion, so...
Stephen Kinnock: Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was just about to make the point that the Home Secretary has talked of learning the lessons from the golden visas issue, but she still has not published the full report. Of course, we have seen many oligarchs getting those visas since the invasion of Crimea, so I would contend that that is directly relevant to the debate we are having today. That is...
Stephen Kinnock: Like the Minister, I am keen to thank colleagues who have done so much and made so many valued contributions both to this Bill throughout its progress and in the debate today. I would very much like to thank the Bill team for the excellent work they have done, as always supporting us through our work and on many occasions helping to shed light where there was more or less total confusion, so...
Stephen Kinnock: Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was just about to make the point that the Home Secretary has talked of learning the lessons from the golden visas issue, but she still has not published the full report. Of course, we have seen many oligarchs getting those visas since the invasion of Crimea, so I would contend that that is directly relevant to the debate we are having today. That is...
Stephen Kinnock: No, no!
Stephen Kinnock: I will be back for Third Reading.
Stephen Kinnock: No, no!
Stephen Kinnock: I will be back for Third Reading.
Stephen Kinnock: The right hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. I agree that the creation of the scheme was under the new Labour Administration, but the point I made in my speech was that a number of those golden visas were given after the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. He is right that successive Governments are guilty of naivety and complacency, but there is a point in 2014 when we really needed a...
Stephen Kinnock: The right hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. I agree that the creation of the scheme was under the new Labour Administration, but the point I made in my speech was that a number of those golden visas were given after the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. He is right that successive Governments are guilty of naivety and complacency, but there is a point in 2014 when we really needed a...
Stephen Kinnock: Gallons of rum.
Stephen Kinnock: Gallons of rum.
Stephen Kinnock: As always, I agree absolutely with my right hon. Friend’s views on the matter. That cannot be beyond the wit of this place or the Government. I know there are legal complications around property and international law, but those are not insuperable. We cannot allow them to be insuperable because, with every day that passes, the people of Ukraine are suffering, and the barbaric acts of...