Shadow Minister Dame Harriett Baldwin speaks in a Westminster Hall debate to emphasise the importance of apprenticeships, the opportunities they offer for young people, and the strong record of the previous Government in delivering 5.8 million apprenticeships between 2010 and 2024.
Following the Government statement on the ongoing takeover of Royal Mail, Shadow Minister Dame Harriett Baldwin seeks guarantees on the level of service for customers, particularly the future of the universal service obligation and the impact of the sale of Royal Mail on the Post Office.
Following the Ministerial statement on the publication of the Government’s English devolution White Paper, Dame Harriett Baldwin seeks assurances that the County Council elections will go ahead so that debate on the future of local government can be part of the campaign.
Shadow Minister Dame Harriett Baldwin questions the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the impact of new inheritance taxes on small and medium-sized family businesses which are crucial to the Government’s long-term growth mission.
Dame Harriett Baldwin challenges the Government on its ‘Plan for Change’ citing the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that the Budget will lower growth, increase inflation and reduce the number of people in jobs.
Shadow Minister Dame Harriett Baldwin calls on the Government to continue the previous Government’s measures to ensure that British companies and consumers do not indirectly support human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and asks if the issue was raised at the recent bilateral meeting between the Prime Minister and President Xi of China.
Dame Harriett Baldwin welcomes the expansion and re-development plans of Malvern theatres which will provide lots of local young people job opportunities in the creative industries and invites the Secretary of State to visit and meet some of those young people.
