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HANSARDDraft Jurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I thank the Minister for outlining his proposed changes in considerable detail—I am pleased that he did not go…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyThat is great news, but that is jam tomorrow. We definitely need jam today.25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI beg to move, That this House has considered the Government’s levelling up agenda and Tees Valley. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship—for the first time, I…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI will not at the moment. Even if we put aside the costs, the number of jobs that have been announced barely scrape the sides of the black hole of unemployment in the Tees Valley.…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyMost certainly. I cannot understand why anybody wants to hide where the public money has been spent. I know that there are different people involved in all these different…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI almost have to laugh. Talking down Teesside? It is the greatest honour of my life to represent the amazing and diverse citizens of Stockton North, and to champion the vibrant…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI am grateful to everyone who has taken part in this robust debate. I am pleased that the Minister at least recognises that we are here because we believe in our areas; we are not…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyMy hon. Friend does not need an answer from me on that point. Why has our area lost out? Where was the Tees Tory Mayor when the orders were being handed out? He was nowhere to be…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyPersonally, I am still a little surprised that it ever happened. Labour-led authorities at that time supported the purchase of the airport. The Mayor was elected on the promise…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyAgain, we get jam tomorrow. It is all about jam tomorrow—something that is going to happen in three or five years’ time.25 Nov 2020HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI will not at the moment. This is a chumocracy on a local scale that mirrors the widespread and despicable cronyism we have seen play out on the national stage in the Government’s…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European UnionMy hon. Friend will realise that businesses from Nissan to the chemicals industry on Teesside rely on a just-in-time supply chain. They need things to be crossing borders almost…24 Nov 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker; from one Alex to another. When I stood at the Dispatch Box some weeks ago for the Bill’s Second Reading, I made Labour’s position very…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThe right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) talked about taking back control—he talked about Parliament taking back control—yet we are seeing statutory instrument after…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European UnionDespite the fact that we share a nationality, we do not share that particular ambition for separation. Some things will worry me a lot if Scotland does eventually go independent.…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European UnionWill the right hon. Member give way?24 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European UnionMy hon. Friend posed the question of where there is likely to be divergence. We know already that there has been divergence on food standards, paving the way for importing…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European UnionOne of the things that will be covered by that regime is the movement of food, which does not just go from this country to Europe but comes in the opposite direction as well. Many…24 Nov 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [Lords]Yes, there are many organisations, including the Bar Council, and I will develop that point later in my speech. It is important to recognise that this is not a case of the people…24 Nov 2020