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HANSARDDraft Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Approval and Designation of Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2020The shadow Minister has now managed to get his finger out as well. I asked how long the relevant body has had to produce the guidance so far, and whether he had placed any…02 Mar 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceWill the Minister give way again?26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceWill the Minister write to me?26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceI have a very simple, straightforward question. Will we accept European REACH regulations for imported goods, or will they also have to be compliant with the UK REACH regulations?…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. She says that she cannot answer the questions, but they are the questions that the chemical industry is asking us. We are talking…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceThe hon. Gentleman is not happy.26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergencePerhaps that was not mentioned because the Government have seen sense and realised that they cannot have these tremendous changes. This is about not just day one—when we might…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceINEOS has been in my constituency as well, but it is actually closing down a plant there; the plant has finished because it is past its use-by date. INEOS can invest billions of…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceThe hon. Member mentions research and development, and we are of course dealing with multinational companies with plants all over the world. If they are going to do research and…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. It is timely that Health Ministers are in the Chamber, because there have been two important announcements this week in connection with the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceMy hon. Friend rightly says that REACH regulations are central to chemical production not only in this country but across Europe. Does he share my concern, and that of companies…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceWill my hon. Friend give way?26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceI, too, welcome the Minister to her place. I hope that she will accept an early invitation to Teesside, which I extend to my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones).…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceBoth my hon. Friends are right to raise the issue of cost. One company in my constituency is already up against it trying to making any profit at all because the regime is…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceI bear in mind what the Minister is saying, but it frightens the life out of me, because the regulation changes every day. I do not know how we will manage to keep pace with that…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareI ought to have declared that I am a co-chair of the all-party group on carers. I am pleased my hon. Friend has mentioned unpaid carers. The Secretary of State took 19 minutes to…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareWould the hon. Lady support the Government funding local authorities so that they can pay the proper living wage to careworkers?25 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareThe shortage of resource and people in the system means that more responsibility falls on families. I know that my hon. Friend recognises the unsung heroes who are young…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on being re-elected chair of the APPG. He has had one burden taken off him; may I provide him with another by asking that the APPG start to look…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryTeesside, of course, is the centre of the hydrogen production industry in this country. More hydrogen is produced there than anywhere else in the UK, so I thank the hon. Gentleman…25 Feb 2020