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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Amendment 17 speaks directly to our country’s values of enterprise, innovation and economic freedom. The proposal would insert new subsection (4A) into clause 1, placing a clear…13 May 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am genuinely curious. The Minister says that new clause 4 would take away powers. Can he explain why he would possibly object to the introduction of a review panel within two…13 May 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The amendments in this group serve a clear and vital purpose: to prevent the automatic alignment of UK product regulations with EU law and to reaffirm our sovereign right to set…13 May 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I assume that the code of conduct you mentioned will be voluntary. I would be interested to hear what parliamentary enforcement the code, or indeed the wider constraints referred…13 May 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)My hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire made numerous important points—I reinforce the point that this group of amendments looks to a future with a less benign Secretary…13 May 2025HANSARDMonitoring Sewage Overflows: ScotlandMy constituents in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton have been subjected to an enormous increase in their water bills. Will the Secretary of State reassure the House that his water…08 May 2025HANSARD Trade NegotiationsI am sure the Minister will agree that the economic landscape has changed dramatically since 26 March: we have had the trade deal with India, we have had today’s pact with the…08 May 2025HANSARDSewageI do not agree with the hon. Gentleman’s diagnosis, but I do agree that the fines need to be collected and distributed. The other issues that have been identified in my…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI am pleased to be able to bring the House’s attention to my constituents’ concern about the continuing discharge of raw sewage into our local seas and other bodies of water. In…23 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThe Business Secretary delayed and dithered for five months before meeting his US counterparts, and working people and businesses in the UK are paying the price for that…03 Apr 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Paymentrose —19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I merely wish to set the scene for winter fuel payments.19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentOnce again in this House we find ourselves discussing Labour’s failure to protect our pensioners. Time and again we have exposed its false narratives and asked how it intends to…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI will make some progress. Who is paying the price for the Government’s economic mismanagement? It is our pensioners. Of the 23,282 pensioners in my constituency of Bognor Regis…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsThis morning, I received an email from Santander informing me that the Bognor Regis and Rustington branches in my constituency are both set to close. With four other bank branches…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWill the hon. Gentleman give way?19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentTo be honest, I am absolutely delighted to hear the first Member on the Government Benches acknowledge that there is not a fictitious £22 billion black hole that they are trying…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI refer the hon. Gentleman to the comments made by the hon. Member for Gateshead Central and Whickham (Mark Ferguson), who acknowledged that it was indeed the covid pandemic and…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel Paymentrose—19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWill the hon. Gentleman give way?19 Mar 2025