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HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementWe will tell the right hon. Gentleman that when we are bringing forward the independence prospectus. We regret that the UK has left the European Union. We regret the consequences…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementLast time we discussed this text, I said that I would reserve my enthusiasm until we saw more of the detail. I am rather glad I did, because while it would be churlish of me not…25 Nov 2020HANSARDClimate Change: International Co-operationI am grateful to the Minister for that reassurance. I suggest that he has a read of the SNP submission to the integrated review. There are some very good ideas in there, not least…24 Nov 2020HANSARDClimate Change: International Co-operationClimate change is going to drive the future crisis that humanity is facing. Parts of the world will get wetter and parts drier, with all the world more climatically unstable, and…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Nigeria: Sanctions RegimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray, and to take part in such a cross-party consensual discussion. I am glad to have heard some excellent contributions from…23 Nov 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation ProposalsI am appalled by the lack of seriousness with which the UK Government are taking issues in Northern Ireland. We have warned about it for long enough: even this morning, this…18 Nov 2020HANSARDHong KongI try to be fair, and I have much respect for the Minister. I listened to his statement carefully, and anyone would accept that there are limited things that the UK Government can…12 Nov 2020HANSARD Jonathan Taylor: SBM OffshoreI commend the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) for bringing forward this issue; it is important for the House to take stock of it. I note the…09 Nov 2020HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhI am grateful to the Minister for that answer. I have two very concrete points. We are all concerned about the risk of a proxy war within this, because there are more than two…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]I will speak to new clauses 1 to 7, which we tabled to try to improve this legislation. I spent 15 years in the European Parliament, alongside the hon. Member for Tiverton and…13 Oct 2020HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhI gently suggest that there is something for us to follow up in that, because there is a great deal of concern that UK armaments and people are finding their way into this…13 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe really need another debate on, to my mind, the inadequacy of the UK Government’s job support measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Particularly, we have a jobs emergency…08 Oct 2020HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesI warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) on raising this subject today. I also congratulate him on a speech that, frankly, I wish I had made myself; I…24 Sept 2020HANSARDYemenI too congratulate the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) on initiating the debate, and I pay tribute to him for his long-standing and committed interest in…24 Sept 2020HANSARD Belarus: Presidential ElectionsI thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of the statement, and I am pleased to commend him on the tone and content of it. It is important that we in this House are not…24 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Self-employed and Freelance WorkersYou are very kind, Madam Deputy Speaker. I assure you that I have had more shocking things to deal with this week than that. I warmly pay tribute to the hon. Member for Brighton,…17 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI take the point that the hon. Gentleman makes. He accuses me of promoting the case for independence and, indeed, I do promote the case for independence, but Government Members…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market Billrose —15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillAs an utterly pro-business but also pro-democracy party, we would contend that the Parliament of Scotland is best placed to look after jobs and work in Scotland, so will the hon.…15 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI commend the hon. Lady for her Unionism and respect it absolutely. Edinburgh West is a place I know well from my own background. Will she agree that there is not a single thing…15 Sept 2020