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HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipFirst, Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish you, and all right hon. and hon. Members of this House, a very happy St Andrew’s Day. He is by far and away the best saint, in my humble…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: National MemorialI thank my hon. Friend the Minister for his response to the debate and for his acknowledgment of the campaign. I also thank him for agreeing to meet me and other members of the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: National MemorialI beg to move, That this House has considered a national memorial to the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I have a…09 Nov 2021HANSARDPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: National MemorialI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and I heartily agree. It was in speaking with George yesterday who, as my hon. Friend says, at 97 remains as sharp as a tack and very…09 Nov 2021HANSARDPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: National MemorialI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I completely agree: all the air bases from which the PRU flew should be commemorated, and all the men who flew, from whatever airfield,…09 Nov 2021HANSARDPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: National MemorialI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, and that very personal family tribute. His father, like many, served in the second world war, and they were only able to do so…09 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Fishing IndustryI thank my hon. Friend for that answer. As a newly independent coastal state seeking this week to negotiate with Norway an agreement on Arctic cod, what is he doing to break the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Fishing Industry2. What steps he is taking to support the Scottish fishing industry.03 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Sixth sitting)Surely that is exactly the point. If a natural disaster has occurred, it is almost certain that the Secretary of State would declare a natural disaster. There is nothing that I…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose—01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and to everything that he did to improve the digital infrastructure across the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to speak in support of the Budget presented last week by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. After over four and a half years in this place, and…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will not because there is not much time left. I am sure the hon. Member is speaking later, if not tomorrow, and I will look out for his contribution then. [ Interruption. ] He…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAberdeenshire has not even applied to the levelling up fund yet—we are applying in the next round. Aberdeen city, which we have heard nothing of in this debate, has received £76…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman has now been speaking for 10 minutes and I am yet to hear anything about what the Labour party would do if it were in Government and we were not. What would the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI understand and respect that we have political differences on our respective sides of the House, but surely the hon. Gentleman can join us in welcoming the fact that this Budget…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Third sitting)I find nothing objectionable in what the hon. Lady is saying or indeed the amendments. However, possibly due to what she has said about the Government’s amendment and what is…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Given that we did not accept the hon. Lady’s earlier amendment, does she not worry that this new proposal might weaken the Bill further with regard to what she is talking…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman expand on how Morrisons would fit into the definition of “national critical infrastructure”, as set out in amendment 14?28 Oct 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?28 Oct 2021