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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State is in charge of the worst-performing Department when it comes to emissions. Transport emissions have risen since 2010. The Committee on Climate Change said…02 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government contributed to the UN’s special report on 1.5°C, yet failed to take into account its contents when designating the airports national policy statement. Similarly,…02 May 2019HANSARD No-Deal Brexit: Cross-channel FreightOn 5 March, I told the Secretary of State that his settlement with Eurotunnel risked further litigation from other companies. I warned that taxpayers could face more compensation…02 May 2019HANSARD East Midlands Rail FranchiseClearly, the franchise system is in complete disarray. It seems that Stagecoach boss Martin Griffiths and Richard Branson have been taken completely by surprise by the…11 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is 12 April.25 Mar 2019HANSARDTransport EmissionsThis week the chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change said that tackling climate change “requires the strongest leadership in the heart of government.” But with the…21 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. It was said by the Minister, the hon. Member for Hereford and South Herefordshire (Jesse Norman), that I had made no mention of cycling in my…21 Mar 2019HANSARDTransport EmissionsThe Minister said there was nothing about that in my speech. I will send him a copy. He needs to read it again, because it was there. Talk comes cheap, and what matters are…21 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsThe hon. and learned Lady makes an important point on an issue to which I will be returning in a few minutes.05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsYes, I was greatly surprised, but the hon. Gentleman has to concede that there had to be some justification for bringing the wrong Secretary of State to the Dispatch Box, and if a…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsMy hon. Friend makes a pertinent point. I am just astonished that people can hide behind what they perceive as being the national interest; I fail to see how it is in the national…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI am happy to take an intervention. Hopefully the Secretary of State can come to the Dispatch Box and correct his human-shield colleague, because the urgent question was directly…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsThat is a very good question, and I have raised the point myself. Those who were inquiring into the bona fides of these companies were restricted in the scope they were given. Why…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsWas the hon. Gentleman as surprised as I was to hear that no costs had been incurred in this? He has highlighted the £800,000 that was paid out to consultants, but there was also…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI am grateful for that clarification that it took a Cabinet Committee to make such a mess of things. Can the Secretary of State specifically say what is in this standard…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that revealing clarification about the obvious chaos that the Government are in over these important issues. They do not speak with a…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsThat is a fair observation. We have heard that the Secretary of State was prevented from undertaking contingency planning in the first place because of disputes in the Government…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI say gently to the hon. Gentleman that that is a ridiculous proposition. Is he saying for a single second that this is wise investment and that it takes a court case for people…05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI know the hon. Gentleman wants to get to his feet to retract that comment, so I will let him intervene again.05 Mar 2019HANSARD EU Exit Preparations: Ferry ContractsI absolutely agree with the hon. and learned Lady on that. Having been in practice for the thick end of 30 years, I have never entered into a settlement where the defendant has…05 Mar 2019