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HANSARDDeparture from the EU: Effect on UK Global ExportsIt is good to see the Secretary of State in good health. With what the Secretary of State calls the UK’s independent trade strategy, the UK cannot even export a chicken leg to any…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesWith less than 2% of the Conservative parliamentary party in the Chamber, it must be beyond debate that the Prime Minister will be investigated by the Privileges Committee.21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThe police may still have a hand in the twists and turns of this story. Given the events that have taken place, the House would look very stupid indeed if it did not refer the…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThe Prime Minister was certainly not under pressure in December on those matters when he did mislead the House. As the hon. Member for Belfast South (Claire Hanna) highlighted…21 Apr 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt was remiss of me earlier not to wish Her Majesty a happy birthday and English friends a happy St George’s day on Saturday, but it was even more remiss of the Department for…21 Apr 2022HANSARDEnergy Price Increase in April 2022In recent years, the UK Government have printed and borrowed hundreds of billions of pounds, which have been gathered—I emphasise the word “gathered”—not earned by billionaires…29 Mar 2022HANSARD UkraineI am glad that the Foreign Secretary mentioned food security. It is apparently only 10 days until the planting season starts in Ukraine. That poses obvious problems, on which we…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In response to my question on how many people have come into the UK from Ukraine compared with the 13,500 going into the Republic of…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is the first of two points of order that I hope to raise today. On Monday, the Government published a newly signed free trade agreement…02 Mar 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. There has been no detail of the sought scrutiny timeline and the Committee and its staff—and up in the House of Lords there is the same…02 Mar 2022HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—02 Mar 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn an unconnected point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday the Home Secretary came here with her latest version of how to get people from Ukraine to the United Kingdom, but it is…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine and Countering Threats from RussiaFollowing a point made by the right hon. Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale) about places being unable to cope with the numbers of people coming through and the need to keep…02 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Mother Language DayVery good; yes, I remember the great gift to modern democracy and politics that was that certain individual. The hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse was also right to make the…01 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Mother Language DayI am not sure how long I have to wind up for the SNP, but I will assume it is about five minutes and be gentle and kind to Labour and the Conservatives—as is always my way. It was…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineAs the Home Secretary knows, and I am glad she has already mentioned it, I have a constituent, Derek MacLeod, a businessman on the Isle of Lewis, who has 20 family members and…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineGet on with your job.01 Mar 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationIt is quite clear that, even after this, the Prime Minister does not want to leave No. 10 Downing Street, but do we not face the possibility that the UK’s PM might eventually be…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. If the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross) sits down, how is that an SNP tactic?24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesIs the hon. Gentleman saying that walking out of a trade bloc and increasing red tape, meaning that the UK has to have paperwork with every country that it exports to, is the same…24 Jan 2022