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HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is being kind in giving way. To support my hon. Friend the Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray), in my 14 years in this Parliament, I do not think I…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThere are a lot of fossils around here.19 Jun 2019HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetLast night, at the Renewable Energy Association dinner, its chair, Nina Skorupska, said that the Committee on Climate Change should be renamed the committee for climate emergency.…12 Jun 2019HANSARDInshore Fishing Boats: Non-EEA WorkersThat is much appreciated, Mr Speaker. This cuts across the Department for International Trade, of course, and I have a constituency interest. The Minister talks about a year-long…10 Jun 2019HANSARD Christmas Island Nuclear Testing: CompensationThis debate is about establishing compensation and giving those veterans or the people in the vicinity justice. Does the Minister think that justice has happened at this point?21 May 2019HANSARD Future International Trade OpportunitiesWill the Minister give way?01 May 2019HANSARD Future International Trade OpportunitiesLeaving the European Union with the deal that the Prime Minister hopes to get would do 6% damage to GDP. Leaving with no deal would do 8% damage. An American trade agreement would…01 May 2019HANSARD Future International Trade OpportunitiesMy hon. Friend was very kind, when he started his speech, in agreeing with the hon. Member for North Warwickshire (Craig Tracey). I am sure there is much to agree with, but I…01 May 2019HANSARD Future International Trade OpportunitiesWill the hon. Gentleman give way?01 May 2019HANSARD Future International Trade OpportunitiesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way on that point, which leads me to the point raised by the hon. Member for North Warwickshire (Craig Tracey). The stats he just…01 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. He is slowly signing up to the talk of a climate emergency. In my constituency, the UK’s carbon footprint could be given…01 May 2019HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: NHS/Public ServicesFree trade agreements are, of course, needed, and the EU has some very good ones, which is why the United Kingdom Government are copying them. But trading on World Trade…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not want to wander too far from the current matter, but just a week before the independence referendum, David Cameron said that if Scotland voted to remain in the United…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)The humiliation for the Brexiteers is greater and deeper than any single Scottish nationalist could have imagined. Not only are they here because the European Union demands that…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a good point. In a number of business questions sessions, I and other Members have asked the Leader of the House for time to make progress on the…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)Tomorrow, 29 March, had long been trailed as the Brexiteers’ brilliant independence day. It was the day that they had trumpeted for two and half long years, but it turns out that,…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)I was rather enjoying your own speech there, Mr Speaker. To finish, I want to underline the humiliation that is the House of Commons turning up at the demand of the EU. I wonder…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)I hear cheers from the Tory Benches for Scottish independence. Is that a first? Are the benefits of Brexit finally coming to us?28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will the hon. Lady give way?27 Mar 2019