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HANSARD Contingencies Fund (No. 2) BillI welcome the Opposition’s interest in this motion. It is incredibly important. I particularly welcome their conversion to the importance of value for money. It is the…11 Mar 2021HANSARD Contingencies Fund (No. 2) BillI will just give way to the hon. Lady before I finish.11 Mar 2021HANSARD Contingencies Fund (No. 2) BillI agree with the shadow Minister that we need accountability and transparency, but there is already a whole framework for public spending. As others have said, all the amendment…11 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI do not normally start my speeches by citing former Labour Ministers in support, but I have noticed that Frank Field, Lord Field, has issued a tweet saying: “Best budget in my 42…03 Mar 2021HANSARDExiting the European Union (Excise)I very much welcome these three measures on duty-free changes and travellers’ allowances. First, on the return of duty-free, when, a few years ago, I was asked by The Sun…03 Feb 2021HANSARD Environment BillAs chair of the all-party parliamentary environment group and as a member of the Environment Bill Committee, I very strongly welcome this Bill. As we have heard, it may not give…26 Jan 2021HANSARD Economic UpdateGreen finance has a crucial role to play if we want to build back better and transition to a net zero economy by 2050. The UK has a critical role in the development of the sector…11 Jan 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI join colleagues from across the House in welcoming the approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine. As I might have mentioned a couple of times, AstraZeneca has its global headquarters…30 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsLike other schools and teachers across the country, those in South Cambridgeshire have been working miracles to continue providing education throughout the pandemic. They are…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationI commend my hon. Friend on his absolutely fascinating speech. It is clearly good to try to get global co-operation on this as a coalition of the willing, as he put it, among as…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationI commend my hon. Friend and his campaign for border carbon adjustment payments, which makes absolute sense. There is no reason why people who are not green should get a…16 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMany of the life science and other businesses of South Cambridgeshire export to Northern Ireland. Can my right hon. Friend reassure them that they will not face any new…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I wonder whether the hon. Member would like to join me in making it clear to the British public that the phrase “oven ready” was used about the withdrawal agreement, which we did…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)It is a great honour to speak after my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) and hear his impassioned plea for a vision of life in Britain after Brexit. Let me…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I never thought that it would be a really easy negotiation. It was clearly going to be complicated, and the Government have been negotiating in good faith. Another thing I have…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)You talked about the notwithstanding clauses as irresponsible and said that the damage may have been done, but would you like to join me in welcoming the Government reaching an…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)We have been given enough information so far to know the general principles of the Bill, but we are discussing a Ways and Means motion. The Bill will be published after this, in…08 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate Change Assembly UK: The Path to Net ZeroI am a member of the Treasury Committee, one of the commissioning Select Committees for this report. I also speak as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the environment…26 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastMy constituency is home to the global headquarters of AstraZeneca, the private sector company that has committed to producing, on a not-for-profit basis, the so-called Oxford…25 Nov 2020HANSARDTrade Agreements: Food and Farming StandardsWhat steps the Government are taking to maintain food and farming standards in future trade agreements.19 Nov 2020