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HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationAbsolutely. Our unemployment has gone down dramatically, and has halved since 2010. This has been an astonishing performance. Given the economic troubles that we have experienced…21 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI wish to put on record my strong support for the Bill. As a former environment editor of The Observer and of The Times, I have written a lot about the conservation of African…17 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillWe are all united in this House in trying to protect endangered African wildlife. I have seen a lot of it out in the wild and I applaud those efforts. What there is disagreement…17 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationWill the hon. Member give way?15 Mar 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankThe sighs of relief across South Cambridgeshire this morning were so loud that they were almost deafening. Dozens of my technology companies, which had been in contact with me…13 Mar 2023HANSARDPension ContributionsI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require employers to pay pension contributions into a pension scheme of the employee’s choosing; and for connected…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Science and Technology FrameworkAs somebody with a maths degree, I am naturally very supportive and enthusiastic about a Government Department dedicated to science, and I very much welcome the new framework to…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Ukrainian Holodomor and the War in UkraineI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) on securing this important debate and my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) on his powerful…07 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2023I want to say a few words, because, as the Minister is well aware, I am the MP for South Cambridgeshire, which is the life sciences capital of the UK, with 400 life sciences…06 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on bringing forward this incredibly important Bill. Domestic abuse is truly awful. It is insidious…03 Mar 2023HANSARD Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) for bringing this Bill forward. It is on an incredibly important issue that has been the subject of…03 Mar 2023HANSARD Equipment Theft (Prevention) BillI, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (Greg Smith) on bringing forward this private Member’s Bill, and on his birthday as well—hopefully, seeing his Bill…03 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomy: Impact of UK Withdrawal from EUI welcome the fact that this Government are so committed to making the UK an innovation nation that they have just today set up a whole new Government Department to promote…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that Labour is playing the classic Labour game of class war as a mirage to try to gather votes from the left?31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusMy hon. Friend is making a powerful and important speech. Does he agree that the reason why the Labour party is focusing on this issue so much in this debate and during Prime…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah). I want to start by congratulating the Government on what today’s IMF report says about economic growth…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusWill the hon. Gentleman give way?31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusThe hon. Member asks what makes this current Prime Minister reluctant to change non-dom tax status, but what made Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the former Labour Prime Ministers,…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Thank you, Mr Speaker—I could not imagine being anywhere more joyful than in the Chamber. The Liberal Democrat and Labour authorities in Cambridgeshire are introducing the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI have been involved in European policymaking over a period of about 20 years, including being Europe editor of The Times . Something that struck me is that it is very difficult…18 Jan 2023