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HANSARD Public Sector Food ProcurementThe hon. Gentleman always makes salient points in Westminster Hall debates. He is absolutely right to talk about schools, education and how we can start talking about food, where…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Hospice Services: South DevonI thank my hon. Friend not only for calling this debate but for his wise speech on an important subject that is often not talked about out in the public. I commend him for his…29 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI, like the Minister, find this White Paper to be an enlightening and exciting read. It goes a long way to setting out our stall for what we want to do on international…21 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling UpI am well accustomed in this place to rejection, and after rounds 1 and 2 of the levelling-up fund, it was disappointing not to see Brixham and Paignton recognised. However, I am…20 Nov 2023HANSARDMaking Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols). Her faith in technology—she read her speech from it—is far greater than mine. I have seen many…09 Nov 2023HANSARDMaking Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerDoes my right hon. Friend agree that we should be using the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to review the supply chains for new technology, such as batteries? We know that modern slavery…09 Nov 2023HANSARDMaking Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerI am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but perhaps the reason why there is not a note in the King’s Speech about school food is that we introduced the Procurement Act 2023, which…09 Nov 2023HANSARDMaking Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerMy hon. Friend is spot on. If we can help and support those emerging democracies and economies around the world to leapfrog the intensive carbon industries that they think they…09 Nov 2023HANSARD Pakistan: Evacuation of AfghansI welcome the Minister’s comments and the work that he has done on this topic over the past few years, but I am trying to understand the resources that he has available to him. It…08 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaAfter the appalling protests this weekend, will the Prime Minister endorse the October declaration, which so many Members of this House and the other place have signed, and…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillListening to this debate, I am surprised that we are being accused of dither and delay when 13 years of Labour government never produced a Bill such as this. However, that is for…23 Oct 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesMy hon. Friend seems to be describing my journey home this evening. He is outlining the reason why we need people in our ticket offices: so that we can ask for advice and…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Veterans UpdateI absolutely support the Defence Secretary’s campaign to put a statue of Dr Turing in Trafalgar Square if that is what he is launching. Today’s apology is particularly welcome and…19 Jul 2023HANSARDDefence Command Paper RefreshI congratulate my right hon. Friend on an extraordinary four years as Secretary of State for Defence, in which he has done his duty above and beyond. He will be sorely missed. I…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: ScrutinyI congratulate the Chairman on subsuming the International Trade Committee, and on running the Business and Trade Committee so effectively. I join him in sending my best wishes to…13 Jul 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. After a Westminster Hall debate on 4 July, in which the House reasserted its commitment to never forget the genocide of Srebrenica and the need to…10 Jul 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [Lords]I rise fully in support of the Bill, and congratulate the Government and the Minister on the extraordinary work they have done on it. I also congratulate all Members from the…10 Jul 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [Lords]As ever, the Minister is incredibly gracious. I appreciate his intervention and thank him for that point, because it will send a message of confidence to my markets, and indeed to…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy question is about the Slapton line in my constituency. Can it be right that Natural England is holding back major infrastructure development in south Devon and not allowing us…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ3. I might respectfully say to the deputy leader of the Labour party, the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner), that if she wants to know what we are doing on…05 Jul 2023