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HANSARD Leaving the EU: Driving LicencesI beg to move, That this House has considered the potential impact of leaving the EU on driving licences. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and I am…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI am so pleased to hear today’s announcement that we are delivering. It was one of the key things in our plan for patients that I wanted to ensure happened. In particular, many…31 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023Only with the leave of the Committee.30 Jan 2024HANSARDMedia BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for tabling his amendment. I strongly agree with him: the issue cannot just be left in the air, given the importance of public service broadcasting. I…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023On a point of order, Mr Paisley. Can an hon. Member speak twice? The hon. Member for Glasgow South West has already spoken.30 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseEnergy national policy statements have a significant impact on my constituents. I am grateful to my right hon. Friend’s officials and her Parliamentary Private Secretary for…25 Jan 2024HANSARDBusinesses in Rural AreasI think that my right hon. Friend is doing a great job for rural businesses. However, the Met Office, which is under her stewardship, is responsible for providing wind forecasts,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDSocial Rented HousingIn my constituency of Suffolk Coastal, Flagship is selling houses to second-home owners. That is a scandal. It tries to suggest that it is because it cannot repair them…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillMy right hon. and learned Friend, having been a recorder and Solicitor General, is well established in the operation of the law, and I agree. Why not make it two months after…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. People who steal, or abduct, pets are despicable, and I am delighted that the legislation that my hon. Friend the Member for Southend…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillIt is a pleasure to speak about this Bill, and I congratulate the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) on introducing it. The wisdom of doing so will make her the toast…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillI should declare that I am a member of three building societies, and until recently I had a mortgage with Nationwide. I agree with my hon. Friend about the importance of building…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is important to speak in this debate. I have to say, I was somewhat astonished by the speech of the shadow Home Secretary, who cannot even get the name of the country right,…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHS2 Cancellation and Network NorthIt is a pleasure to contribute today, Mr Davies. I was a member of the Cabinet when the decision was made to change the investment and reinvest the £36 billion to drive economic…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Caroline. This may surprise Members, but I am not a member of the Committee. However, I care about this issue. I believe…17 Jan 2024HANSARDEngagementsI know that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is committed to energy security and the development of renewables, as am I, and that is why Sizewell C started a development…17 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTransparency is important in the development of the energy sector. National Grid is refusing to publish its assessment of Bradwell as a potential landfall site for cables and…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill It is a pleasure to speak on Third Reading. It was important, when the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was set aside, that a commitment was made to bring legislation forward,…15 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateI was really concerned when my right hon. Friend mentioned the number of requests made to the BMA for certain duties in hospitals and that only two had been responded to…08 Jan 2024HANSARDTaskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures: Recommendations16. If he will make mandatory the recommendations on reporting of the taskforce on nature-related financial disclosures.19 Dec 2023