Contributions
681 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for letting me intervene on her. She mentions the young people outside today. I went out to talk to some of them. Does she agree that they are an…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House will surely not be surprised to hear me sounding outraged. Nine statutory instruments are to be taken on the Floor of the House next week, of which seven…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am smiling.13 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister says we have to get through these SIs. We had some time to get through them. They were all utterly predictable, but the Government have left them all until the very…13 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Food and Feed Imports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Will the Minister give way?12 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Food and Feed Imports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 With the permission of the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Sunderland West, I will mention that it has occurred to me that the Minister has now made…12 Mar 2019HANSARDSyriaI thank the Minister for his very thorough and thoughtful approach, as always, to this region and its problems. He says that 50% of United Nations requests to deliver aid are…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSocial Media Platforms: Harmful ContentThe Secretary of State mentions the duty of care applying to platforms. Is he aware that there are gaming platforms similar to social media platforms which are circulating…07 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Human Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My hon. Friend mentions minimal disruption to patients, which the Minister mentioned twice. Does he share my concern that any patient listening to or reading the record of these…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Human Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My hon. Friend is attacking the detail of these statutory instruments with forensic attention, and I do not envy the Minister in trying to respond to all his many pertinent…06 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State or one of his colleagues mentioned the Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill, but there is also the Agriculture Bill, the Fisheries Bill and numerous…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s ProgressI thank the Minister very much for giving way. I know that she is very short of time. Although I welcome all of those achievements, does she not agree that, if we really are to…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s Progressrose —28 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), was somewhat snippy with me earlier when I asked him about the…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s Progressrose —28 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsAdministrative errors and other mistakes in strategy and practicality flow from values, so what is the Minister doing to inculcate into her Department a set of clear values, and…25 Feb 2019HANSARDFree Childcare: Costs and BenefitsI applaud the Welsh Government and I look forward to seeing the impact of that, which may have lessons for the UK Government. I believe that, like the Labour party, the UK…19 Feb 2019HANSARDFree Childcare: Costs and BenefitsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for adding that example from his caseload. I could tell many a story of people I worked with in Sure Start centres across the country who had…19 Feb 2019HANSARDFree Childcare: Costs and BenefitsThank you, Mr Davies. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones) and to other colleagues, who made excellent points. I will try to do…19 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland BackstopThe Attorney General made a rather snippy remark, if I may say so, about my hon. Friend the Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds) having made a comment from the sidelines, and…19 Feb 2019