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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK Legal ObligationsThe United Kingdom Government signed the withdrawal agreement with the Northern Ireland protocol. This Parliament voted that withdrawal agreement into UK legislation. The…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Death by Dangerous Driving (Sentencing)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to increase the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving to life…21 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am afraid I am on a strict time limit.06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMay I say how much I welcome the fact that the Bill has returned for its Report stage and Third Reading? This is a very important Bill. I will not be able to speak on Third…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for the kind remarks he made earlier. He has just outlined the importance of this Bill. Will the Government do everything they…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. I would also say that some of the local health trusts in my area in Berkshire have put together small videos getting out important…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillIt has been so long that I had forgotten. I will give way.06 Jul 2020HANSARD Civil Service AppointmentsThank you, Mr Speaker. May I first pay tribute to Sir Mark Sedwill and thank him for his extraordinary public service over many years? I served on the National Security Council…30 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend has rightly been focusing on keeping people safe, but that task goes beyond covid-19, so can he give me the reassurance that as from 1 January 2021, the UK…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: AviationI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Aviation supports 1 million jobs in the UK, including 114,000 in aerospace and 1,700 in my…03 Jun 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK ApproachI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his statement. Will he confirm that, as from 1 January 2021, Northern Ireland —that is, a part of the United Kingdom—will be required to…20 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19First, I pay tribute to all those in the NHS, in care homes and in other settings for working so hard to save lives. But I also pay tribute to all those other workers—the people…12 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19: TransportI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Prime Minister said that aviation is crucial for our country and our economy. I received a…12 May 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I add my thanks to all those who have made this hybrid debate possible, because this Bill is hugely important? Domestic abuse damages lives. It…28 Apr 2020HANSARD Windrush Lessons Learned ReviewMay I first associate myself with the unqualified apology that the Home Secretary has given to the Windrush generation? I have given my own apology previously, but I do so again…19 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is rightly engrossed day to day in dealing with the developments of covid-19, but I would like to ask him to cast his mind a little further forward. The chief…18 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19May I join the Secretary of State, and the shadow Secretary of State, in commending and paying tribute to all who work in our national health service, on whom we rely from day to…16 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI will not give way. If I allow the right hon. Gentleman to intervene, the time will be taken out of my time, so I apologise for not doing so. I simply want to make this point: it…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThere is no doubt that, as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor and other speakers have acknowledged, this Budget has had to be delivered against the very difficult background of…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. She is right to refer to the hospitality sector and the various elements of business within it, and the impact that the positive…11 Mar 2020