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HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetSir Christopher, under your guidance, I will try to speak swiftly. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng) on introducing the debate; I welcome much…06 Jun 2023HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023The Minister talks about loopholes; will he confirm whether it is correct that the stated origin of petroleum is determined by where it is refined? Given that oil and gas products…15 May 2023HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Does the hon. Gentleman, like me, want to push the question slightly further and ask the Minister whether any contracts were known to be in the pipeline that might have resulted…15 May 2023HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I am grateful to the Minister for that interim response, but it does not quite answer the question that I posed, which was about whether the declared origin of petroleum products…15 May 2023HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commodity Derivatives and Emission Allowances) Order 2023I was listening to the right hon. Gentleman’s argument on onion futures trading. How does he reconcile that? Does it not give the lie to his argument about NFTs? It shows…02 May 2023HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commodity Derivatives and Emission Allowances) Order 2023I pay tribute to you in the Chair, Mr Gray, and look forward to contributing to this debate, but only to say this: King Canute would be horrified to find out that he was a…02 May 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt would be churlish not to welcome some aspects of this Budget. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] Yes, absolutely. The extra money for childcare is not comprehensive and it does not…15 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Home Secretary will be aware that the bulk of the 500,000 people she says have come through safe and legal routes are from Ukraine and Hong Kong. Regarding Afghanistan, she…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsI beg to move, That this House has considered leaseholders and managing agents. I am grateful to present this debate under your chairmanship, Sir George, because I know that you…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsI am most grateful to the Father of the House, who is also co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on leasehold and commonhold reform, for his knowledge, his campaigning…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsIndeed, Sir George. My hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury) is no stranger to witty epithets, and his suggestion that we should stop polishing and start…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsI am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has managed to get those condemnations on the record. I am sure that his constituents will be most grateful, as I am, for his doing so. He…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsI am very grateful to all hon. and right hon. Members who have spoken in this debate. It is clear that there is a compelling case for wholesale reform in this area. The hon.…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Leaseholders are not asking for special favours; they simply want equity and justice. The Government’s survey reported that more than 70%…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Leaseholders and Managing AgentsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He highlights something that is really important to us all: the mental health problems that this issue causes. It is not…28 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your rigorous chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I share the concerns of my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich. Here we have huge…22 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023Clearly, the building regulator will accrue a huge amount of information. Will the Minister set out how many building regulators there will be? Will there be only one? If so, what…22 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023Before the Minister moves on from the business of accountable persons, does she share the concern of many of my constituents that, by appointing the accountable person, the…22 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again; she is being generous in engaging in debate. In answering the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and…22 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy right hon. Friend is being extremely generous in giving way. Does she accept that the only way a union can avoid the situation she has just talked about, where unfair dismissal…30 Jan 2023