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HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am trying to understand if, at some point, we will hear anything from the Conservative party about what its Members think could be improved in the Brexit agreement that has been…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitOn the subject of lamb, will my hon. Friend reflect on the fact—I asked this of the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey)—that the previous Government negotiated a trade…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI thank the hon. Lady for giving way. I took a third of the time that her colleague, the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), took for his speech. Is she…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the hon. Lady give way?13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the hon. Lady give way?13 May 2025HANSARD EU Trading RelationshipWill the hon. Gentleman give way?24 Apr 2025HANSARD EU Trading RelationshipI absolutely agree. We need a veterinary agreement to improve the situation in our country. I agree with the proposal to allow British bands and creatives to tour more easily and…24 Apr 2025HANSARD EU Trading RelationshipI am most grateful to you, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Andrew Lewin) on calling this important debate, which I am pleased about; as…24 Apr 2025HANSARDLocal Authority Procurement: Economic Growth7. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to assist local authorities in using public procurement to help create economic growth.24 Apr 2025HANSARDLocal Authority Procurement: Economic GrowthI thank the Minister for her reply and for the excellent work she has done in putting together the procurement strategy. It has been a passion of mine for many years that we do…24 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsOn that point, will the hon. Lady give way?23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsWill the hon. Lady give way?23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI am most grateful to the hon. Lady for her delayed response. I am struck by her lack of response to two of my colleagues. She did not acknowledge to my hon. Friend the Member for…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsIt may be helpful I correct a couple of “facts” that the hon. Lady has given. In his election literature, my predecessor as Member of Parliament for Chelsea and Fulham made the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateIt is just Ben Coleman, Madam Deputy Speaker, but thank you for the honorific. I am very grateful to the Minister for his statement, and for the further measures he is taking to…08 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsMay I echo the thanks to the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister for the calm and effective way that they are dealing with the United States? Unlike some of the frivolous…03 Apr 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipI support my hon. Friend’s encouragement for the UK to accede to the pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention. I was at a meeting last week of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership…24 Mar 2025HANSARDBritish Sign Language WeekI am most grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. I was pleased to see plans for a GCSE in British Sign Language following the passage of the BSL Act, but I…20 Mar 2025