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HANSARD Privatised Probation SystemMy constituent Sam Cook was stabbed to death last year. His killer was on licence having been released after being convicted of a similar knife offence, but the probation officer…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsAs my hon. Friend the Member for Brent North was just saying to me, Honda’s management are far too well-mannered to say these things in public, but a former ambassador will tell…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWhat an absurd intervention—but we have come to expect nothing less from the Secretary of State. Of course we should have trade around the world, but we should not be prioritising…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWell, the Secretary of State has been saying that for years. The Chair of the International Trade Committee spoke earlier, and the Committee’s report set out the consequences of a…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWe have come to an interesting point, with Labour Members citing Margaret Thatcher and the fact that she founded the single market of the European Union to demonstrate just how…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. It certainly has been a very thorough debate, and I certainly do not intend to go into the Minister’s allocation of time and will be…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsMy hon. Friend makes much the same point that my hon. Friend the Member for Brent North and I made when the Trade Bill was in Committee last year about the importance of full…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWas he? That is very kind of him. In 2017, a number of Australian academics warned of the danger that “Australia’s interests get caught up in the possibly unrealistic worldview of…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsThe leave campaign pushed the point rather hard about Turkey’s accession to the EU. My hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman)—this is the bigger point about…21 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe greatest damage from prenatal exposure to alcohol is often done in the first few weeks of pregnancy, yet three quarters of women in the recent Bristol University study said…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Merseyside Police FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I completely endorse everything my right hon. and hon. Friends have said, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDSmall BusinessesThe Secretary of State for International Trade seems to be hell-bent on destroying our businesses, judging by his support for zero import tariffs. Can the Business Minister…12 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Sorry.11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I completely agree with that, and there are a number of points here. In previous Committees, we have had a discussion about the fact that impact assessments have not been produced…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I think my hon. Friend has made an extremely good point, and the Minister and his colleagues have heard what she has said. And I thank you, Sir Edward, for your intervention there…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a similarity with the portability of content and the ability for consumers to watch Netflix or Amazon Prime, on the one hand, or for…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I will.11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I have a great deal of respect for him, and I do listen to him. The Opposition understand that this series of statutory instruments…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. This is already close to being the longest statutory instrument Committee that I have served on in my nine years in…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I think I might be able to help the Minister.11 Feb 2019