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HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy right hon. Friend is making an important point, and there is clearly friction on this side over what we see as the crux, but does he accept that the United States and…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillOn what the shadow Secretary of State said, there is obviously a genuine and good debate to be had on the elements of the Bill. This is not necessarily about industrial policy—I…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillNaturally, Madam Deputy Speaker, I hope to speak for no more than six minutes. It is a pleasure—genuinely a pleasure—to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillIs the shadow Secretary of State aware that some people on this side of the House, as part of this process and as part of the scrutiny, have been calling for an annual statement…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillUnless I missed it, there is no definition of national security in the Bill. Will the Secretary of State provide a definition or will he commit to putting one in the Bill to give…17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillWill my hon. Friend give way?17 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThere is a lot in the Bill that I am sure we all support, but does my right hon. Friend accept that without a public interest test, a character test, an anti-slavery test and a…17 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19Will the Minister give way?11 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter). I agree that the work of the vaccine taskforce has been superb. It is one of the reasons…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Government Response to Covid-19I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) for securing the debate. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), and I am sorry…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Government Response to Covid-19Will the hon. Member give way?03 Nov 2020HANSARD Government Response to Covid-19Where is there any sense of balance? I speak personally, and I know the hon. Member for Strangford lost somebody recently. Over the last decade, both my parents died of winter…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Government Response to Covid-19Is my hon. Friend aware that already the case for the 4,000 deaths, the sombrero of doom, is falling apart, and even the researcher who put the research together now says we…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19I would like to talk briefly in the time I have about the need for strategy, the need to use science transparently and the balance of risk. Sadly, this lockdown is by definition a…02 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI applaud very much the Prime Minister’s attempts to avoid a national lockdown. There are no simple answers—that is very clear—which is why data is so important. Oxford’s Carl…02 Nov 2020HANSARDBlack History MonthBlack History Month originated in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month, and it was created to remember important people and events in the…20 Oct 2020HANSARDBlack History MonthI wonder whether some constituents from a couple of millennia ago were part of that trade—I hope not. As a Trinidadian friend tells me, we do not help one group of people by…20 Oct 2020HANSARD RNLI and Independent Lifeboats: Covid-19I will not take up too much time. I am just going to thank the many lifeboat crews we have on the Island and then reiterate some of the concerns, which I am sure the Minister is…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportIs there any specific evidence that swimming pools and gyms are centres for covid transmission? Has any research been done into rising obesity and unfitness levels, and has any…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsI would like to talk briefly about the need for a plan, the use of language and the use of science. I am delighted that the Minister is here, because he is a very diligent…13 Oct 2020