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HANSARDFisheries ManagementIt is a pleasure to see you in your place, Sir Charles, for this morning’s important debate. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on…13 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational Aid: Treasury UpdateMay I begin by saying how pleased I am that the Government have finally bowed to pressure and that we in this House are having the vote that we were promised on cutting money to…13 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI will give way if it is on that point.06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMay I, too, say how pleased we are to see the hon. Member for Norwich North (Chloe Smith) back in her place? I look forward to many confrontations with her in the coming weeks and…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. No, we are not doing that, and I will come on to exactly why we are not. Although I acknowledge that the 2019 Labour…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI think the fact that the principles are not there suggests that they will not be there. I understand that there is no statute—there cannot be—and therefore there will be no…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThat is another piece of absolute obfuscation by the Minister—a ridiculous piece of obfuscation—so I will return to what I was saying. No matter how intense the 2011 Act, this is…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillAs I understand it, and reading what Professor Elliott says, the Lascelles principles would go and therefore we are not returning to exactly the position we had prior to the…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and I absolutely agree. What is happening here is that the monarch will not be able to refuse under any circumstances,…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe right hon. Gentleman shouts from a sedentary position that that would never happen to the SNP. Indeed, the SNP could not cut and run in the Scottish Parliament because we work…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe Scottish Government will stand by and have stood by their record, and have been accountable on the day of the Scottish elections for every Parliament. The Scottish Parliament…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI will come to the right hon. Gentleman in a moment, but I will take your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, and move on. Clause 3 of the Bill is an ouster clause. It aims in effect to…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIn the name of the wee man. Madam Deputy Speaker, I attempt not to waste your time or this House’s time, so yet again I will ignore the Minister. In evidence to the Committee, the…06 Jul 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilThe decision by this Government to take essential, life-saving money away from the world’s poorest people is absolutely shameful. The fact that the Government of one of the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDPalestinian School Textbooks: EU ReviewIt is pleasure to see you in the Chair for this morning’s debate, Dame Angela. As many hon. Members have said, this is not the first time that this issue has been discussed in the…30 Jun 2021HANSARD Deforestation in the AmazonIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr McCabe. I join other hon. Members in congratulating the right hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) on securing the debate…23 Jun 2021HANSARDStrengthening the UnionIt seems to me that this Government’s plan to strengthen the Union is to first sell out the fishing industry and then betray Scotland’s farmers. Can the Secretary of State explain…23 Jun 2021HANSARDStrengthening the UnionAnswer the question!23 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaMy constituency overwhelmingly rejected Brexit, because we knew what it would do to our farming and fishing industry. Is the Secretary of State concerned that the Australian…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPreventing Sexual Violence in Conflict InitiativeI congratulate and thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall), and indeed all Members who have contributed to this afternoon’s debate. There is no doubt that we are all…17 Jun 2021