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HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUThis House has witnessed months and months of obfuscation and delay by the Government. At best, that has illustrated the sheer incompetence of their handling of the Brexit…27 Feb 2019HANSARDHuman Rights10. What steps he is taking to promote human rights globally.26 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019Does my hon. Friend agree that the increase in deaths, particularly of children and very old folk with respiratory illnesses, is alarming? Does he also agree that the Mayor of…26 Feb 2019HANSARDHuman RightsChild soldiers represent a major human rights concern. What more can be done to condemn and improve the situation of child soldiers in Yemen, both those on the Houthi side and,…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionBrexit costs a lot, both in political energy and in diversion away from the issues that constituents raise about the NHS, schools and so on, but what has been the cost of Brexit,…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019Based on the evidence being set out by the Minister, will she consider giving more money to councils so that they can do more such research for their own local solutions?26 Feb 2019HANSARD Trade Remedy Measures: UK InterestsWill the Secretary of State please explain to the House why the Trade Bill is taking so long to gain Royal Assent? Will he also list which trade unions he has included in his…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsThe Secretary of State’s reference to the sunny uplands of post-Brexit trade rather prompts the question why the Government Benches are not a little fuller today. Would my hon.…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWhat a pleasure it is to speak in this debate with so many other antipodeans: the hon. Members for Mole Valley (Sir Paul Beresford), for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) and for Edinburgh North…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsExactly. We are in the bizarre position of not having a proper agreement with our main trading partner, the EU, with which we do almost half our trade, or a little bit more than…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for his leadership of the Select Committee. It is a very interesting Committee that he manages very well, given the breadth of…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI agree, particularly in relation to some of the really sensitive things such as human rights. We are represented at an EU level, which means that we have our MEPs there in the…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) (No. 2)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for certain asylum seekers to be granted permission to work; and for connected purposes. Prior to my…20 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesIs it not particularly galling that a bank that used to be a building society with a sense of social conscience is inflicting this huge series of bank closures on our local…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesGiven the history over the past decade of how small businesses have been let down by the big banks, does my hon. Friend agree that this is yet another slap in the face for small…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesIn his reply to a written question by my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders), the Minister said: “the Treasury does not collect data relating to…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesAs a London MP, I would like to see the figures broken down by ward. I am sure we would find that everyone uses a card in central London, for example, whereas many people in my…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I am pleased to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard), who always…14 Feb 2019HANSARDSantander Closures and Local CommunitiesDoes the hon. Lady agree that it is inappropriate for an organisation to put staff on to less secure contracts in the knowledge that it will make 1,200 staff redundant, and might…14 Feb 2019HANSARDEU Trade Agreements: ReplicationThe Secretary of State mentioned Switzerland and the Swiss deal in his response to the urgent question. Could he explain why members of the International Trade Committee had to…13 Feb 2019