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HANSARD Russian Shadow FleetIt’s a very low threshold!15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDSouth Korean Hot-rolled Steel Plate: TRA RecommendationOn 6 June 2025, the UK’s Trade Remedies Authority initiated a dumping investigation on hot-rolled steel plate of South Korean origin. During the investigation, the TRA recommended…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorI see the right hon. Lady representing Plaid Cymru shaking her head; we have just done really well for Welsh lamb farmers in the GCC deal in the Gulf. Will I come back to the…21 May 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorIf I am honest, I am bit miffed by the attitude of Liberal Democrat Front Benchers, because I have regularly updated them ever since the Humble Address was passed. I have been as…21 May 2026HANSARDHumble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorI have today laid before the House documents the Government have identified that the House required in the 24 February 2026 Humble Address seeking all papers relating to the…21 May 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorYes, there was a long version but, to be honest, I would basically have been reading out the written ministerial statement that we laid at 10.30 am. Much as I love the sound of my…21 May 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorTo be absolutely clear, I think this is probably the last tranche of material that we have. If I had more to publish, I would have published it today; I have not got anything more…21 May 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement on the Government’s return to the Humble Address on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. I will speak briefly,…21 May 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorI hear the right hon. Member’s chuntering, in his regular application process to be made a trade envoy. I am still considering his proposal.21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe thing about a Labrador is that when it has got hold of the wrong end of the stick, it is very difficult to get that stick back. A lot of hon. Members have got the wrong end of…21 May 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorThe right hon. Gentleman says he has not applied for a post as a trade envoy. I do not want to show the House the text messages he sent me, but anyway, he makes a fair point. I…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle EastBut not finished.21 May 2026HANSARDSMEs: European TradeWe are helping SMEs do more trade with European countries by taking down tariff and other trade barriers in our EU-UK summit, reducing red tape in individual countries, enabling…21 May 2026HANSARD Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorI am grateful to the hon. Lady that she does not want to be a trade envoy. I often feel as if I am a trade envoy for Scotland, because we are often securing good deals, as we just…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course I am happy to meet. Maybe we should organise a meeting for several companies and several hon. Members. I am very happy to do that as soon as possible. I do not want to…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to meet the company, and the right hon. Gentleman if he want to come and see me, to talk through all those issues. It is really important, if we are to have a…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are listening to both sides of industry, because there are the downstream users and there is the production. The truth of the matter is that UK steel production under the…21 May 2026HANSARDSMEs: European TradeI am afraid that I am not going to take any ideas from the Lib Dems on this matter—I think I can pretty much unite the House on that. One of the things I am very keen on is that…21 May 2026HANSARDProcessed Russian Oil Products: SanctionsIt is true that this piece of the jigsaw in relation to sanctions policy lies across two Departments. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is in charge of sanctions…20 May 2026HANSARDProcessed Russian Oil Products: SanctionsI am terribly sorry; I am so fond of the right hon. Lady that I think of her in a commonplace way, or should I say a common-sense way? She was, of course, the Minister for common…20 May 2026