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HANSARDTopical QuestionsNew research by the Disabilities Trust shows that 48% of homeless people have had a major brain injury, which may have led to their being homeless. Is it not time that we put to…17 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI am grateful, Mr Speaker. You know that for the past hour we have been listening to questions that were meant to be directed to the Prime Minister. The Leader of the House said…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillOne issue that is quite difficult for UK agencies concerns moneys that come from British companies straight into sanctioned accounts in the United States. British paper…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI think the Home Secretary said the sale of tier 1 visas, as if the Government or the Conservative party were somehow selling these things. Is it not absolutely shocking that 10…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillLook, some of us have been battling on this for a very long time. Some of us said in 2014 that if we did not sanction Putin properly then, he would not only take the Crimea, but…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIn fact, we tabled some of the measures in the Bill as amendments in 2018, and all that lot voted against them. One of my anxieties is about what happens with oligarchs’ assets…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Home Secretary is being generous in giving way; I am very grateful. I warmly welcome all these changes to Companies House, for which some of us have been arguing for a very…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillHow much?13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill the Home Secretary give way on that point?13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe sale? You were selling them?13 Oct 2022HANSARDUkraineI warmly congratulate the Minister. He looks very comfortable at the Dispatch Box, although obviously we do not want him to feel too comfortable there. He is right to say that…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsThe one thing businesses always want is security, and an understanding of what is going to happen for them next year. They are worrying about their borrowing costs for next year,…11 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanIt must, surely, be the definition of chutzpah to come to the House of Commons and complain about high taxation and low growth, when the right hon. Gentleman voted for 15…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessThe trouble with announcing a measure that only lasts six months is that local authorities are, quite responsibly, putting together their budgets for next year now. My local…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkrainePutin did exactly the same, of course, in 2014. He held a fake referendum in Crimea and, unfortunately, the will of the west weakened. How do we make sure that people such as…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkraineI completely agree with what my hon. Friend is saying about Ukraine now, but we could have been saying it back in 2014. One problem is that we did not take this issue seriously…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen“Ring out the old, ring in the new,” wrote Tennyson on the death of his much-loved friend. We proclaim, “The Queen is dead, long live the King”, but it feels too sudden, too soon,…09 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI warmly welcome the right hon. Lady to her new job, not least because she got to be leader after all; historically, the leader of the Government was the Leader of the House in…08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsIs not the bigger point that there is a simple choice about how to pay for this? It either all goes on borrowing, ordinary families and the never-never, or at least some of it is…08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy Costsrose —08 Sept 2022