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HANSARD UK Energy Costsrose —08 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 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeI was referring to the ministerial transparency documents. In order to find out what financial interests Ministers have, we have to look at more than 300 documents; it should be…07 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeI am grateful to be called to speak in this debate, Mr Twigg. As you know, I am Chair of the Committee on Standards. I have always thought that was a bit of an irony—I am…07 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeI am not right honourable, by the way— [Interruption.] It is an outrage, I know—the country can hardly continue. This is an important point; when will we see the first list of…07 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeWill the Minister allow me to intervene again?07 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeOne of the difficulties of it all being done by the permanent secretary is that if—let us say, for the sake of argument—a Secretary of State was accused by a permanent secretary…07 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeIt was grey back then—there is nothing wrong with grey.07 Sept 2022HANSARDSanctions on RussiaOne of the people sanctioned in the UK is Roman Abramovich. His football club, Chelsea, was sold on 30 May, but the billions of pounds are sitting in his bank account because the…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI get very angry when I hear people such as Mick Lynch of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers suggest that it was the EU that effectively led to the…05 Sept 2022HANSARDSmall Boat CrossingsOur friends.05 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness StatementThere are two things that we could have been discussing this evening that might have been helpful for the whole House. First, the interviews for the new Parliamentary Commissioner…05 Sept 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK SanctionsThe right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) and I are tango partners in this—or a tag team, perhaps, depending on which way you want to look at…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK SanctionsThat’s not true!21 Jul 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK SanctionsThe Minister should bear in mind that he has managed to do that only because we have basically adopted all the EU sanctions, and all the Canadian and American sanctions, and that…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very cross with the Leader of the House. Not only did he refuse to have a meeting with me this week—the first time, I think, that a Leader of the House has ever refused to…21 Jul 2022HANSARDBarriers to Global TradeWhat a load of bollards the Government are putting in the way of British trade with other parts of the world, and in particular with the European Union. Historically, loads of…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK SanctionsWill the hon. Lady add another country, Nigeria, to her list? It is nothing to do with religion in this case, but there was a terrible massacre on 20 October 2020. Tukur Yusuf…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK SanctionsDoes the hon. Gentleman recognise the phrase “seamless garment”? It refers to Jesus’s robe when it was taken off him and they decided to cast lots for it rather than cut it up.…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Holocaust Memorial and Learning CentreThe memorial has to be near Parliament. At a time when antisemitism was commonplace, in the 1930s in British society, Victor Cazalet MP was the first person in the House to warn…21 Jul 2022