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HANSARDBarriers 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 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 2022HANSARD Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment)On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You will realise that there was a point of order a little while ago from the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton (Chris Clarkson), who…20 Jul 2022HANSARDUkrainian Resistance to Russian AggressionPutin obviously thought the west would fracture at the beginning, and it is good that the west has not fractured so far. It is also good that lots of different countries in the…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. No, I don’t have confidence in this Government, because they play fast and loose with numbers. They boast that they are recruiting 20,000 more…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentNo, I don’t have confidence in this Government, because they have manifestly failed to govern efficiently or effectively. They wasted billions on fraudulent covid loans, unusable…18 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance PressuresI, too, congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his new post. The Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee raised the question of what happens when people are ready to go…18 Jul 2022HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessExposure to the sun can lead to skin cancer, and skin cancer, especially melanoma, can kill. The incidence of it in the UK has grown significantly in the last 15 to 20 years. Can…18 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseHow are you going to vote?14 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseDivision!14 Jul 2022HANSARDFood PricesFresh fruit and vegetables are very important to everybody’s diet. We would like more people, especially people from poorer households, to be able to afford more. One of the…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) on taking his seat on the Treasury Bench. I confess that I hardly recognise him with his clothes on; we often…14 Jul 2022HANSARD British Special Forces in Afghanistan: New AllegationsThe Minister is absolutely right that insinuendo is not the same as evidence or proof of guilt, and nobody wants to tarnish the reputation of the British armed forces without due…14 Jul 2022HANSARDFood PricesIt’s a bit of a long way from the Rhondda.14 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterMay I try again?12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterOne of the problems is that lots of people advocate for having lots more of those individual projects. Something like 32 or 33 projects are going on at the moment, and one of the…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. As you know, “Erskine May” says very clearly: “By established convention, the Government always accedes to the demand from the…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterIs not one of the difficulties that all the alternative places that we would have to go to in an emergency are not safe? Church House is not safe from any kind of bomb attack, and…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterThe Leader of the House keeps talking about how every Parliament has to be able to reform and change the system, but that is just like procurement in the Ministry of Defence; we…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterThe right hon. Gentleman knows that I am very critical of what the Commissions have done in this regard because I have a terrible fear that if we just keep on changing the…12 Jul 2022