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HANSARDDepartment for Business and TradeI offer my thanks to the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee, the right hon. Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (Liam Byrne), for delivering a powerful…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDepartment for Business and TradeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. We need to take action to deepen bilateral trade with Canada. Does the Minister share Canada’s sentiment about strengthening our economies? Does…05 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belarus) (Revocation) Order 2025
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Russian Federation) (Revocation) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I thank the Minister for his remarks. I will briefly set out the Liberal Democrat view on this statutory instrument.…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI commend the Prime Minister for his efforts to make sure that Europe continues to support the defence of Ukraine. The United States, however, has changed the conversation on…03 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness and TradeThis is yet another failure in the Government’s main aim of getting Britain growing again. Zero-emission vehicles are too expensive and, it appears, too hard to manufacture in the…03 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ReliefThe Government’s policy will harm SEND children currently enrolled in independent schools One constituent wrote to me to say that their daughter goes to a local independent school…03 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseADHD assessment waiting times are too long, leaving patients and families in limbo as they are left without crucial treatments. Alongside existing medication shortages, that…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThis is yet another failure in the Government’s main aim of getting Britain growing again. Zero-emission vehicles are too expensive and, it appears, too hard to manufacture in the…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) on securing this important debate. I declare…12 Feb 2025HANSARDBusiness and TradeDonald Trump’s tariffs will cause much uncertainty across the world, not least for those working in our great British steel industry. Tariffs are not just bad news for UK steel…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersI am not the MP for Swansea West; I am the MP for Wokingham.12 Feb 2025HANSARD US Steel Import TariffsDonald Trump’s tariffs will cause much uncertainty across the world, not least for those working in our great British steel industry. Tariffs are not just bad news for UK steel…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill.11 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 4, in clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert— “(5A) As a further objective to the special resolution objectives in section 4 of the Banking Act 2009, when…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The United Kingdom has a strong defence industry worth £36 billion in exports, which is important to companies in my constituency, such as Collins Aerospace, Amentum and Chess…10 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I congratulate my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) on…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) for securing this debate and for his…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanI declare an interest, as I have a family member who has shares in a medical company. I pay tribute to the Minister for following through with his promise for a national cancer…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Accessibility of RadiotherapyThe Minister’s diary will be a little busy, but I am sure it can cope. I ask him to meet me and representatives of the Royal College of Radiologists to discuss the Government’s…04 Feb 2025HANSARDCareer Breaks: Parents of Seriously Ill ChildrenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I extend my thanks to the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for opening the debate so eloquently. Like so…03 Feb 2025