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HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleI thank my hon. Friend for her points, which I will come to in my speech. One key thing she pulled out is that successive Governments have made many arguments about why this…08 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleI beg to move, That this House has considered financial security and inequality in the Caribbean. It is an honour to conduct the debate with you in the Chair, Mr Davies. Before…08 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleI thank my hon. Friend for her wonderful intervention—it is almost as though she is reading ahead in my speech, and I will come to some of those points. I would go further: this…08 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleThe hon. Gentleman will not find me defending the EU on the matter of the Caribbean. Later, I will explain why, like the United Kingdom, the EU also owes a debt to the Caribbean.…08 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleI thank the hon. Gentleman for those points. We can have both a fair immigration system in this country, which we do not have at the moment, and justice for the Caribbean. The two…08 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2023
Draft Agriculture (Financial Assistance) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I want to pick up on the point the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire made about an army of people in high-vis holding clipboards. One issue that has been raised with the…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs the Secretary of State and her Department aware of the severe financial crisis engulfing the University of East Anglia, one so severe that the vice-chancellor has today…27 Feb 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. May I seek your guidance on the matter of slavery reparations to the Island of Grenada, and the wider Caribbean? As you may be aware, today the…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, in which Members will find no money from oligarchs, Saudi Arabia, oil barons or oil…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyMy hon. Friend is making a top-banana speech—it is fantastic. On public services, in Norwich and Norfolk we know that the two local authorities face a combined budget deficit of…22 Nov 2022HANSARDNHS Staffing LevelsI thank my hon. Friend for making such an excellent speech. Will he comment on the fact that at the University of East Anglia medical school we saw a fifth of new nurses, or…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Sector Pay: Proposed Strike ActionI thank my hon. Friend for this critical debate; I notice there are more civil servants in attendance than there are Government Members, which is shameful. I want to pick up on…01 Nov 2022HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessWill the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster accept that there are just too many climate deniers on the Government Benches, too many oil licences being granted, too many carbon…18 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)But here is my question—30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Can I make one point on that? I have to speak on behalf of many people in this country who would make the point that if you did not have animals as foodstuffs or even believe…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q I know you do not deal with IP, but if it is a natural occurrence, why is IP applicable? Surely, it is not invention; it is a genetic coding. I am just keen to know why you feel…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)I disagree with that. I am reading a peer review paper here—30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Mr Stevenson, if you could change the Bill, what are the key changes you would make? For example, do you agree ethically with the plant component of the Bill, in terms of gene…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q I would like to come back to the labelling, which Dr Ferrier touched on. Why is the NFU opposed to this? I have heard the argument about costs being a key issue, but I would…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q It is good to see you again, Professor Oldroyd and Dr Harrison. Your last comments have thrown my question in many ways. You said that not much is said about pharmaceuticals and…28 Jun 2022