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HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesOh, come on!08 Feb 2022HANSARD Merseyside: Funding of Local AuthoritiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, and I add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) on having…08 Feb 2022HANSARDDRAFT MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I know that the Minister is at the centre of the Government’s efforts to deal with economic fraud and money…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDRAFT MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2022I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way on that point. It was absolutely remarkable that when we took evidence from the Minister, and from his Home Office colleague who was…07 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the Prime Minister needs a Metropolitan police inquiry to tell him whether he attended a party on 13 November in his own Downing Street flat, why should we believe that he is a…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementI want to pay a very short tribute, because we have heard so much from both sides of the House that encompasses so accurately Jack’s many qualities. When he came to the House, he…02 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteWas my hon. Friend as surprised as me not only by the terms with which Lord Agnew, the Minister in the Lords, resigned—the “schoolboy errors” made—but to learn that the National…01 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe Prime Minister told us: “I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no party and that no covid rules were broken.” —[ Official Report , 8…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillWhile the Minister wrings his hands, London has become the jurisdiction of choice for dirty money. The levels of fraud are soaring upwards in the wrong direction. We have waited…26 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Surely a just transition means not leaving millions to cope with soaring energy prices as inflation hits its highest level for 30 years. Why will the Government not heed…19 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventPerhaps it would be faster if Sue Gray were to investigate the days when there were not parties— [ Laughter. ] I have sympathy for the Minister, because he has been sent with his…11 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthHas the Secretary of State noticed, as I have, the view that omicron may have originated in Africa in an immunosuppressed sufferer of HIV, where these viruses can mutate much…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthWill my hon. Friend acknowledge that anti-vaxxers are using vicious and very effective psychological propaganda to upset and worry people who may be vaccine hesitant, particularly…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesI think romance is always required in politics. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the contribution of co-operatives and mutual societies to the…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesBefore we begin, I remind Members that they are expected to wear face coverings when they are not speaking in the debate. This is in line with current Government and House of…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesIt is my intention to call the Front-Bench speakers from 10.30 am, so you can do the maths yourselves in order for everybody to get the chance to speak.14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesI now call the Front Benchers, beginning with Chris Stephens.14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic Healthrose—14 Dec 2021HANSARD Post Office Historical Shortfall SchemeBefore we begin, I remind Members that they are expected to wear face coverings when they are not speaking in the debate, in line with current Government guidance and that of the…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesI intend to call the Front-Bench speakers no later 10.28 am.14 Dec 2021