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HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsMany of us, on both sides of the House, want to deliver what people voted for, to avoid a no-deal Brexit and to avoid the process being strung out interminably, so I welcome the…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI thank my right hon. Friend for the information he shared with me and other Kent MPs earlier this week about the accelerating preparations for ensuring that freight traffic…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThose of us who live in east Kent, where the efficient operation of the Dover-Calais route is essential for the smooth running of our entire road network, have a particular reason…03 Sept 2019HANSARDBBCThe hon. Lady just said that we ought to be proud of the BBC. Does she acknowledge that, as a country, we are very proud of it? Not only is it one of this country’s most popular…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNHS Long-Term Plan: ImplementationI felt that my right hon. Friend’s announcement deserved a more enthusiastic response than the uncharacteristically churlish one it received from the shadow Health Secretary. In…01 Jul 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesAs my right hon. Friend said in his opening remarks, one of the cases took place at the William Harvey Hospital in my constituency, and my constituent Tanya Marston, who is,…17 Jun 2019HANSARDFree TV Licences: Over-75sMy right hon. and learned Friend is right that the maintenance of the concession for those on pension credit is the key to what happens next. May I introduce some maths into this?…11 Jun 2019HANSARDIllegal Seaborne MigrationThe safety and security of the Kent coast is of tremendous concern to my constituents as well as those of my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Charlie Elphicke). The Minister is…04 Jun 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingThe hon. Gentleman is being generous in giving way. I say this, again, in the spirit of co-operation across the Chamber. He makes the point about adult social care. At whatever…24 Apr 2019HANSARD South-Eastern Rail FranchiseMy constituents are as anxious as anyone about the reasons that lie behind this continuing delay, but they are even more anxious that the improvements we have all been promised…23 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilMany in this place and, more importantly, many exporting businesses and farmers will welcome the fact that they no longer face tariffs that would threaten their survival, which is…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI echo my hon. Friend’s praise for the good work of the all-party parliamentary group on this. I am sure that he will come on to talk about retrospection. When my constituents…04 Apr 2019HANSARDPuppy SmugglingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Is it not also the case that as well as increasing penalties, which I strongly agree with, it is important that those penalties are…02 Apr 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI will allow one more intervention—the hon. Lady.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionAmendment (f) stands in my name and the names of an eclectic and wide-ranging group of right hon. and hon. Friends from three separate parties. Many of us have perhaps not found…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThe one point in that intervention I agreed with is that we are in a very strange place at the moment. I think the whole House can agree with that.13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThat is an extremely valid point. I believe that they do. I will come on to what is actually in the amendment shortly, if I may. As I hope I have made clear, I am as keen as…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEurotunnel: PaymentIf we can essay a transport-related question, could my right hon. Friend give me some assurance that the extremely important cross-channel rail link will continue as it is now,…04 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018My right hon. Friend may well be right. Certainly, throughout the negotiations, the Government have made the perfectly sensible point that anyone entering into a negotiation…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Belfast North (Nigel Dodds) as someone who was both present and involved when the confidence and supply arrangement was…29 Jan 2019