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HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI do not claim to be a parliamentary historian, but the Regulatory Reform Committee is very modern history. About two years ago I got a call from the Government Chief Whip,…17 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI find myself in the unusual situation of being in complete agreement with the right hon. Gentleman, and perhaps that shows the cross-party support for the points I am making…17 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI declare my interest as set out on the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am grateful to the Government for having reflected in the Bill so many of the recommendations…17 May 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Technologies: RegulationWith elections under way and a general election due next year, people are rightly concerned about the fake videos, images and audio being created by artificial intelligence. Can…03 May 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsMay I invite the hon. Gentleman to reflect, for the benefit of the House, on his recent involvement in the Conservative report on the reform of economic regulators? I was afforded…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsIt is a factual statement. The hon. Member is chuntering from a sedentary position, as I think we say in this House, but I can assure him and the House that on many occasions that…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI have to take the hon. Gentleman’s suggestion at his word as he knows much more about his constituency and farming than I do. If there are export opportunities that is great, but…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI will do so briefly so that I do not test the patience of the Chair too much, given the number of pages I have left to read before the end of my speech. My initial observations…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsMy hon. Friend is exactly right, and electric vehicles are a prime example. He and I were in Sweden last week on a Select Committee visit to look at how its electric vehicle…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI have two examples that are relevant to intervention of the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier), but I will give way one more time, for old times’…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI thank the hon. Lady for giving that suggestion to those on the Treasury Bench, and perhaps the Minister can answer when she responds to the debate.20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI think everybody recognises that that is completely right, and my right hon. Friend recognises that with both the European Union and the United States, the bulk of our trade…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsThe hon. Gentleman and I, perhaps surprisingly, share something in common, in that we would like to get the national debt under control. He will recognise that his party was in…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsOnce again, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why the European Union has responded to what is happening in America, but what do we have here in the United Kingdom? I…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI beg to move, That this House has considered international trade and geopolitics. I thank right hon. and hon. Members from across the House, and the Backbench Business Committee…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsThe point I made in my opening remarks was that we should recognise, with some humility, that Britain can have only so much influence on these global trends. The hon. Gentleman is…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsOh, I can. Very good. The report recognises—I invite the hon. Gentleman to confirm or contest this point—that industrial policy is not just about money, but about policy…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsI thank Members for their interventions, contributions and—dare I say—compliments, for which I was very grateful. I think we all agree that the world has changed. The question is:…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and GeopoliticsThe hon. Gentleman is generous in giving way, but as he has put words into my mouth on the record, I ought to correct him, if I may. From our Select Committee’s work on industrial…20 Apr 2023HANSARDInternational Trade and Geopoliticsindicated assent .20 Apr 2023