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HANSARDPost Office UpdateI thank the Minister for an advance copy of the statement. My Select Committee and I called for this inquiry to be on a statutory footing from the beginning and so we welcome the…19 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnThe Secretary of State knows that how we heat our homes and insulate our buildings is an urgent issue that will affect every house across the entire country. He told the Select…18 May 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillI will focus my remarks on Lords amendments 11 to 15 to clause 61, which, as we have heard, have arrived from the other place on the basis that the BEIS Committee, which I chair,…26 Apr 2021HANSARDVirtual Participation in COP26A diplomatic source in the British Government is reported in the papers today as saying about the conference: “No one in Europe thinks it’s going to happen and the US is…14 Apr 2021HANSARD Strength of the UK’s Armed ForcesI will focus, perhaps slightly unusually in the debate, on the impact of climate change on our national security and, therefore, the resource allocation in the MOD. We know that,…14 Apr 2021HANSARDSupport for Businesses: Discussions with the ChancellorMany bricks-and-mortar retailers are still desperately concerned about the build-up of commercial rents during the lockdown, including many pubs that are prevented from…23 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated ReviewI declare my interest as set out in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I welcome the recognition in the integrated review of threats to our democracy and the role that…16 Mar 2021HANSARDForensic Science Regulator BillI am grateful to the Leader of the House for granting time to debate private Members’ Bills today. Following a full debate on Second Reading and a useful and substantive debate in…12 Mar 2021HANSARDForensic Science Regulator BillWhile my name is on this Bill, I should take this opportunity to thank the many people involved in bringing it to this stage: to the right hon. and hon. Members for taking part in…12 Mar 2021HANSARD Automatic Computer-based Decisions: Legal StatusI beg to move, That this House has considered the legal status of automatic computer-based decisions. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I should…10 Mar 2021HANSARDCOP26I thank the COP26 President for his full response, for which I am grateful in so many ways. I also thank the Backbench Business Committee and the Liaison Committee for granting…10 Mar 2021HANSARDCOP26May I begin by congratulating you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your increasingly iconic videos on Twitter, which, with a lower budget, provide more charm than the Chancellor’s glitzy…10 Mar 2021HANSARD Automatic Computer-based Decisions: Legal Statusrose—10 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe reality of this Budget is that the Government have no credible plan for long-term economic growth that will meet the required scale of ambition for the net zero transition,…09 Mar 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Raising International AmbitionWith many developing nations further behind in the roll-out of their covid vaccinations, what steps is the COP President taking to ensure that every nation on earth is able to…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Internet AccessI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend the universal service obligation for internet providers to include mobile internet access; to make requirements…20 Jan 2021HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationI want to ask the Secretary of State two questions on the issue of how we understand what is harmful but perhaps legal. First, will Ofcom be given the powers that it already has…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement, and congratulate him and his team on the publication of this long-awaited but comprehensive White Paper. He will…14 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionThe collapses of Arcadia and Debenhams are two big examples of the broader challenge of survival in the high street-based retail sector. Every job lost and every store closed is…02 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate Change Assembly UK: The Path to Net ZeroI beg to move, That this House welcomes the report of Climate Assembly UK; gives thanks to the citizens who gave up their time to inform the work of select committees, the…26 Nov 2020