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HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Compensation BillOn the Minister’s point about corporate responsibility, I had the chief executive of the Post Office come and apologise to one of the people I have represented in this exercise.…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsA fortnight ago, Kaye Adams, a TV presenter, won her case against His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs on IR35 status. Despite the fact that she won her first tax tribunal on the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIndia Trade DealTotal trade in goods and services between the UK and India was £36.3 billion in the year to March 2023. An FTA with the fifth-largest economy in the world, and one of the…30 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. On 14 November, the Government signed a memorandum of understanding with the US state of Florida. This is the seventh such agreement that the Government have signed with a…30 Nov 2023HANSARDIndia Trade Deal14. What recent progress she has made on negotiating a trade deal with India.30 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillI think everybody in the House understands the importance of getting this right. We all want to stop fraud in the state system. That being said, this is the only time that I am…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillBefore I speak to my new clause, I want to address one or two of the things that the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Rhondda (Sir Chris Bryant), just raised. By not…29 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. and learned Friend has a terrific record on dealing with SLAPPs—strategic lawsuits against public participation—so he will understand how greedy lawyers encourage…21 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsIn view of the events of the last six weeks, can the Prime Minister tell the House why the Government have not proscribed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps?15 Nov 2023HANSARDBritish SteelI have a simple question to put to the Minister; I hope that I will get a yes or no answer. Much of the arc furnace capacity is being moved away from Scunthorpe or not put in…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThis is something that unites the House more than divides it, certainly on the issue of the horrors going on in Palestine right now and what caused them. We all recognise the…08 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressThat is exactly right, which brings me to my other health topic, and the whole question of national health service data and the use of data. It is widely accepted that we have one…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is a privilege to follow the Public Accounts Committee Chairman. She will understand that I have a certain affection for her in these debates because of her position. The hon.…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressI agree with the hon. Lady on the saving money element, and I will come back to that in a second. The truth is that this Government have poured more money into the health service…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressI give way to the PAC Chairman.07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy right hon. Friend is right: it is a systemic problem. It does not just affect Britain or the health service. Indeed, I think that numbers for those years for the health service…07 Nov 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe right hon. Lady is right. It is not just the parties but the different sides of the natural arguments over authority, libertarianism and civil rights that are not divided. I…13 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe hon. Lady is making a very good speech. When I first came to this House, which was rather a long time ago now, there was a Companies Act every year, because company law was…12 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Economic Secretary told my hon. Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Craig Tracey) that he is going to underwrite the statutory right of access to cash, but 6,000 bank…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is entirely right in her argument, but this is not just about the overall number of sites. Individual projects take up over 3,500 acres in my constituency,…05 Sept 2023