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HANSARDThe EconomyInflation is now lower than in France, Germany or the eurozone, growth has been upgraded by the IMF, and Britain has become the world’s fourth biggest exporter, overtaking the…22 May 2024HANSARDDraft Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024I am generally supportive of the Government’s case. If the aim is partly to bring parties in dispute to UK courts for dispute resolution, have the Government made any assessment…21 May 2024HANSARDLevelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesThe issue of rent charges also applies to freeholders; it is not just leaseholders who are the victims. An amendment to the Rentcharges Act 1977 would deal with the problem once…20 May 2024HANSARD Leaseholders and FreeholdersI swear there was no collusion here, Madam Deputy Speaker, but the hon. Gentleman takes me very neatly on to an even more horrendous example than the one I have already set out:…15 May 2024HANSARD Leaseholders and FreeholdersI begin by thanking my constituents in Portishead, whose dogged determination not to be treated as supine cash cows has led to this debate, which I am proud to have secured on…15 May 2024HANSARD Leaseholders and FreeholdersI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I will go on to set out just how horrendous some of those charges are and how it can be very difficult for my constituents to get legal…15 May 2024HANSARD Leaseholders and FreeholdersThe issue of rent charges also applies to freeholders; it is not just leaseholders who are the victims. An amendment to the Rentcharges Act 1977 would deal with the problem once…15 May 2024HANSARD International Health RegulationsWe all want better co-ordination in the face of any future pandemic risk, but it is also clear that the WHO wants supranational powers. Will my right hon. Friend guarantee that…14 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionWill my right hon. Friend explain what weight was given by her Committee to the fact that, unlike other people who work in Westminster, excluding a Member of Parliament is not…13 May 2024HANSARDRecognition of Western Sahara as MoroccanBefore my hon. Friend the Minister goes on to his next point, may I question him on the issue of security? Clearly, stability in the region is in Britain’s national interest in…08 May 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 2024This delegated legislation provides for a precept to be set. Can the Minister tell me what the mechanism is by which an upper limit for such a precept would be set, so that…29 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for the leadership he has shown on this issue, and I echo his call for the need to avoid a spiral escalation. However, we have seen a military attack…15 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ11. Tomorrow is World Down Syndrome Day. We have made huge innovative strides in this country, with the unanimous passing in this House of the Down Syndrome Act 2022 and…20 Mar 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne). I rise to echo the comments made so eloquently and clearly by my right hon. Friend…19 Mar 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is entirely right. As I observed at the time, President Clinton took the view that the treaty was the best hope that the west had of pulling China into a much…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillIt is, as always, a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Ham (Ms Brown), although I feel that I must correct her on one point. The House was not denied the opportunity to…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillBoth sides have talked about the harm caused by many of the practices we have discussed, yet there is nothing in the Bill stating that intent to harm should be a prelude to any…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillIf the point the hon. Gentleman makes is valid, it is valid in the other direction, too. It should be wrong and, in his case, criminalised to tell any young person that they are…01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI will give way briefly because other Members still want to speak.01 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillI would not want to contradict the noble Lord in any way whatsoever, but there are other elements of the Bill that give me cause for anxiety. I know those are part of the reason…01 Mar 2024