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HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillI will not, I am afraid. The first element is the concept of non-regression as a means of ensuring minimum standards. We accept that the maintenance of those high standards has…30 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMay I say how delighted I am that North Somerset is moving down into tier 2, which is just reward for the efforts of my constituents and the whole community and also offers great…17 Dec 2020HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangThe principle of non-intervention in another country’s internal affairs is generally a good one, but surely it is applicable only when people are able to choose the Government…16 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI congratulate my right hon. Friend on reaching his agreement in principle, which shows that Britain is willing to make constructive compromises. As it now stands, is there any…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWhen I voted to leave the European Union, it was not primarily over concerns with immigration or concerns about how we would divvy up the money that came back from the…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodWe all want to see a deal, but the difficulties are not really about trade. Uniquely, we began these negotiations with an entire identity of regulations, of tariffs and of trade…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI will give way once—to my right hon. Friend.07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI entirely agree. I have used the analogy myself that this is a lifeboat that we hope we never have to launch. We hope the ship will never go down because we will reach a trade…07 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsIn North Somerset, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy, providing over 60% of all our jobs. Post covid, we will require a…02 Dec 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementI want to begin by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and her incredible team of Ministers, our fabulous negotiating team, our Japan team at DIT and our…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementI am delighted to hear that the SNP is pro-trade. Will the hon. Gentleman tell us what assessment has been made of the cost of trade to Scotland of the SNP and Scotland…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingThis is an issue of huge concern to many of my constituents in Portishead. It must be an absolute principle that leaseholders must be protected from the cost of remediation for…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanMay I ask the Prime Minister, through the medium of my right hon. Friend, what progress has been made to achieve integration between the lockdown measures and testing at the…23 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewMay I say to my right hon. Friend that this statement smacks not only of promises kept, but of promises exceeded? I congratulate him on that. Does he accept that in an era when…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19I pay tribute to all those in my own constituency who have helped our community through the pandemic—the medical and emergency staff, other key workers, our volunteers, and the…11 Nov 2020HANSARDUK Terrorism Threat LevelI thank my right hon. Friend for making it clear that Islamist terrorists are a threat not just to our physical security, but to all that we stand for. They are of a separatist…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for demonstrating the strength of the Union and showing that, with the best will in the world, the Scottish Government would not have the ability to…05 Nov 2020HANSARDHousing: North SomersetI am very grateful for this opportunity to raise the issue of housing and house building numbers for North Somerset. I will make some comments about the general situation, how we…03 Nov 2020HANSARDHousing: North SomersetWill my hon. Friend accept that his argument is further strengthened by the fact that the housing density in many of our cities in the United Kingdom is well below the level of…03 Nov 2020HANSARDHousing: North SomersetMay I take my right hon. Friend back to what the market has actually delivered over time? Does he accept that if councils are given targets for housing that are utterly…03 Nov 2020