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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe impact of the pandemic goes well beyond covid patients to all parts of the NHS, the economy, and our personal and social wellbeing. Does my right hon. Friend agree that for…02 Nov 2020HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Earlier today during the Prime Minister’s statement, I made the point that across health, the economy and social wellbeing, covid has a…02 Nov 2020HANSARD CoronavirusWhat advice and guidance have been developed for shielded adults who have children of school age? It is a question not simply of the transmission risk between children but of the…07 Jul 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security LegislationI thank my right hon. Friend for the content and tone of the statement today, because it is a cause of great sadness that we have just witnessed the death of one country, two…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs my right hon. Friend has said, the primary aim of policy was to stop the NHS being swamped, and that was met, which is a great achievement. But will he take this opportunity to…23 Jun 2020HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession)I very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. If Britain joins CPTPP, it will create a trade grouping of roughly the same size as the European Union, now that Britain has…17 Jun 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUNo one would disagree with that sentiment. Post-covid, it will be essential to get the global trading system moving, and nothing could give greater confidence in that system than…09 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesOne of the biggest disparities in deaths from covid is the gender difference. The standardised mortality rate among men is 781 per 100,000; among women, it is 439 per 100,000.…04 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: UK Border Health MeasuresI am afraid I simply cannot get my head around the public health mental gymnastics of this policy. If such a barrier is required, why was it not introduced earlier in the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseI welcome very much my right hon. Friend’s statement. Does he agree that China itself is now at a crossroads? It can either be a partner in the international community, which is…02 Jun 2020HANSARD Trade BillI will not go over the detailed points in relation to the Bill so eloquently made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State—I have to say that I recognised some of the…20 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsMy right hon. Friend will be aware that global trade was contracting before the covid crisis struck. Would it not be a major boost to confidence in the global trading system for…19 May 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI wish to speak against new clause 1. A real issue needs to be dealt with: the high levels of regulation imposed on UK farming can and do add to increased costs for UK farmers.…13 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19I begin by thanking all those key workers in North Somerset who keep our essential services moving, all the voluntary groups who have kept our communities healthy and all those…11 May 2020HANSARD Finance BillIt has often been said in this debate that this is the most difficult and unusual backdrop to a Finance Bill that any of us can remember, but at the time of the Budget, the global…27 Apr 2020HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemic and Hybrid Scrutiny ProceedingsI associate myself with many of the comments made by the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley). I shall not repeat them, but let me say this. The nature of the public health…21 Apr 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillAlthough I accept my hon. Friend’s point, I think the Government’s first duty is to persuade the House of Commons that we are not taking a risk with our national security. I want…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillIt is essential in this debate that we do not conflate the issues of trade and security. In order to achieve greater trade with China we do not need to sacrifice our national…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillNot only are they greatly exaggerated, it is utterly untrue that there is a link between the two. My hon. Friend has made the case perfectly clearly that the Chinese knew that the…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillThat was absolutely central, as my right hon. Friend says; whether the guarantees will turn out to be enforceable is a separate issue, however, and that of course points to some…10 Mar 2020