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HANSARD Summer AdjournmentAs I have had the chance to digest it overnight, I can say that there was much to welcome in the Government’s Building Safety Bill, unveiled yesterday. I would like to thank my…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety Billrose—21 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillDoes my right hon. Friend accept that we have to get away from the term “cladding” as a generic issue and start to focus on genuine fire risk? There is a real danger of us…21 Jul 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Having been in Afghanistan many times, I add my very sincere tribute to our armed forces, the civilian support, the…08 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational TravelI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Will he consider issuing separate guidance for business travellers who have multiple short visits abroad? It is self-evident…08 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am absolutely delighted to see my right hon. Friend back in his rightful place on the Front Bench. There can be no clearer example of the Government’s commitment to recycling. I…28 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI will, as I said I would; my memory is not yet that short. It is important that we understand what the opportunities are in a free trade policy outside the European Union in…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI will in a moment. Five years ago this morning, those of us who campaigned to leave the European Union were awakening on that great historic day to realise that we had won the…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipIt seems a long time since 18 July 2018, when I first announced to the House that we were beginning the public consultation phase that would inevitably lead to where we are today,…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI cannot think what my hon. Friend is alluding to, but it is certainly true that consumers will have access to far greater choice. Look at the range of consumer goods that we…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe right hon. Gentleman is quite right that we should ensure that as much is made in the United Kingdom as possible. The point is that consumers should be free to choose what…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Levelling-up Bids: North SomersetI am here to support the case made by my hon. Friend the Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose). I am all too aware that my constituency does not qualify for money from the…23 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusI am afraid that the previous speaker will be very disappointed, because we are going to have to live with covid, like we have to learn to live with every other infectious disease…16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Would it be possible for you to convey to Mr Speaker that, while we are still operating under the restrictions that we have in Parliament,…16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusCan my right hon. Friend give us a little more information about the rise in hospitalisations that he mentioned? Of those who are being hospitalised, how many are in the younger…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI congratulate my right hon. Friend on the success of the G7, which I think did Britain proud. May I ask him about the NATO summit and whether there were any discussions about the…16 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWill my right hon. Friend advise us about the demographics of those he believes are likely to be hospitalised? Today, Public Health England said that both the Pfizer and the…14 Jun 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftThis is not just a state-sponsored hijack of a civilian aircraft going between two NATO capitals; we know from the Belarus media that it was ordered by Lukashenko himself. This is…24 May 2021HANSARDRestoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Meg Hillier), who talked about the length of time it can take to make decisions and to plan properly…20 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllUnlike the bizarre and perverse world view expressed by the SNP in the previous speech, I very much welcome as a tonic the enthusiasm, innovation and creativity that my right hon.…18 May 2021