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HANSARD Levelling UpWith this scheme, the highlands are set to lose out on tens of millions of pounds compared with EU funding. The highlands have been placed in category 3—the lowest of all the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe Sue Gray update is not the report that this House deserves and it is not the transparency that the public were expecting, but it does make it very clear that there were…31 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationThe Paymaster General does not want to speak about the specifics of the investigation. So, for all the dodgy coronavirus contracts, the cash for honours for the Tories, the stated…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesThe Minister has said that the Government will do whatever they can to help people. I have raised this point before. The Government promised people who have been diagnosed as…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful point about the poverty faced by people in this current cost of living crisis. The all-party parliamentary group for terminal illness last…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House mentioned the rising inflation rate earlier and also referred to the rising costs of fuel for people. Can we have an urgent debate in Government time on…20 Jan 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: IndiaThe whisky industry is used to dealing with weights and measures, but it has been waiting for too long for measures from this Government. Will the Secretary of State confirm what…20 Jan 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: IndiaScotch whisky exports to India, the world’s largest whisky market, have declined dramatically since 2019. A year on from Brexit, the Government can no longer deflect to the EU for…20 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy constituent, Ms Dutton, launched an appeal to a decision to refuse her a European economic area residence card in July 2020. The UK Government withdrew their decision in 2021,…02 Dec 2021HANSARDLabour Shortages: Exports and ImportsEight out of 10 businesses in Scotland say that they need to recruit staff, yet three quarters are reporting skills shortages. Businesses cannot export what they can neither make…02 Dec 2021HANSARDLabour Shortages: Exports and ImportsClearly, the Government are keen to duck all these issues relating to trade. The Federation of Small Businesses reported to a Committee in this Parliament that a fifth of its…02 Dec 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipMy right hon. Friend is talking about illegality. We should never forget that it is this Prime Minister’s Government who introduced the phrase into the lexicon—into this House of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipWill my right hon. Friend give way?30 Nov 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipIs it not telling about how complicit those on the Government Benches are that, when my right hon. Friend was reading out the list of untruths peddled by the Prime Minister, there…30 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMay I put it on the record that the people of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey are fully behind Nazanin being freed? Would the hon. Lady agree that the UK Government must…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful point. Does he think that it is a coincidence that the 22 largest donors to the Conservative party now hold peerages and sit in the House…08 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget: Pre-announcement of ProvisionsThese decisions made by the Government deeply affect people’s lives: energy bills are rocketing; inflation is up; food and petrol prices are up; furlough has ended; and universal…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade EnvoysMr Speaker, I think anybody listening to that would be a bit stunned. I will cut the Minister some slack for being new in the job, but not knowing the basics is something he will…21 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: New ZealandI have looked hard to try to find something to welcome, so let me start with a positive: we welcome the promotion of trade in environmental goods and services, although naturally…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTrade EnvoysI also welcome the ministerial team to their place, and I echo the comments over the tragic loss of our parliamentary friend and colleague, Sir David Amess. It was a senseless…21 Oct 2021