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HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMay I raise a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker?26 May 2022HANSARDEconomic CrimeAt the heart of any legislation on economic crime is the basic principle that anybody who wants to make money in the UK needs to obey the UK’s laws. Yesterday, the Prime Minister…24 Mar 2022HANSARD Daniel Morgan Independent Panel ReportThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing convention to be waived so that I can speak from the Back Benches on this matter. Alastair Morgan, Daniel’s brother, has been…23 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsYou have been on your feet for eight minutes. Tell us what you are doing.21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsBut it is so annoying!21 Mar 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxGet on with it.01 Feb 2022HANSARDSpending Review 2021: Law Officers’ DepartmentsThank you very much, Mr Speaker, and happy new year. It remains to be seen whether the funding allocated is sufficient to tackle the record backlog in court cases facing our…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Government ResponseCan you advise me how best to deal with the stress levels created by this morning’s timetable? I do not mean to complain—I am a big girl—but, quite frankly, I had departmental…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Government ResponseOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.21 Oct 2021HANSARDBritish Farmers: Global ExportsLet me begin by welcoming the Secretary of State to her new role. May I associate myself with the remarks that she made about the late David Amess. He was an enthusiastic and…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBritish Farmers: Global ExportsI thank the Secretary of State for her answer, but it does rather illustrate why we need a new Trade and Agriculture Commission to provide an independent assessment. After all,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade AgreementsI also welcome the Minister for Trade Policy, the right hon. Member for Portsmouth North (Penny Mordaunt), to her new role. I have already mentioned the forecast that the deal…21 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade AgreementsI am just reading the figures from the Minister’s Department and there is a real problem: this is now the third Asia-Pacific agreement in a row—Japan, Australia and now New…21 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: New ZealandI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. While there is much to digest from last night’s agreement, I hope she will forgive me if, in the short time that…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The questions I want to ask are these. First, why do the Government believe that signing a veterinary agreement with the EU is incompatible with…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesLet me begin by welcoming the Paymaster General to his new role. I thank him for advance sight of his statement. In fact, I imagine he had about as much advance sight of it as I…16 Sept 2021HANSARDUK-Israel Trade DealWe all welcome the prospect of an enhanced trade deal with Israel, and I congratulate the Secretary of State on her efforts to secure it. Among the many improvements that we hope…15 Jul 2021HANSARDG7 Advocacy for Free and Fair TradeThe shocking reality is that more than a third of our non-EU deals have been with countries where workers’ rights are systematically denied or violated, and in not a single case…15 Jul 2021HANSARDG7 Advocacy for Free and Fair TradeI hope that the Secretary of State has had a productive visit to the United States. She will have seen the example set by the Biden Administration when it comes to taking concrete…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe Minister says no.24 Jun 2021