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HANSARDTackling IslamophobiaI am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee, the hon. Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah) and my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Paul Bristow) for this debate, and…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling IslamophobiaI have said that I will take no more interventions. Before I finish, I want to clarify this Government’s position on terminology. I thank the all-party parliamentary group on…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling IslamophobiaI am afraid I am not going to take any more interventions. I have already taken one from the hon. Lady and I am conscious that there is another debate to come. We remain fully…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Clearly, the death in Manchester was tragic. Local authorities can activate the severe weather emergency protocol measures. Manchester…04 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI remind the hon. Lady that our total package for homelessness and rough sleeping over three years is £2 billion. The £120 million is in addition to that, but I agree with her…04 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI remind the hon. Gentleman that our target is 300,000 homes per year which, when multiplied by five, equals 1.5 million. In the autumn statement we had three measures to address…04 Dec 2023HANSARDIntergovernmental Relations Quarterly Transparency Report: 1 April to 30 June 2023Today, the Government published the second of 2023’s quarterly reports summarising our engagement with the devolved Administrations on gov.uk. This report covers a period of…09 Nov 2023HANSARDVoter Identification: Minority GroupsAs we committed to doing in legislation, we are conducting an evaluation of the impact of voter identification at the May polls. We will publish that evaluation no later than…16 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to congratulate the staff and volunteers at the Hope Centre on 50 amazing years of supporting venerable people in Northampton. That work is critical in meeting the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDVoter Identification: Minority GroupsI remind the hon. Lady that 99.75% of the electorate were able to vote successfully. I also remind her that it was the Electoral Commission that called for voter identification.…16 Oct 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Sixth sitting)May I take this opportunity to thank the entire Committee? We have worked effectively and expeditiously. I also thank the two Chairs and the Clerks.14 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 11 would require the Secretary of State, via regulations, to set a maximum fine that can be imposed on public authorities in breach of the ban within 60 days of the Bill…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 33 would remove the part of clause 7 that refers to compliance with data protection legislation, specifically the requirement that the provisions of the clause should be…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Sixth sitting)I echo the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby. It may be useful if I spend one minute explaining how the witness list comes about. Each party suggests…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendments 25 to 29 would remove enforcement authorities’ power to give information notices and compliance notices in anticipation of a contravention of the ban. First and…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Sixth sitting)I urge hon. Members to reject the new clause. It would give the Secretary of State or Minister for the Cabinet Office a new duty to conduct an assessment, six months after passage…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 10 would remove clause 7(8), which stipulates that providing information in compliance with an information notice does not breach obligations of confidence or other…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Fourth sitting)I shall begin by addressing amendments 15 to 17—12 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Fourth sitting)I shall begin by addressing amendments 15, 16 and 17. The amendments would remove references in clause 17 that extend the Bill to Scotland. The amendments also remove a reference…12 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Fourth sitting)I was going to explain that, but I will give the condensed version: we will put it into the explanatory notes. We will give further clarity in those notes. Amendment 32 could…12 Sept 2023