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HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationIt is a privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi), who gave a powerful speech on the significant impact of the cuts on the fight against HIV…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Overseas Aid: Child Health and EducationAny school being torn down, particularly in a developing country and particularly in the circumstances that the hon. Member describes, is devastating for the communities affected.…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTrade with European CountriesOver the past three years, according to the latest German trade figures, exports to Germany are up by almost a third from the US, by almost a quarter from the rest of the EU and…09 Feb 2023HANSARDFree Trade Agreement with the USHad the Conservative party negotiated a free trade agreement with the US, as it promised at the general election, British firms would have been protected from new market barriers…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Governor of Xinjiang: UK VisitIt would be helpful to understand exactly why this particular individual has not been sanctioned. Can the Minister give some more clarity on that point, not least because my…09 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She and my hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead are two of the many MPs who have already raised the case of the 37. Strikingly, in response to…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984I very much agree with that point; I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for the case that others and I will make. In the latter part of 1984, across Britain’s…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that there is an urgency to this case. I welcome his support for the points that I am trying to make.07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for her support for this debate. I absolutely agree with her concluding point, which I want to come on to in a little bit. On balance, it is…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984I am grateful, Sir Christopher, for the opportunity to make a short winding-up speech. I am very grateful to hon. Members who have attended the debate, including my hon. Friends…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984I am grateful for that intervention by my right hon. Friend, who knows the yard, its environs and its significance much better than I do. His point about a potential third option…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984I beg to move, That this House has considered the potential merits of a public inquiry into Cammell Laird workers imprisoned in 1984. I declare at the outset that I am a member of…07 Feb 2023HANSARDInternational Day of EducationIt is a real pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford). Much to my surprise, I found nothing in her speech to disagree with, but I promise not to make…26 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce: Retention and RecruitmentOne way to improve retention and recruitment of NHS staff at Northwick Park Hospital, which serves my constituency and which I believe the Secretary of State visited last…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year, a pay transparency came into law in Colorado. It requires employers to publish the salary range when they advertise for jobs, saving considerable amounts of time, and…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade Barriers: Food and FarmingAccording to the Centre for Business Prosperity, more than 40% of products such as shellfish and seed potatoes are no longer exported to European markets, for want of a veterinary…15 Dec 2022HANSARDUK-Australia Free Trade AgreementThe UK- Australia free trade agreement is, so the House has been told, a stepping stone to accession to the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership.…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy hon. Friend makes his point well, and I hope he is able to catch Mr Deputy Speaker’s eye later on so that he can draw it out further. New clause 2 cannot, I am afraid, put…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillNot surprisingly, my hon. Friend leaps ahead of me; I will come on to the issue of parliamentary scrutiny in just a moment. My last point on the case for new clause 1 is that such…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI hope my hon. Friend accepts that the case I am making for providing serious and detailed impact assessments for future trade deals will help to ensure that his point gets proper…12 Dec 2022