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HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodFurther to the question asked by the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Stephen Hammond), the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will know that financial services firms in the UK…23 Sept 2020HANSARDAccess to JusticeShop workers have faced rising violence in recent years, and yet too often the perpetrators are not being brought to justice, partly, at the moment, because of lengthy backlogs in…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAccess to JusticeWhat assessment he has made of the effect of the backlog of cases in HM Courts and Tribunals Service on access to justice.22 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusAs elsewhere, the numbers in Harrow with covid are on the rise. Tests are available for key workers, but I am told that parents and their children cannot get a covid test “for…15 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade with the Indian SubcontinentAlthough the growth in trade, particularly in services, with India is good news, the UK’s trade in goods with India increased by just 5% in the past five years, while the rest of…03 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Seventh sitting)It is good to have you back in the Chair, Mrs Cummins. On Thursday afternoon, when you were not with us, we had one or two moments of light. The hon. Member for Stafford clearly…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Seventh sitting)Let me chide my hon. Friend for his negativity. We were told at the last general election that an oven-ready Brexit deal would come before us, with a wonderful new free trade…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)Given the extra protections that new clause 12 would lock into law to keep the NHS safe from future trade agreements’ effectively pushing higher pharmaceutical prices or further…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)For the record and for the avoidance of doubt, will the Minister confirm that he can see no way in which chlorinated chicken from the US will be allowed to be sold in British…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)Further to the intervention by the hon. Member for South Ribble, my hon. Friend will be more than aware that a UK-Canada agreement is very much within the scope of the Bill. The…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)Has my hon. Friend has seen the representations to the Committee from the British Poultry Council? That makes it very clear that the UK has multiple pieces of national legislation…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister is absolutely right. We need a functioning TRA and we need a functioning trade remedies system. However, decisions that the TRA makes can be challenged and taken up…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)I hesitate to test my hon. Friend’s patience. Were I to catch your eye, Sir Graham, when schedule 5, on staff transfer schemes, is being debated, I would be interested to explore…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)Were I involved in such a parliamentary scrutiny process for the putative chair of the TRA, I would want to know, as I hope my hon. Friend would, the attitude of the chair to the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)Another concern about trade remedies that it would be useful for Parliament to raise with the chair of the TRA is the chair’s attitude to the international dispute resolution…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)One of the issues that Parliament would surely want to scrutinise is the role of the chair of the TRA in the appointment of the other board members. Some of the evidence presented…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)Absolutely, Sir Graham. I was merely going to say that the need for parliamentary scrutiny of the chair of the TRA is surely even greater given the point my hon. Friend made about…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)rose—25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)It is obviously important that we have the Trade Remedies Authority. Two industries particularly concerned to have it are steel and ceramics. Have there not been consistent…25 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade Bill (Eighth sitting)Has my hon. Friend seen the evidence from the British Ceramic Confederation, which thought there was already a very strong ideological view on tariffs, protectionism and dumping?…25 Jun 2020