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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Subcontractors also come to us with these issues. As well as the customer or consumer, there are currently no protections for those…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill the Minister give way briefly?24 Jan 2023HANSARDRail Service ImprovementsScotRail, which is publicly owned and controlled, pays the highest track access charges of any single rail operator, despite repeated requests to complete rail devolution and…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWe have just had an urgent question on levelling up: an urgent question that was necessary only because the Government were too ashamed to come forward with a statement. Some of…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2Further to your point at the start of proceedings, Mr Speaker, I am led to believe that Conservative list MSPs were also told well before the MPs who sponsored the project…19 Jan 2023HANSARDRail Service ImprovementsCross-border rail services run by Avanti and TransPennine Express have been shambolic. Last week alone, TransPennine Express could not point to a single day when it ran the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ14. David Cameron said that the Scottish Parliament was “one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world”,yet the Prime Minister continues to block the Scottish…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionBattery production and electric vehicle roll-out counts for nothing if the EV battery charging infrastructure is not adequate. England still lags well behind Scotland in its…18 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. I hear what he is saying on the definitions. The amendments on the definition of vessel and seafarer were intended as probing…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Thank you, Ms Harris. Amendment 50 would make clear the cost operators would face if they were caught flouting the law. It is deliberately punitive. We picked 300%, but I would be…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I rise to support amendment 63. Given the stroppy point at the end of the Minister’s last contribution, I reassure him— [ Interruption. ] Oh, it was a humorous point; well, that…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I could not agree more—rather them than me. It is bizarre that sometimes we argue around the fringes of these issues. We are talking about such dangerous and onerous work for…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman not share my astonishment at some of the comments from the hon. Member for Dover and the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings, who said…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)My hon. Friend has referred to the House of Lords, but on Second Reading in this place, the Secretary of State said in terms of the number of visits to harbour: “We think the…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 42, in clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out “any kind” and insert “every description”. This amendment would bring the definition of ship into line with…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I hear what the Minister is saying—that workers will be covered under the Bill if they visit a harbour 120 times or more per year—but that might not be the case for some. Clearly,…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)On Government amendment 15 and the tariff of surcharge being at the discretion of harbour authorities, how much consideration has the Department given to the possibility of…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I thank my colleague on the Transport Committee for making that point. It is very important, and he is absolutely right. I spoke about the impact of rostering on Second Reading. I…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way once again. Perhaps I should have intervened slightly earlier, as I have a query about amendment 7. The amendment allows for declarations to be…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSeafarers' Wages Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)On amendment 5, was any thought given to the possible unintended consequence of setting a specified date in regulation, namely that it might allow operators to consider means of…17 Jan 2023