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HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillI completely agree—my right hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and we will come to that in due course. She is absolutely right. I want to focus on building societies in rural…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillIt is a huge pleasure able to join Friday business as a Back Bencher and to support this important Bill on behalf of my Mid Norfolk constituents. Let me start by congratulating…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillIt is a great pleasure to speak in this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. I pay tribute to you for your long-standing work on animal welfare issues in this House over the years. I will…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillI do. My right hon. and learned Friend amplifies exactly the point I was making. He is right that sparsely populated or rural areas will often require different solutions, in the…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillNot cats.19 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillAgain, my right hon. and learned Friend makes the point even more eloquently than I was trying to do, and he is right. I make this point in all seriousness: in so many areas, such…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillI strongly support the Bill and hope to catch Madam Deputy Speaker’s eye a little later. On the point about the obligations and the legalities, I am reminded of a good friend of…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point and encourages me to wrap up my philosophising. He is right—I am not at all anti-profit; it is about what is done with the profit. One of…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I do not want to suggest that they are a total panacea; I am lauding and applauding Nationwide in Dereham because it is doing great work,…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillDidn’t he do well?19 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation to one of the great offices of state, and I thank the Secretary of State for supporting the science and…10 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalI thank the Minister, the Lord Chancellor and the Prime Minister for gripping the matter as quickly as they have. I know that the Minister and the Lord Chancellor were advocates…10 Jan 2024HANSARDPosition, Navigation and Timing Resilience: Government Policy FrameworkPosition, navigation and timing services are vital for the UK economy, Critical national infrastructure sectors and wider society. Nearly all PNT services in the UK are provided…18 Oct 2023HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023The hon. Member makes an important point. Perhaps I could clarify that in my written note to all Members to follow up. I think everyone would be interested in the enforceability…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products)…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023My right hon. Friend makes an important point. Perhaps I can come back to it in a bit more detail at the end of my comments, but I will make this point now: as I described, the…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023I will finish these points, if I may. On enforcement, astute colleagues have observed that it falls under the Department for Business and Trade. The previous Parliamentary…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023I am on a roll. I have to say that no one cheered more loudly than when I heard the hon. Member talk about business certainty. As the right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington is…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023Tempted though I am to delay the Committee with long, exhaustive answers to all those points, which were well made, perhaps I could reassure colleagues on both sides of the House…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023All distributors already have a duty to ensure that the goods they are selling and distributing are legal. What we are doing is placing the onus on manufacturers. Distributors…11 Sept 2023