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HANSARD Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylumrose—10 Jan 2023HANSARD Unaccompanied Minors Seeking AsylumThe Minister almost answered my point in his last sentence. In 2020, I believe there were some 90 million displaced people across the globe on the move. That figure will have…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Unaccompanied Minors Seeking AsylumIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) for securing this very important…10 Jan 2023HANSARDLifeboat Services: Search and RescueIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) for securing this terribly important debate. One of the…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Can my right hon. Friend update the House on trade envoy positions? Following my recent Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office report on the Commonwealth, which I am…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Marine Management OrganisationI beg to move, That this House has considered the effectiveness of the Marine Management Organisation. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Marine Management OrganisationWe are talking here about potential flooding—flood risk. The area around Jaywick in my constituency flooded in 1953, with the loss of some 90 lives, so when we see floods no one…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Marine Management OrganisationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to ensure that we get decisions much more quickly, before more damage happens to our coastline. I have heard nothing from the MMO…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Marine Management OrganisationI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; he is wise to mention that we should devolve those powers. In the end, that is exactly what this is all about. I am suggesting certain…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Marine Management OrganisationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. There should of course be a central overseeing body to oversee all this. I am seeking to devolve some of the powers to the local…13 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne pledge in our 2019 manifesto was the introduction of an arts premium. The British arts are central to our soft power projection across the globe and they start in the…28 Nov 2022HANSARDHotel Asylum Accommodation: Local Authority Consultation(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on consultation with local authorities as to the selection of hotels for…23 Nov 2022HANSARDHotel Asylum Accommodation: Local Authority ConsultationI thank the Minister for his answer. Last Sunday afternoon, the Home Office contacted my local authority by email to give it 24 hours’ notice that it had selected a hotel to act…23 Nov 2022HANSARDMigrationOn 23 September, when I was crossing the channel—quite legally—I spotted the French warship Athos behaving very strangely. I have here a screenshot of the warship, which I took on…16 Nov 2022HANSARDMigrationThe warship made no attempt to pick those people up, as it should have. As a yachtsman, I can tell the House that they were in danger and should have been taken off the boat, but…16 Nov 2022HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises12. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce red tape for small and medium-sized enterprises.15 Nov 2022HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized EnterprisesI recently attended a meeting with business leaders in Clacton who worry about being hamstrung on the global stage. We are going to be one of the highest payers of corporation tax…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ15. The British people are relying on our party and the Government to fulfil their promises on levelling up, not just up and down the country but sideways too. Does my right hon.…09 Nov 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union9. What steps his Department is taking to strengthen the Union.27 Oct 2022HANSARDStrengthening the UnionI thank my hon. Friend for his answer, and it is good to see my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the team on the Front Bench. I have been fortunate…27 Oct 2022