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HANSARDStudent VisasThe Minister is doing a difficult job very well. He has set out the context, and it is notable that the Opposition spokesperson shares that analysis. However, most students are…24 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitI should declare that I have the honour to be the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Japan. Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the opening, by the then Prince Charles, of…22 May 2023HANSARDUK Car IndustryTo secure the future of our vital automotive sector, we need to manufacture batteries in the UK. The industrial strategy in 2017, which my hon. Friend the Minister referred to,…17 May 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Technologies: RegulationI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend to the Dispatch Box. We can get a lot done in 10 weeks, in my experience, and I am sure she will do so. At its best, Britain has been highly…03 May 2023HANSARD CPTPP: Conclusion of NegotiationsI serve as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Japan and as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Japan. Negotiations of the CPTPP involved a strong commitment from all…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainI had the great pleasure of opening the Siemens wind turbine blade factory in Hull, very close to my right hon. Friend’s constituency, which is living proof that net zero,…30 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillAgain, that is a matter for the Minister, but I would not only be content with that but think it a desirable route to take. On the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend, he is right…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillIn line with your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will address my new clause and the amendment in my name specifically, and I will also touch on the amendments tabled by my hon.…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillWith the leave of the House, I will briefly thank all those who have aided the passage of the Bill. I start by thanking my constituents who, over the years, have shared with me…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillAs my hon. Friend knows, guidance is issued by the Government of the day. It is not a statutory instrument, and we are not proposing that it should be. I think it would be…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI beg to move, that the Bill be now read the Third time. I am grateful for the debates that we have had in Committee and in the House this morning. The amendments that have been…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI do not seek to quarrel with my hon. Friend. But let us consider the analogous situation in which a person with brown skin, relatively dark skin, were the subject of a…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI would be very dismayed if it took a year to draw up such guidance, and my hon. Friend gives a cautionary warning. When the Minister responds to the debate, I hope he might…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Mar 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankI strongly welcome the decisive intervention that has been described, which has saved many UK tech businesses and jobs. Will my hon. Friend consider how the responsiveness of UK…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Science and Technology FrameworkIt is a great pleasure to welcome my right hon. Friend and her ministerial team to their positions. It has been some years since a Science Minister stood at the Dispatch Box as a…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolMay I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s personal achievement—ably supported by the Foreign Secretary and the Northern Ireland Secretary—in securing this deal? It is wholly…27 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillMy right hon. Friend, a former Home Office Minister, makes a characteristically well-informed point about having the right intentions to make this an Act of Parliament that will…22 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that wise and helpful steer for the work that the Committee has clearly agreed to do, with the Minister’s consent. I hope that those Members…22 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillMy hon. Friend brings her extensive legal learning and experience to bear on this issue and makes two important points. First, we should consider, before Report, the interactions…22 Feb 2023