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HANSARDInternational Aid: Treasury UpdateI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. I quite agree that that is an encouraging assessment, not least for the prospects of our returning to the 0.7%. I studied very carefully the…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. He will know that on 29 April, a pilot scheme to test and release was introduced to avoid the disruption caused by the need for…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education SettingsBecause of new variants, it is quite possible that long into the future the number of covid cases will increase from time to time. Is the Secretary of State aware that Professor…30 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend to his post and place on record my thanks to his predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk (Matt Hancock), who was always…28 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateYoung people have made big sacrifices during the pandemic and seen two years of their lives disrupted. Many students and school leavers will be leaving school and university…14 Jun 2021HANSARDWaste Collection AuthoritiesWill my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to our bin men and women, who worked magnificently throughout the covid crisis, even at the risk of contracting covid during the…14 Jun 2021HANSARDWaste Collection AuthoritiesWhat recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the performance of waste collection authorities.14 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband). It is a particular pleasure as Chair of the Science and Technology Committee to warmly…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Britain’s RailwaysI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s decisive action on flexible ticketing. It is ludicrous that, since the 1950s, the railways have operated on the assumption that commuters…20 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnPoint 4 of the 10-point plan refers to the need for large-scale battery factories for electric vehicles—sometimes called gigafactories. They need to be up and running within five…18 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateDoes my right hon. Friend agree with Sir Patrick Vallance, who told my Committee that new variants will arise all the time and that border restrictions will only slow, not…17 May 2021HANSARD ODA BudgetFrom covid to Ebola to malaria, we have all seen how important international scientific research is, and we are proud to be a world leader in this. If we are to continue that…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillMy hon. Friend is giving helpful clarification. The Secretary of State wrote to the Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and copied in the Chair of the…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillPerhaps I did not explain myself well. What is proposed in the Bill is an amendment of the current powers. There is a long-standing power for mergers to be blocked on national…26 Apr 2021HANSARD National Security and Investment BillMy right hon. Friend will know that the call-in power and the power to refuse permission for mergers to proceed on national security grounds is long standing. It is vested in the…26 Apr 2021HANSARDUniversity Students: Compensation for Lost Teaching and RentProfessor Whitty has said that the risk to 19 to 22-year-olds is very low. Professor Valance has said that the return of universities in the previous wave was not associated with…15 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghMr Speaker, “Everything that wasn’t invented by God was invented by an engineer.” So said Prince Philip, with characteristic economy. As Chairman of the Science and Technology…12 Apr 2021HANSARDCoronavirusMy hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) mentioned the evidence to the Science and Technology Committee that there is no known instance of outdoor…25 Mar 2021HANSARDCoronavirusMy right hon. Friend mentions the fact that we live with flu every winter and act against it. Has he made an assessment of what level of hospital admissions would be consistent…25 Mar 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt is an honour to speak in this debate and to follow the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), and to warmly welcome the introduction of this important Bill.…23 Mar 2021