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HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI certainly join my right hon. Friend in wishing all his Harlow constituents a happy Diwali; it is a fantastic and particularly appropriate moment for that festival to come to…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealAs I said earlier, the UK Government have an exceptionally proud record of promoting human rights around the world. In my 12 years as a Minister and a Back Bencher, I have always…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealI have already talked about Kashmir and the Government’s commitment to finding a resolution of that issue, working peacefully and with the two Governments together. May I just…26 Oct 2022HANSARD UK-India Trade DealMy hon. Friend is right. We have a brilliant diaspora community in this country. I was delighted to celebrate Diwali—a little bit early—last week with the India Global Forum. That…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyI hope that the hon. Gentleman was not impugning officials at the Department for International Trade in that regard. I am not sure whether he was, but I am sure that he would not…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyLet me deal first with the points that my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes raised and the specific case he mentioned. I will talk about CRaG in a bit more detail, but the other…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyLet me take that in the spirit in which it is meant. I think we will agree to move on, but the hon. Gentleman has made his point. I am just saying that Ministers are always…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Of course, I have only been back at the Department two days now, but I will carefully consider the representations that he has made…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Trade Deals: Parliamentary ScrutinyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. It is great to be back at the Department for International Trade after a one-year gap. It is good to engage on a…12 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI congratulate the Chancellor on his new role and on the measures announced today—particularly the cut in the basic rate, the abolition of the 45p rate, the stamp duty cut, and…23 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenI rise to add my tribute to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of my Chelsea and Fulham constituents at a time of great sadness for the whole country. She was much…09 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022I thank the members of the Committee who have made some fair points in support of the scheme. If I hear it correctly, the scheme has support right the way across the Committee,…07 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. This aspect of the scheme is, I believe, unchanged. The experience of the scheme over some years, since its introduction about 10…07 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022. I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Efford. It is a pleasure to serve under…07 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022The hon. Lady tempts me to go down the road of a wider debate. I am always happy to take on the SNP in any forum, but I point out the big advantages that we have with the Great…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateThere is a lot in that question. The hon. Lady raised a new issue, not raised in these questions so far—the issue of park homes. That is a serious concern, because around 1% of…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateI might have to write to the hon. Member on the question of remeterage. The £144 million discretionary fund is supposed to be disbursed at the discretion of local authorities, in…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateI thank the hon. Member for that question because many consumers, up and down this United Kingdom, are dependent on heating oil. They are off the gas grid and heating oil is the…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateThe hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to hear that I strongly disagree. When it comes to energy, it is the UK Government’s reserved energy policy that is working well for the…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateI am concerned to hear about the hon. Lady’s constituent. Indeed, many of all our constituents are facing difficulties and prospective difficulties at this time. In relation to…05 Sept 2022