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HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend was right earlier to reference the fact that the Opposition still refuse to condemn the rail strikes, which will hit retailers and the hospitality sector at a…24 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend when he talks about the inflationary pressures coming from the aftershocks of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. We see that at the…17 Nov 2022HANSARDMigrationAs if the acquisition of the Best Western Buckingham Hotel, costing hotel staff their jobs and putting unacceptable pressure on local services, were not bad enough,…16 Nov 2022HANSARD IranI join my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East and other right hon. and hon. Members in reiterating my call that the Government should proscribe the IRGC. It is impossible to…16 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe noble Lord Berkeley in the other place has estimated that scrapping HS2 would save the British taxpayer £147 billion—more pessimistic estimates have the saving at £100…15 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Rural BritainIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on securing…09 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe heard earlier about our great success in opening up new beef and lamb markets around the world. Earlier this year the Government backed a strategy launched by the NFU to…03 Nov 2022HANSARDWomen in British Motorsport3. If she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to encourage more women into British motorsport. [R]26 Oct 2022HANSARDWomen in British MotorsportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that answer. As she said, the all-female W Series championship is another jewel in the crown for British motorsport, won for the third time…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Crisis in IranI have listened carefully to my hon. Friend’s answers, but, considering that the IRGC finances and directs terror proxies across the whole middle east, including its Lebanon-based…25 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Sixth sitting)I am curious as to why the hon. Lady is defining this as narrowly as parish churches. For example, a church in my constituency was never a parish church—it was attached to a…20 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I very much welcome the Minister’s comments; I fully accept that planning fees are allowed to go up and I look forward to having a discussion with him about how some geographical…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This is one where we genuinely have to tread extraordinarily carefully. I fully understand the scope for new clause 24 to be…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)On the back of those commitments, I am happy to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 27 Deliberate damage to trees linked to development “(1) Section 210…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I appreciate my hon. Friend’s comments. To clarify, yes, we would be putting a clause into legislation, but we would not be legislating for the outcome. We would be legislating…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I welcome my hon. Friend’s commitment to keep the conversation going. This is a subject, as right hon. and hon. Members can perhaps understand, that I get very passionate about. I…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right; I am reassured that the Government are moving to a place where productive farmland will not necessarily be used for solar in future. However,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I very much welcome the Minister’s words. I accept that, with a totally open-ended time limit, the new clause is imperfect. I am happy to negotiate and find a happy medium that…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Minister for those commitments. The statements made over the summer were very clear, and I look forward to working with the Government on their…18 Oct 2022