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HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryThe hon. Member is making a most excellent speech. The point made by the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) was that, whatever the rights and wrongs, this place…04 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryI commend the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for that tremendous tour de force of what has happened over the last few years. I want to comment on some of the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: InquiryA turning point.04 Nov 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Further to my intervention on the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband), it is all about delay. One of the terrifying aspects of delay is that we have the skills…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Does the right hon. Gentleman share my disappointment that the Budget had so little for the potentially huge industry for the UK of offshore floating wind energy? He talks about…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I am the only speaker for my party in this debate, so I hope that the House will forgive me if I adopt a slightly winding-up tone. I want to put on record what a pleasure it has…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the problem affects a slightly wider area than just the south of Scotland, and that the very remote areas of the highlands have the same…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)rose—28 Oct 2021HANSARD Reopening Local Police StationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue, and I congratulate the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) on enabling us to have this most informative and…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Reopening Local Police StationsI do not in any way contradict what the Minister is saying. I hope that it is all good stuff for a rural area of England such as South Dorset. Would he be good enough to share…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Access to CashIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I congratulate the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) on a highly informed and amusing contribution. I…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Access to CashI thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way—he is an old friend indeed. Does he agree that there is an additional safety aspect to somebody having to travel a long distance…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPost Office ClosuresDoes the Minister accept that his point about 99% of the population living within three miles of their nearest branch does not apply to my constituency?19 Oct 2021HANSARD High StreetsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I thank the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) for bringing forward this important debate. The hon. Member for…19 Oct 2021HANSARDPost Office ClosuresIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) on bringing forward this important debate,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDPost Office ClosuresI thank the hon. Lady for that very useful intervention. Her point is very well made indeed.19 Oct 2021HANSARDPost Office ClosuresMy final point is simply this: where there is a post office service being conducted in a retail premises that is not a post office—a newsagent or some other business—there is an…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Project GigabitI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. He is making a very good speech. The problems facing my vast, remote constituency are similar. Does he agree with me that the Scottish…21 Sept 2021HANSARDData Breach: ARAP Applicants in AfghanistanThe Secretary of State’s anger at hearing the news is not in any way misplaced, and I thank him for coming to the Chamber and making his statement. It seems to me that there is a…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Project GigabitIs there not an international aspect to this? If the United Kingdom is to compete and succeed on a world trade stage, it could mobilise the skills and abilities in some of the…21 Sept 2021