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HANSARDApprenticeships and Teacher TrainingThank you, Sir George, for calling me to speak. I congratulate the hon. Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden) on setting the scene. May I say what a pleasure it is to see the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDScottish Devolution Settlement: Retained EU LawThe hon. Member will know that his opinion and mine greatly differ on this precious Union. I understand that, but it does not make us friends any the less; we are dear friends,…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthI commend the hon. Lady for what she is saying. Let me back up her comments on economic growth. We need small and medium-sized enterprises to be able to survive and to get through…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportThe fact that so many Members are here is an indication of how important the issue is. The hon. Lady asked me before whether this issue will affect Northern Ireland—of course it…19 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Residents: British PassportsI thank my hon. Friend and colleague for bringing that forward. He is right. My father, who is not with us anymore, was born across the border and yet grew up as British when he…18 Oct 2022HANSARDKinship CarersI thank the hon. Lady for bringing forward something very pertinent to the debate, as she so often does in Westminster Hall and the Chamber. I wholeheartedly agree with everything…18 Oct 2022HANSARDUnfinished Housing Developments: Consumer ProtectionI commend the hon. Lady for securing the debate. Back home in Northern Ireland—I say this to inform the Minister as well—we have a very clear system whereby each developer must…18 Oct 2022HANSARDKinship CarersWhat a pleasure it is to speak in this debate, Ms Ali. The hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) put forward a very concrete case, not that she had to do that for me—I was…18 Oct 2022HANSARDKinship CarersIn my contribution, I referred to two figures. Some 28% of those in kinship care are educationally challenged—to use that terminology—as against a national average of 6%, which is…18 Oct 2022HANSARD Chinese Consulate: Attack on Hong Kong ProtestersChina has no respect for the rule of law and its attitude is aggressive; it thinks it can do whatever it wants and get away with it—this House needs to say that it cannot. Reports…18 Oct 2022HANSARDUnfinished Housing Developments: Consumer ProtectionI thank the Minister for his helpful response, and again I want to use it to be constructive. Back home there are many developers who sign up to the Master Builders Association…18 Oct 2022HANSARDPrisons: Working Environments and Violence at WorkI thank the Minister for his response. It is not just the prison officers who feel the pain of the attacks and what happens to them—the families do, too. What is being done to…18 Oct 2022HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind ProjectsI thank the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) for leading the debate, and all the right hon. and hon. Members who have made significant and helpful…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI thank the Secretary of State for bringing forward the proposals he is outlining. I am very concerned for those I refer to as the working poor, and I know the Secretary of State…17 Oct 2022HANSARDLawfare and Investigative JournalismI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on bringing this debate forward. Does he not agree that we can never be in a position where the fear of the personal costs of litigation…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateSorry, Madam Deputy Speaker, you threw me off there. I was looking round to see who it was. Thank you very much for calling me. Can I say how very pleased I am to see the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI want to begin by thanking the Government and the Minister for all that they have done thus far in the energy crisis. We all sometimes get a bit caught up with our lists of…17 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI thank the Leader of the House for her answers. I am not in the business of point scoring. Does she not agree that the face behind a Budget is much less important than what the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementThe Minister is being incredibly generous in giving way, and his responses are very knowledgeable. In my contribution, I made the comment that the Northern Ireland fishing sector…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillJust last year, as everyone in the House will remember very well, the Police Service of Northern Ireland seized £215 million from a money laundering scheme that started in eastern…13 Oct 2022