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HANSARD VAT Registration Threshold: SMEsIrrespective of the Windsor framework and the protocol issue, I understand that experts and businesses have suggested that the VAT threshold should be £250,000. The hon. Member…24 Jun 2025HANSARD War MemorialsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stuart. More importantly, I thank the hon. Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) for her passionate and completely…24 Jun 2025HANSARD VAT Registration Threshold: SMEsNo. I thank the hon. Member—he is a friend—but look, honestly, I am a Brexiteer; it is no secret. I want the same Brexit as the rest of the United Kingdom got. I did not get that.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDGavi: FundingI welcome what the Foreign Secretary has said, and I warmly welcome the Prime Minister’s repeated assurances that vaccination remains an international development priority. Ahead…24 Jun 2025HANSARD Unadopted Estates and RoadsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Unfortunately—or fortunately, whatever way we want to look at it—this is an issue not just in his constituency, but across the whole of the…24 Jun 2025HANSARD VAT Registration Threshold: SMEsMy hon. Friend always intervenes with words of wisdom and understanding. Perhaps the Minister will respond to that. There is little point in Northern Ireland MPs discussing this…24 Jun 2025HANSARDGavi: Funding3. How much funding his Department plans to provide to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance for the 2026 to 2030 period.24 Jun 2025HANSARDCare Settings: Right to Maintain ContactThank you for filling in, Ms Butler, and bridging the gap to enable the debate to go ahead. I thank the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton (Dan Carden) for leading today’s debate.…24 Jun 2025HANSARD Flood Defences: ChesterfieldI commend the hon. Gentleman on bringing this debate forward. He is right to underline the issue for Chesterfield, but there is a real problem across all the United Kingdom.…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyThe hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister) asked the question I had hoped to ask, and the Minister sort of answered it, so I will ask a quite separate question.…24 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial Strategyrose—23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsI commend the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton). He is my neighbour and has been my friend for many years. We served in the Assembly before we ever came here. It is a…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Access to GPsI thank the Minister for his responses, which have been incredibly helpful. When I think of GP access, I think of two things; the first is Strangford and the villages along the…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the Minister for his statement today and for his clear commitment. I want to describe Armed Forces Week in Newtownards in my constituency. On Saturday, 60,000 people came…23 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyYou are very kind, Madam Deputy Speaker—we got there in the end. I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, which is full of positivity. Everyone here welcomes it deep…23 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement. I have often spoken in this Chamber about the Iranian regime and the horrific human rights abuses that take place under the IRGC.…23 Jun 2025HANSARDPensions Policy: Climate and Nature TargetsIt is very important that those who have pensions get a return, so that their pensions are beneficial. It is also important to ensure that net zero is delivered, because many…23 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyMy bronchitis is starting to get to me a little, Madam Deputy Speaker.23 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn the TV last night, they did a survey of GPs. The relationship between a GP and a patient is incredibly close. When our children and grandchildren come into the world, our GP is…20 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI spoke to the hon. Lady beforehand, and I understand her concerns. They are the same concerns I have, on behalf of those who have anorexia, those with mental health conditions,…20 Jun 2025