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HANSARDMarket Towns: Cultural HeritageI congratulate the hon. Member for Southend East and Rochford (Mr Alaba) on securing this debate. It is always a pleasure to speak about Strangford. We have constituency heritage…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTrade Diversion and Windsor FrameworkI congratulate the hon. and learned Member on securing this debate. Small businesses in my constituency have told me that they are now having to pay His Majesty’s Revenue and…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Community Sport FacilitiesI commend the hon. Member for securing this debate. He is absolutely right to set the scene very clearly for community sports facilities. Obesity seems to be rising in the United…04 Mar 2025HANSARDMarket Towns: Cultural HeritageI absolutely agree, and I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. It is great to have history. I love history, which is one of my favourite subjects. Indeed, it was probably the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTrade Diversion and Windsor FrameworkWill the hon. Member give way?04 Mar 2025HANSARD Palestinian Rights: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I thank the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) for setting the scene. The topic of Government support…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsI thank the Minister for his answers to our questions. The activity of Chinese operatives on our shores has to stop. No steps taken thus far have deterred the Chinese from…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTrade Diversion and Windsor FrameworkI am reminded of the wee song we used to sing in Sunday school many years ago: “So high, you can’t get over it, So low, you can’t get under it”. The Stormont brake does not work…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaI thank the Minister for her responses to the urgent question. Over the weekend and in the Chamber yesterday, the Prime Minister made very clear his support for Ukraine until…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Bathing Water RegulationsI commend the hon. Gentleman. He has invited contributions from those of us who are interested in bathing waters. My constituency has Strangford lough and the Irish sea on the…04 Mar 2025HANSARD North Staffordshire Ceramics Industry: Energy CostsI commend the hon. Gentleman for bringing this debate forward. He is absolutely right to highlight the issue of the ceramics industry. Similarly, in Northern Ireland, we have…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI definitely have the strongest legs in the Chamber, Madam Deputy Speaker! I have been bobbing up and down for about three hours. I thank the Prime Minister very much for his…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillI ask the hon. Lady to cast her mind back to Scotch whisky. I met representatives of the Irish whiskey industry just before Christmas. They told me of their deep concerns over…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillWhenever the hon. Lady pushes her new clause, we will support it. I give way.03 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness and TradeThe Minister has a real interest in the matters for which she has ministerial responsibility; I want to put on the record my thanks to her. When we have had meetings on other…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillThe hon. Lady makes her point succinctly. I hope that the Minister has heard her comments about the impact. Her concerns are certainly my concerns—indeed, the concerns of all…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillIn Northern Ireland, we have a number of faith schools that will be impacted greatly by the measure. They have contacted me even at this late stage to ask whether the Government…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. That is what my small and medium-sized enterprises tell me—and, I believe, everyone else on the Opposition Benches—about that. Ultimately,…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillIt is a pleasure to speak in the debate—is it the end? No, I am sure it is not. I thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me so soon; I was just getting myself prepared. This…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillThe hon. Gentleman is right—he makes that point well. One business in my constituency employs 1,200 people. It told me just before the new year that those measures would cost it…03 Mar 2025