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HANSARDDraft Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) (Threshold Amount) Order 2022I just want to place on the record my reservations about this measure. I think lifting the threshold to £1,000 is untoward when we know the scale of fraud that is taking place. I…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we find time for a debate on what is happening at the Shelter charity? Many Members and constituents will be unaware that the Shelter management has imposed a pay cut on its…08 Dec 2022HANSARD BBC Local RadioI speak not only in my capacity as secretary of the National Union of Journalists parliamentary group, but to represent my constituents. The NUJ has circulated a briefing to all…08 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI entirely agree with what the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin) has said, and I apologise for not signing her new clause; I wish I had. I will be very brief,…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I do not wish to delay the debate, but in the Financial Times today there is an announcement that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will make…07 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Dentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing Associates and Midwives (International Registrations) Order 2022Will the Minister write to us, with regard to not that specific proposal, but the generality? If we could receive a breakdown on that, that would be really useful. Can he say at…06 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Dentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing Associates and Midwives (International Registrations) Order 2022I have a simple question for the Minister. We have received a number of representations, and it is important to acknowledge the consultation that has taken place. Page 6 of the…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillThe debate so far has been serious, and it has respected the views that have been expressed not only by Members from across the House, on a whole range of issues, but by the…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillJust briefly, because I know that the Minister is about to finish, can he respond on amendment 204 with regard to the protection of journalists?05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillThe right hon. Gentleman and I have some form on this matter going back a number of years. The amendment is in the tradition that this House has followed of passing legislation to…05 Dec 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesThis is the Minister’s first outing, so it is not the time to rough him up on anything. However, the background to this, for those of us who participated in it, is the UN report,…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI am sorry that I came late to the debate; I was delayed in traffic after another meeting. I remind my right hon. Friend that some of the concerns expressed by disabled…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesThe hon. Lady mentioned an aspect of this. If a family includes a person with a disability, that is a key factor in ensuring that the whole family lives in poverty. I chair a…24 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyI will be relatively brief, not least because I have noticed that Ludmila Morris is in the Gallery. She recently retired after years of service as the head of the McMillan…22 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMay I take the Chancellor back to the housing issue? Housing is often the canary in the mine when assessing how people are faring in difficult circumstances. Last year, there was…17 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillFor the record and as a message to the other House, I wish to say that I believe that the Government forcing through such a serious Bill in so limited a period of time today is a…16 Nov 2022HANSARD Enabling the Public to call a General ElectionThat leaves the decision on when to call a general election to the whim of a Prime Minister and the judgment of the ruling party on when it can manipulate its popularity. Surely…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Bhopal Gas Explosion InvestigationsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra) on securing this debate. Bhopal has been described as an environmental disaster; I think it is actually the…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Enabling the Public to call a General ElectionThe Minister mis-portrays my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon), who is more a Digger and Leveller than a Chartist. He seems to be arguing about stability and…15 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) Regulations 2022There is a difference between clarity in a consultation paper and clarity in legislation. I would like to hear about the legislation.14 Nov 2022