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HANSARDDraft Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) Regulations 2022Simply, the legislation before us does not seem to describe the principles or the process by which a definition can occur. I might have got it completely wrong, but it would be…14 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) Regulations 2022If I am being dim here, I apologise, but I have gone through the explanatory notes to find out the definition of a sensitive area, and it is not there. The schedule to the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) Regulations 2022These Committees might not be the most exciting part of parliamentary life, but we should try to at least understand what we are dealing with. I have found my way around the SOI…14 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) Regulations 2022It’s not defined in the legislation.14 Nov 2022HANSARDSri LankaIt is important in this debate to try to get across an understanding of Sri Lanka’s economy. It has natural resources on a scale any other country would wish for and dream of,…09 Nov 2022HANSARDSri LankaOne issue that we consistently raise, in addition to human rights abuses, is the level of corruption in Sri Lanka. One way we have been able to expose and tackle that corruption…09 Nov 2022HANSARDSri LankaThere is a tragic irony that some of our constituents have gone out to Sri Lanka to look for the disappeared, and have been disappeared themselves. That is the failure of the…09 Nov 2022HANSARD Night Flights: Impact on CommunitiesAnd why.08 Nov 2022HANSARD Night Flights: Impact on CommunitiesThe hon. Lady may be coming on to this point, in which case I apologise, but over the years we have been arguing that this issue is not just about the numbers, but about the…08 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Inter-American Investment Corporation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2022Just briefly, although I know how hon. Members like to spend long periods of time in SI Committees, I want to ask the Minister a question, and I am happy if he writes to me in…08 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI wish to raise the situation in Harmondsworth detention centre in my constituency after the events at the weekend. I am grateful to the Minister for the call that we had over the…07 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Sector Pay: Proposed Strike ActionThank you, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter) on securing the debate. I want to talk specifically about the industrial action…01 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionI am the secretary of the National Union of Journalists parliamentary group, and the Minister can imagine the crushing disappointment among NUJ members, because this comes on top…01 Nov 2022HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Additional Support9. If he will take steps to provide additional support during winter 2022-23 to women affected by the rise in state pension age.31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresThere have consistently been 1,500 asylum seekers in hotels in my constituency—I think that is the largest number in any constituency—and I welcome them. I congratulate the local…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Additional SupportMembers across the House will have appreciated the sense of grievance and injustice from women born in the 1950s who were not given proper notice of the rise in the state pension…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will speak as a trade unionist, taking up the point made by the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds). From the trade union point of view, I have been…25 Oct 2022HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillI will be extremely brief and fulfil my commitment to the shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up. The reason I rise to speak is that I met a group of constituents at the…24 Oct 2022HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillWill the Minister look at the issue of the 100% offset that incorporated landlords now have against profits?24 Oct 2022HANSARD Public Order BillIt is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin). I rise to support a range of amendments—amendments 1, 2, 11 and 12, new clauses 9, 11…18 Oct 2022