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HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI appreciate that the Minister cannot be tempted to comment on what might or might not be in the Queen’s Speech, but based on what Lord Agnew said, if it were to be true, I please…26 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. How does the Foreign Secretary believe the role of the Commonwealth could and should be developed in future, now that the UK has left the EU?25 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagements2. The biggest factor driving up our fuel bills and cost of living is the sky-rocketing international price of gas, which is currently dancing to a tune set in Moscow. Does the…05 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI rise to speak to the amendments in my name and that of my hon. Friends. I start by saying that there is a great deal to support about this Bill, and I think I mentioned that on…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. For those of us who worry about the scale of subsidies, who take pride in ours being a relatively low-subsidy country and economy and who…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThat is absolutely right. Transparency is of course about trying to improve the productivity of our economy and avoiding distortions of our economy, and of course it is also about…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillAbsolutely; my hon. Friend makes an important point. Equally, the point about cost goes more broadly than that too. We heard about the cumulative threshold where, if a single…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThat is absolutely right. Although I appreciate that there is a technical distinction between amounts of subsidy and amounts of general local authority spend, it is a very strong…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThat is absolutely right. It is not just about whether a particular subsidy breaches those principles, but as the hon. Member rightly points out, it is also a question of whether…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMay I back the hon. Lady up by saying that it is about not just smaller businesses, but local economic effects? Something that may, on a large scale, be distortive for the entire…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI am listening carefully to the hon. Lady. I am sure everybody here would agree with the principle of trying to level up, particularly in parts of the UK outside London and the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMay I just caution my hon. Friend? I think the paraphrase of his argument about the size of the subsidy database is that big databases are less transparent than small ones. That…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.09 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe replacement of bureaucratic and burdensome EU red tape with modern, nimble, digital UK alternatives, without compromising food or environmental standards, should be one of the…09 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI welcome the 10-year strategy’s focus on both prevention and enforcement as well as treatment. I welcome that it pledges to implement, I think, all of Dame Carol Black’s…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Economic CrimeI congratulate the right hon. Lady and my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) on arranging this very important and very timely debate. I am only sorry…02 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Britain has some of the most unaffordable childcare in the developed world, which reduces opportunities for working families, particularly single parents, deepens gender pay…01 Dec 2021HANSARDPlanning (Street Plans) Bill13. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of provisions in the Planning (Street Plans) Bill to allow residents to vote on the design of new homes in their streets on…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPlanning (Street Plans) BillI am delighted to hear it. Will the Secretary of State look not only at those ideas, but at the related “build up, not out” proposals in my soon-to-be-launched policy paper…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Does the Minister agree that improving trust in and legitimacy of key public officials and institutions in areas such as law enforcement, immigration and health, particularly…24 Nov 2021