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HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsThe creative industries are not just a wonderful cultural asset to the UK but a tremendous economic asset as well. I do not necessarily agree with the commentary in parts of the…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question, and he is right to note some conspicuous absences from the Chamber on such an important subject. I could not make it clearer: I care…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. Let me be clear again: no one is celebrating the position that the country found itself in this morning. We recognise the…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s support. There was no real progress on a federal level with the US under the previous Government. The former President made the decision that he…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am sorry that we have not convinced the right hon. Gentleman, but I am certain that the Government need powers in this area. We need to be able to respond to fast-moving changes…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]We would say with confidence that there was never a danger to the pint, but because of the concerns that were raised in the other place and perhaps by some colleagues here, I am…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will give way one more time before we come to the amendments that were made in the Lords.01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Member give way?01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am extremely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention; he always brings wisdom to these debates. I can absolutely give him the assurance that the Bill makes no…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Member give way?01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]On Second Reading, we have a Bill that is even stronger than the one that started in the other House. Once again, I thank all our colleagues in the other place for their…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I give way on that point.01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]The question I always have for the right hon. Gentleman is: is it going to be good? I will give way one more time.01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Of course—why not?01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I find that when political parties go into opposition, all of a sudden they seem less keen on the Government having decisive powers to take action in a whole range of areas. We…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]rose —01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]That was obviously part of a very wise set of remarks that I made from the Dispatch Box. But, yes, we must recognise that. I say again, because the Bill has been through the other…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I was going to make a little progress, but I cannot resist the right hon. Gentleman.01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]The hon. Member was a senior member of the previous Government and played a well-known role in the mini Budget, as well as a number of other things that that Government did. Will…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am really grateful to the hon. Gentleman for engaging with the issues about product safety and consumer protection in the Bill, and he is making a serious speech in relation to…01 Apr 2025