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HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]The right hon. Gentleman will have heard me say just now that our intention is to cement the UK’s status as a world leader in product regulation and safety. I am sure we would all…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]This is a little off-topic for a Second Reading, but the hon. Gentleman could have just listened to the “Today” programme this morning. He would have heard me articulate those…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 was going to make a little progress, but I cannot resist the right hon. Gentleman.01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am more than happy to make that clear. We see that in a number of areas—it is the case across the whole field of regulation. Let us look at AI, which is topical right now: we…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I want to directly answer the point made by the right hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) and provide clarification that I have just sought. Clause 2(7)(a) is not…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I give way on that point.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 can explain it very clearly. Colleagues who are interested in this legislation will have followed the proceedings in the other place and the discussions on this area. I put the…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am grateful for that intervention very early on in proceedings. I cannot provide a definitive answer to the right hon. Gentleman on the naming of the Bill, but I promise that I…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]As ever, I am particularly grateful to the right hon. Member for his courtesy. To my hon. Friend the Member for Blackley and Middleton South (Graham Stringer), I say that clause…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will give way to the right hon. Member.01 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy Department works night and day to deliver our plan for change by making Britain the best place to invest, work and do business. This Government have provided political…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would say that businesses in the hon. Lady’s constituency should contact their local Conservative MP and say, “What was your plan?” because I think we have had three oral…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman may have not seen the news recently, but the UK, led by our Prime Minister, has had the best engagement of any country with the new US Administration. Is it not…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn steel and aluminium tariffs, the US Administration’s position is that there are no exemptions for anybody—that is across the board. I think they recognise the very strong case…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe reserve the right to take any action in response to any changes to our trading relationships, but I do think we can look to the opportunity for the UK, which is greater than…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere are many Members called Chris. I thank my hon. Friend for his question. As he will know, the creative industries are part of our industrial strategy. We are hugely proud of…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe simple position is that we will represent the UK’s national interest in this matter. The US has objections about its significant deficits in manufacturing goods with China and…13 Mar 2025