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HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillWhen we look at the precedents, it is interesting to note that there is clearly a legal difference between quashing a conviction and a pardon after an event has taken place, which…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am always keen to hear from the Minister. I thought I was fair in making the point he raises in my introductory remarks. I simply make the point that the constitutional…20 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsindicated dissent.07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat was a lot of words for the Secretary of State to use to say that she believes the Canadian high commission was correct in the answer that it gave. May I ask an important…07 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast month, the Secretary of State said at the Dispatch Box that she could state explicitly that trade talks with Canada had not broken down. However, the Canadian high commission…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesI firmly agree that the revelations in The Sunday Times at the weekend could not be more serious. In particular, if true, the claim that the Post Office was instructed to…19 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon System: Exoneration of Sub-postmastersThe Minister knows that we are willing to work with the Government on a way to exonerate the sub-postmasters and get them compensation as quickly as possible. The proposals will…25 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon System: Exoneration of Sub-postmastersI am grateful to the Minister for that answer, and I hope that exchange gives some reassurance to all colleagues in the House. Will he confirm that all prosecutions that arise…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI agree with that case. That is why this is such an important issue for Parliament to consider. I always acknowledge that there are parts of it that are difficult. Decarbonising…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI agree entirely.23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI beg to move, That this House recognises the need to decarbonise steel production; appreciates the pride that local communities have in their historic steelworks; regrets that…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI think that is a pathetic response. I mean no discourtesy, but that is pathetic. It is entirely reasonable for the First Minister of Wales to seek a conversation with the Prime…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKOf course, the decision has to be considered in conjunction with the one in Scunthorpe, and that is why this issue is so important and deserves the attention it is getting today.…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI will take an intervention from the Government Benches, then one from my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon), and then I will take no more.23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKWe have considerable expertise in that matter, and that grade of coal is no good for the current way steel is produced in the UK, but the right hon. Gentleman is right to raise…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI can give way one more time, to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham)23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI will take an intervention from the Government Benches and one more from the Labour Back Benches, if that is okay.23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKIt was a pleasure to visit the Shotton steelworks with my right hon. Friend last year, and he will know that it began as the Summers steelworks in Stalybridge in my constituency.…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKrose—23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI am cautious of doing so given the warning about time, but I will give way as I know my right hon. Friend has a significant interest in this.23 Jan 2024