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HANSARD International Investment SummitThe Minister is a very sensible person with experience both in the private sector and in politics, so I am surprised that she mentions that figure. Of the £22 billion, £9 billion…17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitThat is simply not true—just read what the Bank of England said about that time. All the numbers went back to normal within a month of that fiscal event. The hon. Gentleman can…17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitThe Government!17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitI am very keen not to do that. That is my point. It is gloom and doom from the Opposition —sorry, I mean the Government; I have to stop doing that—and it is brought on by these…17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitHear, hear.17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitThe Chair of the Business and Trade Committee is going to give us one.17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitThere is no doubt that we have been through a difficult time, given the effect of covid and the cost of living crisis on a services economy, but the right hon. Gentleman will…17 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitMay I welcome the Minister back to this place and to her new position? I assure her that I am very happy to work with her to further the best interests of the United Kingdom. I…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way a second time. He talks about the importance to communities of farmers, particularly intergenerational farmers. We…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityThe Secretary of State is right to say that farmers are a very important part of the community. His leader, the Prime Minister, said to the NFU last year that solar farms should…08 Oct 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesI thank the Front Benchers for their excellent contributions. The tone of the debate was generally very constructive. I think we are all on the same page in terms of local…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesI support potential revisions to enforcement powers to give perfect clarity about how enforcement can happen in these circumstances. However, I want to touch on the Minister’s…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesPerhaps understandably, this is not my policy area. I am holding this debate because it is a constituency issue. I am not particularly aware of the Irish rules that the hon.…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesOkay, I have misunderstood. Perhaps she will clarify that she accepts that it is the local planning authority’s responsibility to provide these sites.11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesI beg to move, That this House has considered the adequacy of planning policy for Traveller sites. It is a pleasure to hold this debate with you in the Chair, Dame Siobhain. My…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesAs always, the hon. Gentleman is very reasonable. That is exactly the position that my constituents and I take: this is about fairness and applying the law equally. The Human…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesThe hon. Lady is making a very valid and interesting point, but she seems to think that it was central Government’s responsibility to provide Traveller sites—I think that is what…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesI agree with the principle. My point is that that is how the European convention on human rights and the Human Rights Act are framed, but it is not how things operate in practice.…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesI absolutely agree that sites should be made available, but may I reiterate the point that I raised? For the family I mentioned, sites were available. In fact, the family occupied…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement and for his kind words. I assure him that we will continue to work collaboratively to put the interests of…09 Sept 2024