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HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s support. I will press new clauses 14 and 27 to a vote. It is very important that this is included in part 2 of the Bill. We need…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillHe is nodding—thank you very much. Hansard have got it on record that he is nodding. That is very important. I want to mention one other important thing that is often missed. Many…07 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade Deals: Farmers and Food Producers5. What steps she is taking to support farmers and food producers through trade deals.03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade Deals: Farmers and Food ProducersEnvironmental regulations and restrictions, on pesticides for example, are there for good reason, but they cost our farmers money either in sourcing alternatives or in lower…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Some pork producers, including Cranswick, which has premises in Thirsk and Malton, did the right thing and self-suspended export licences to China due to a covid outbreak.…03 Mar 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly the bit about overseas entities. There are a couple of things that he might consider for his White Paper. Some…28 Feb 2022HANSARDMoving Civil Service Jobs outside LondonMay I associate myself with my right hon. Friend’s words? In this Parliament, we will stand in solidarity against the deranged tyranny we have seen and make the road that…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Post Office: Horizon Compensation ArrangementsI thank Members on both sides of the House, and indeed the Minister, for their efforts. As for the 555, lives have been ruined. Now lives have been lost; people die. The…24 Feb 2022HANSARDMoving Civil Service Jobs outside London1. What progress his Department is making on moving civil service jobs outside of London.24 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsIt is clear that Putin is not afraid to weaponise his foreign policy through his armed forces, and through oil and gas supplies. It is therefore only right that we look to…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsThat is certainly how it looks to me at this point in time, so it is important that we now move very quickly to take the further measures we have discussed today on the Floor of…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsMy hon. Friend is making a superb speech. One thing that often gets missed in this debate about how we crack economic crime is the role of whistleblowers. They are the most likely…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way; he is being very generous. I am interested to know the criteria we have applied in choosing those five banks, which are…22 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryDoes the Minister think that it is acceptable for commissioners to take 20 months commissioning a service when we have dentists who want to take that work and take on that surgery?10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryWill the hon. Gentleman give way?10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Another point that needs developing is that in Helmsley, in my constituency, the commissioners have still not…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryThe hon. Gentleman is not making a particularly collegiate speech, but never mind. I have a lot of time for him. I do not know where the £10 billion fraud figure he throws out has…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI thank the hon. Member for Bradford South (Judith Cummins) and my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) for securing this important debate. It is clearly a huge,…10 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcement today. Does he agree that a cut in VAT to solve this crisis is a completely flawed policy, as evidenced by the three economists who…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of LivingThe most effective sanctions that we could impose on Russia would be to block Russian banks’ access to UK and international markets. Will my right hon. Friend consider that and…01 Feb 2022