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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a pleasure to take part in a Finance Bill Committee of the whole House. I will raise a number of points, particularly in relation to the new clauses and to what the Minister…18 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThe hon. Lady is making an important speech on new clause 7. I did not mention this in my speech, but we will support the new clause if it is pressed to a Division today.18 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Billrose —18 Apr 2023HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillOn investment in renewables, does my right hon. Friend feel, as I do, that the Government are missing out on an opportunity? This is the opportunity to capitalise on the move…29 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Major Sporting Events (Income Tax Exemption) (Women’s Finalissima Football Match) Regulations 2023Thank you for chairing this Committee, Mrs Murray. It has been a while since I have been on a Delegated Legislation Committee, so it is quite nice to come to one; I say that…22 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationIn December, the Committee on Standards in Public Life said it was concerned that 18 months had been lost because of the Government’s failure to respond to its report “Upholding…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationHow can we be assured of transparency and integrity in decision making if we do not have a register of Ministers’ interests that has been published any time in the past 10 months?16 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI can understand why, when it comes to policies on spending, on tax and on the Budget, we have an ideological divide across this Chamber. I can understand that the Conservatives…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Security of Government DevicesI thank the Minister for advanced sight of his statement. I agree with other Members that this is a welcome and proportionate step by the Government. It is good to see that, in…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionI am glad to speak in this debate on International Women’s Day. Unfortunately, we are significantly outnumbered, but it is nice to have a woman in the Chair and to hear a…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionI am not exactly sure what the hon. Gentleman is proposing that regularisation should look like. In Scotland, we have a system of unitary authorities—32 local councils—that meet…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionI am sure the hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct on that, but the thing is that if we are not paying councillors a reasonable amount of money, we are not going to get the…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayI appreciate you chairing this afternoon’s debate, Mr Pritchard. We have been particularly raucous and difficult to control, so congratulations on taking on that most difficult…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThis is not being done in our name. We did not vote to leave the ECHR, we did not vote for Brexit, and we did not vote for refugees fleeing unimaginable horrors to be detained and…07 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityI am glad to hear the Minister talking about the hard work that the civil service does and being clear, in agreeing with his colleague the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg),…06 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolCan the Prime Minister be clear with the House that this agreement does not get us any closer to being readmitted to the Horizon Europe programme—to our universities or to…27 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I agree with the hon. Member for Islwyn that the Minister is giving us a run for our money today. I feel like I was speaking particularly slowly on Tuesday, as I was not feeling…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)As I mentioned in previous speeches, we are taking decisions here for the entirety of the UK. Like it or not, I have been elected in the same way as the hon. Member has, as a UK…09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The Minister is suggesting that clause 90 will be used only in extremis. Do I read that correctly, or is that not his suggestion?09 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Eighth sitting)If I can crave your indulgence, Mr Mundell, I will not be present at the Committee’s next sitting, so I want to say thank you very much to the Clerks, to Hansard and, in…09 Feb 2023