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HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksI just wanted to be clear about what hopefully we are collectively asking for. We are asking the Government to mandate the use of swift bricks—and the plural is important. As…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksThere is another reason to commend swifts, which is that they are not actually here for very long. As my hon. Friend may know, they broadly arrive in the first week of May and…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksAs the planning Minister at the time, I had a hand in the changes to the national planning policy framework that encouraged the uptake of swift bricks, so I am pleased that this…10 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023I mean, sliding doors are bonkers, right?05 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023I recall that Border Force ran a competition looking for fast scanning technology. It awarded some money to a series of companies and there was some prize—I have in mind £1.5…05 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023I am no lawyer, and maybe I am reading this wrong. I acknowledge that schedule 5 already includes local weights and measures authorities. That is not necessarily the full extent…05 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023There is an unproven statement that much of the trade is organised crime, but I know from my time at the Home Office that this is a low-margin business. I am not convinced that…05 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023They certainly could be. This bit of legislation will go through today and I hope the Government will take those things into account. The explanatory memorandum states that…05 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023It is always a pleasure to see you in command, Ms McVey. This is a seemingly innocuous and small slip of paper, but I want to raise a number of issues about which the Committee…05 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI rise with a heavy heart to agree with many comments from across the House on the nature of this defective Bill. I agree with Richard Hermer KC, who in a very compelling…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThe hon. Lady talked about pensions, and there is an additional point. Whatever people may think of BDS or of an investment strategy that is ethical or otherwise, the money that…03 Jul 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful point, but does she accept that complexity can lead to gaming of the system? It often feels as if the accountancy profession and tax planners…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI just want to take the hon. Gentleman back, if I may, to the point he made on pensions. Can he not see the difficulty of having a specific regime for NHS doctors? For example, if…20 Jun 2023HANSARDDraft Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023So it is a yes.14 Jun 2023HANSARDDraft Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023Let me give the Minister a little time to read his note. I guess the question I am asking is: if I am the husband of a judge who died between the judgment and the remedy, will I…14 Jun 2023HANSARDDraft Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023I have a couple of questions—they are a bit of a protest. Obviously, the regulations are of much bigger size and much more complicated than a normal statutory instrument. Given…14 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Crime is down significantly and falling, and police officer numbers are at an all-time high, but the police funding formula remains elderly and out of date. It penalises…14 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderWill the hon. Lady give way?12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderMy hon. Friend is making a very strong point. Does he agree that part of the disconnect on this between the Labour party and the rest of the country is that with these protests,…12 Jun 2023HANSARD Public OrderWill the right hon. Gentleman comment on the fact that it is not just Northern Ireland that has regulation of protest? He will be aware that in Scotland it is a criminal offence…12 Jun 2023