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HANSARD South East Strategic Reservoir OptionI gave Water Resources East as the example of best practice because it has the councils, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Rivers Trust sitting on the board,…16 Mar 2022HANSARD South East Strategic Reservoir OptionI beg to move, That this House has considered the proposed South East Strategic Reservoir Option. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I am very grateful to…16 Mar 2022HANSARDIran DetaineesI think we have all been quite emotional today. Tears of joy will, I hope, be cried this evening. To think that Richard Ratcliffe will be able to welcome Nazanin and that she…16 Mar 2022HANSARD South East Strategic Reservoir OptionThe Minister mentioned transparency, but there is a real issue with the redacted environmental impact assessment. I say “redacted”, but the document is gobbledegook and I cannot…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Large Solar FarmsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this incredibly important debate and on his excellent speech so far. Does he agree that his assessment of the planning situation so…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateFirst, I thank the Defence Secretary for the approach he takes, being the calm voice of competence that we want to hear in this crisis. He should not have to intervene in the Home…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, and she is right. I do not say this in any other spirit than one of wanting to help. I thank the Ministers for the ways in which they…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThe Minister will be aware of amendment 4—we will discuss it in Committee—which asks why there is an exemption on the so-called economic wellbeing of the UK. He will be well aware…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Billrose —07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI was going to make the point that was just made: we should expect oligarchs to abide by the same rules that all the rest of us do.07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI rise to speak to the amendments in my name: new clause 5 and, in particular, amendment 4, which is supported by the cross-party group that has been trying to get our ducks in a…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. When the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was at the Dispatch Box, he…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills), and I associate myself with his comments. Although, as the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his helpful intervention. I would rather that we deleted these lines now—they cause a lot of problems—and then, when the Bill goes…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillAs the right hon. Lady knows, the Bill provides exemptions that Secretaries of State would be able to use in order not to require an entity to be on the register. One of them…07 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson). To pick up his point at a moment of reflection, we are all tired because yesterday we were here…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsI am so grateful for that intervention, and I absolutely do not understand. I intervened about that at the beginning of the debate. I have listened to the whole debate and am none…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsDoes the hon. Gentleman not find that it rather sticks in the throat that Mr Abramovich has been going around saying that he is an envoy of peace and claiming that he is somehow…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsWhat I found a bit disappointing about the Minister’s speech was its tone. We are all on the same side and trying to help, but there is still a question: why are we lagging…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMuch of what the Liberal Democrats have issue with in the Bill has been covered by my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) in previous…28 Feb 2022