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HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI will give way to my right hon. Friend.21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillBefore moving to the main meat of my speech, I wish to formally put on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Moor View (Johnny Mercer) for his fantastic work…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI thank my right hon. and gallant Friend for that intervention. I acknowledge his significant service on operations in Northern Ireland, and I know that he will share my keen…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI thank the hon. Member for that intervention and I agree entirely with him. Those who have served are the finest among us, and this Government are resolutely committed to…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI take my right hon. Friend’s point, but the point to bear in mind is that nothing in the Bill will hinder a prosecution of that sort. What we must bear in mind is that the…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI accept the sincerity with which the right hon. Gentleman makes his point. The bottom line is that, because the prosecutor will retain the agency to pursue a prosecution in the…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention and note his long-standing interest in the Bill and the issues more broadly. We must have confidence in the Henriques…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI acknowledge the contributions of both right hon. Members. I agree that the length of investigations is the recurring problem, but I point out that since the early days of our…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI do not share the right hon. Gentleman’s analysis. We have to bear in mind the fact that 6% is a small number. However, it is still too high, and we will work to get it down to…21 Apr 2021HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank colleagues from across the House this afternoon for their considered contributions. I have listened with humility and interest, and…21 Apr 2021HANSARDArmed Forces Bill (First sitting)Beg to move formally.25 Mar 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Nineteeth sitting)On a point of order, Sir George. Would it be helpful to suggest to the shadow Minister that we debate the current amendment, but that he does not press the subsequent amendments…19 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)I will be pleased to write to the hon. Member.05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)I agree with Opposition Members who have spoken about the need to protect the independence of the OEP. That is why we have introduced a new duty on the Secretary of State to have…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith for her warm wishes, which I will convey to the Minister, and for tabling amendment 189, which gives me the opportunity to…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Member’s amendment raises a question about the making of a strategy and policy statement for Ofgem. As he will be aware, the Government intend to publish an energy White…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 203, in clause 22, page 13, line 22, after “33(1)(b)” insert “,35(1)(b)”. This amendment is consequential on Amendment 208. It requires the OEP’s…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)This group of amendments clarifies the circumstances in which the OEP may bring an environmental review, in order to ensure there is no doubt about its thresholds for action.…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 204, in clause 22, page 13, line 22, after “36(1)” insert “and (6A)”05 Nov 2020HANSARDEnvironment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his contribution on this matter. First, I reassure him that the court may already review relevant facts or evidence in coming to its judgments. I fully…05 Nov 2020