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HANSARD UkraineMay I urge the Secretary of State to step up pressure on his colleagues to shut down sanctions evasion? The Business and Trade Committee recently took evidence from the National…22 Feb 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Could you advise me on how we can get to the bottom of exactly what is going on with our Canadian trade talks? On 25 January, Politico…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe ICJ ruling is incredibly serious for all sides. Can the Minister tell us today whether it is His Majesty’s Government’s analysis that Israel is operating within the measures…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdLeaving the Post Office rudderless now, when people are literally dying before they get redress, is not a situation we can put up with. The key question for the Minister is this:…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]In the light of the news that the figures that have been tabled by the Department are not accurate—I can barely believe it—would my hon. Friend, like me, have expected there to be…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]Many of the figures that are sometimes cited about the future size and scope of the Indo-Pacific market include the size and growth of China. Has the Secretary of State reflected…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]indicated dissent .29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and he is absolutely right to flag this issue. The UK Government have not hitherto been successfully challenged under ISDS, but…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]I suppose I should start by declaring an interest, because nearly 10 years ago I wrote a book called “Turning to Face the East: How Britain can prosper in the Asian century”,…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Teesworks Joint VentureI am glad to hear that nothing illegal has happened, but sometimes in this world it is what is legal that really shocks us. Like me, the Minister probably remembers that when the…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]Before the Secretary of State moves off the subject of cars, I want to make an intervention about our trade with Canada, which involves more than £745 million-worth of exports. We…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI add my voice to the chorus asking the Minister to rethink the strategy and this deal comprehensively. At the heart of this debate is a simple truth: what the Government have…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKI just want to pin something down, because that was an important intervention. On 8 November the Minister said, in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Holly…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Protecting Steel in the UKrose —23 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalI thank the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Sir David Davis) for securing the urgent question. I am very much looking forward to cross-examining the Minister when he…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsJustice delayed is justice denied but 85% of the convictions have still not been overturned despite the Select Committee warning last spring that the process was rolling much too…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Three and Vodafone: Potential MergerAlong with the police. To cap it all, we now have a Minister warning that our investment security regime is out of date with the threats as we now understand them.14 Dec 2023HANSARD Three and Vodafone: Potential MergerThis has been an extremely useful debate. Let me conclude it by offering my thanks and congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra) on leading this…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Three and Vodafone: Potential MergerI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Things have moved on since the debate sponsored by my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra). On Tuesday, the…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Three and Vodafone: Potential MergerI beg to move, That this House has considered the potential merger of Three and Vodafone. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for making time for this debate on what…14 Dec 2023