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HANSARD 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 To cap it all, we now have a Minister warning that our investment security regime is out of date with the threats as we now understand them.14 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am glad that the debate has provided an opportunity for former immigration Ministers to come together for some therapy and to share a little experience about the principles at…12 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) on so eloquently introducing this debate, and I, too, congratulate the petitioners on organising a…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Tuesday, we finally had answers from Lisa Wilkinson about the mistakes that led to the collapse of that much-loved firm, but Ms Wilkinson was not able to answer why 70% of the…30 Nov 2023HANSARDBatteries for Electric Vehicle ManufacturingI commend my hon. Friend’s work; his leadership of the all-party parliamentary group on electric vehicles and the all-party parliamentary motor group has been so important in…23 Nov 2023HANSARDBatteries for Electric Vehicle ManufacturingI am grateful for that question. Although I do not have the specific details of the opportunities in the constituency of the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), the spirit…23 Nov 2023HANSARDBatteries for Electric Vehicle ManufacturingI am grateful to my hon. Friend. As ever, he is on the money. The rules of origin framework was put in place with the best intentions, to try to incentivise people in Europe and…23 Nov 2023HANSARDBatteries for Electric Vehicle ManufacturingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I am grateful to the Liaison Committee for making time available for this statement today. I understand that the…23 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThe right hon. Gentleman, my constituency neighbour, knows that I admire much about the mission he has set out in this White Paper, but chapter 3 needed to say a lot more about…21 Nov 2023HANSARDBritish SteelI am grateful to the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft) for securing this urgent question. The Minister is in peril of presiding over the end of primary steelmaking in…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationWe are grateful to the Minister for his tireless work, but by his own analysis the aid is not getting through. I commend to him the motion passed by Birmingham City Council last…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI rise to speak in favour of the amendment tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge), which gives me an opportunity to thank her for her…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt was a point underlined when we heard public evidence on the Bill. People explained to us how a number of different smaller companies might well be set up to become conduits for…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is a point of cross-party consensus. I know it is a point of cross-party consensus because it was the Minister who used to use…25 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaHamas’s crime was not just what was once called “the banality of evil”; it was the calculation of evil, which is why Hamas must be defeated. The Prime Minister is right that a…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI join the Leader of the House in her utter condemnation of Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel. It was not what Hannah Arendt once called “the banality of evil”; it was the…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Birmingham City CouncilI am grateful to the Secretary of State for the offer to work together, and that offer has been welcomed by Councillor John Cotton this afternoon. Can the Secretary of State tell…19 Sept 2023HANSARD UK Automotive IndustryThe truth is that while gigafactories are now being built right the way across Europe, we need at least eight gigafactories with about 15 GW of capacity in the UK—including, I…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2When will High Speed 2 arrive in Manchester?18 Sept 2023HANSARD UK Automotive IndustryThere are, of course, proposals by Chinese battery makers to consider investing in the UK. Can the Minister tell the House whether, if investments are made by those Chinese firms,…18 Sept 2023