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HANSARD Representation of the People BillI, too, want to welcome the Bill; I think it has a lot of good measures. However, whether it becomes the watershed Bill that I think it could be depends on whether much of the…02 Mar 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementThe hon. Member is exactly right. When the Committee published our report, we lamented that there was not a full-scale, full-blown implementation plan alongside the proposals. To…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I want to start with huge thanks to my colleagues on the Business and Trade Committee for helping to inform the debate…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-India Free Trade AgreementThe evidence that we took in the Business and Trade Committee did raise concerns about the impact of the deal on both the brick industry and the ceramics industry in the UK. The…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Economic SecurityWhen we published the report, we sought to compare the regime that we have in this country with the regimes that are in place among our allies in Japan, Europe and the United…05 Feb 2026HANSARD Economic SecurityIt is an open secret in this House that every day, every week, there is some controversy between the growth Departments and the security Departments in government. If we are to…05 Feb 2026HANSARD Economic SecurityMy hon. Friend is right. I salute her work on the Committee, which is far stronger for her contribution. The bottom line is that the Government has said, in strategy after…05 Feb 2026HANSARD Economic SecurityLet me first express my gratitude to the Backbench Business Committee for making time for this short statement today as the Business and Trade Committee publishes the Government…05 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanI want to welcome the Prime Minister’s serious engagement with serious power: it is essential to safeguarding our national interest. The complexities of China require from Britain…02 Feb 2026HANSARDBusiness Rates: Retail, Hospitality and LeisureThe £4 billion package in the Budget is very welcome, but the manifesto commitment was to replace the business rates system, not tinker with it or subsidise it. Pubs alone will…19 Jan 2026HANSARD US National Security StrategyThe language of the US national security strategy is deeply regrettable. Frankly, it is not hard to see the rhymes with some extreme right-wing tropes that date back to the 1930s.…11 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I welcome the deal with the United States to set zero tariffs on pharmaceutical exports? Together with the British Business Bank’s investment of £100 million in biotech, that…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI begin by congratulating the Minister on bringing the Bill forward to this stage. He has been one of the country’s practical idealists since I first began working with him in…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Many members would say that they wanted their investments to help to create a more equal country—a less unequal country—not least because we now…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBusiness and Trade CommitteeI was very grateful to receive the hon. Member’s email. He is absolutely right. The shutdown of branches all over our country is a really serious problem that creates real risks.…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBusiness and Trade CommitteeI think there is a real opportunity in the course of the next year to modernise the way we export arms, and we will need to do that because of the simple reality that the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBusiness and Trade CommitteeWe have a very good Minister in place, but in a way, the report is designed to ensure that that Minister is empowered in his work and across Government. But first we must…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBusiness and Trade CommitteeThis is a very good point. We want to ensure that there is an enshrinement of the principles of the Bill, so that the private sector has clarity, certainty and confidence in the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBusiness and Trade CommitteeI am grateful to the hon. Member for the question and for his sterling work on the Committee as our inquiry has been driven forward over the last seven or eight months. I have…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBusiness and Trade CommitteeIt is a privilege to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. Let me record my thanks to the Backbench Business Committee for making time for this debate; to a brilliant team of…27 Nov 2025