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HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillI am grateful to the Minister for his characteristic generosity. He has just told the Committee that he does not think that new clause 1 is needed and that the intention of the…08 May 2024HANSARDStrategic Litigation Against Public Participation BillI have just two points to make on this excellent group. First, I wholeheartedly support the amendments to clause 2 that my hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly proposes. The…08 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe Minister has said that the policy has not changed, but the facts on the ground have. Ordering the evacuation of 100,000 people is not a small operation; it is big one. He…07 May 2024HANSARDUK Trade PerformanceIt is good to see the Secretary of State in the House again. I know she has a difference of opinion sometimes with the Office for Budget Responsibility, but can she confirm that…01 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillIf that is the approach that the Minister is going to take, could he tell the House a bit more about how his Department will support individuals who find themselves in this…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am grateful to the Minister for clarifying these points as we go along. He will know that many sub-postmasters have not applied for the full extent of their potential claim…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillIn a way, this is the core of the debate about where the four corners of the Bill should stretch to. The hon. and learned Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill)…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThank you, Dame Rosie. It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship. I will be very brief, because some of my points have been covered through interventions. There has been…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am grateful to the Minister for taking a final intervention. It is maybe a non-adversarial process, but it is none the less an intimidating one that involves a complicated…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am grateful for that reassurance. Does the Minister think that he will have the service-level agreements for the overturned convictions scheme on the table before the Bill is…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThe Chair of the Justice Committee is making a brilliant speech. The Minister characterised the decision and the conundrum here as a legal conundrum, but in a way it is in fact a…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way on this point and, indeed, for the way he is approaching it. The Chairman of the Justice Committee sent him an excellent letter last…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKOur trade intensity has fallen to the lowest level in the G7, and ITV’s Joel Hills has stated that the estimated costs of the new model are 10 times the Government’s estimate. I…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House advise me on how we can bring Ministers to the House to account for their decisions on arms export licences? As she knows, the Select Committee on…25 Apr 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I seek your counsel? My Business and Trade Committee now has oversight of arms control, and is stepping up to its duty by holding…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThe Secretary of State is being characteristically generous in giving way again. The evidence the Select Committee heard was that many people seeking compensation for the…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillCould I put that question in a slightly different way? The Minister for postal affairs has set out an ambitious timetable for the passage of this law, the overturning of…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI put on the record my thanks to and commendations for the Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), for the way…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillGiven the right hon. Gentleman’s argument, will he reflect on whether we should include in the scope of the Bill those who went to the Court of Appeal initially but lost, or those…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThe shadow Secretary of State is making a brilliant speech. Does he agree that we might want to reflect on measures to de-risk the speed of paying compensation? It is important…20 Mar 2024