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HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)What about the other two? William Bain: Again, our response would be that trade deals tend to unfurl once they are ratified. We have strong joint committees set up under the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q I have heard some concern about the unequal nature of procurement with public contracts. Companies from Australia are able to have all the rights at a local and devolved level,…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (First sitting)Q It is good to see you again, Leo. We have seen you a few times in the International Trade Committee and at the WTO last week. The Bill allows the Secretary of State to make…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)Q That is a fair point. The figures I quoted were from the Government’s Trade and Agriculture Commission, which gave evidence to the International Trade Committee recently. The…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)Q Hopefully through the affirmative procedure. Nick von Westenholz: Yes, indeed. I would not like to comment, because you would need more expert legal commentary on the precise…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)What about by Belgium?12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for clarifying the negative and positive procedure. You are right that the use of the negative procedure means it will be very unlikely that, even if one Member prayed…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for that, Rosa—much appreciated. I want to bring you on to the way that the Secretary of State gets to introduce these secondary pieces of legislation, because that is…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI rise to support new clauses 1 and 2, and I suspect we will soon vote on new clause 1. Let us be clear: the economic issues we are now facing—rising interest rates for…11 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe reality is that this is a class war Budget. It is an ideological Budget. It is about taking from the poor and giving to the rich. It is about lining their pockets. It is about…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionIt is this Government who have made onshore wind less economical, it is this Government who have made solar power and panels less economical, it is this Government who blocked…22 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for her positive response yesterday to my point of order. Will the Government consider having a debate on the private rented sector? It is one of…08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsSome of the announcements are welcome, particularly the focus on people who are not on the grid. I would like to highlight to the Government Front Benchers—I hope they will go…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Jagtar Singh Johalrose—07 Sept 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Yesterday, all Members of the House received an email from the Home Office stating that, in future, in “the majority of instances”, the…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the Leader of the House to her place; she has been very competent in previous roles, so I look forward to that level of competency going forward. However, a key aspect…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillDoes my right hon. Friend share my concern that the Bill, not just the trade treaty, allows, through the negative procedure, Ministers to change procurement rules? We can say here…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillIs my right hon. Friend concerned about the fact that we should allow British authorities to put conditions on procurement that pertain to labour rights, trade union rights, local…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillAn additional amendment that might be useful would be to change the requirement for secondary legislation so that we enable the Secretary of State to introduce it only when they…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillThe hon. Gentleman highlights the point that we have passed CRaG before passing the enabling legislation, which is quite an unusual thing to do; normally in this country we pass…06 Sept 2022