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HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI have huge respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but if he were to look at the number of air miles clocked up by my right hon. Friend the Brexit Secretary and talk to those…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. There are some specific proposals that help to deal with parcels of a lower value and can facilitate their flow across borders, but I…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsIf she did not, I can only apologise. I think a majority of her Labour colleagues did, but I salute her independence of mind on that issue. The broader point I would make is that,…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. He is a consistent champion for the rights of Polish people in the UK and elsewhere. The largest single community of EU citizens in our…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI think my hon. Friend is right. In Crail and Anstruther, as well as in St Andrews, I think people are looking forward to Conservative representation in North East Fife in due…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMay I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his position? May I also say that I am very grateful for his invitation to campaign in his constituency at the next general election? Given…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. There are two aspects to this issue: lorries coming into this country and lorries leaving this country. When it comes to lorries…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThank you very much, Mr Speaker. We all know how much the Leader of the Opposition enjoyed seeing Celtic play in Romania. The hon. Member for Hemsworth (Jon Trickett) asked me…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions. I am also grateful to him for asking me how I reconcile the progress of my career—it is a question my wife asks me every…03 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsThis is the first time I have appeared at the Dispatch Box since I moved on from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I would like to take this opportunity to…03 Sept 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate EmergencyIt is already the case that we are the first Government of a developed nation to embrace the ambition of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. I congratulate the…20 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Fisheries PolicyThe Government’s vision for future fisheries policy as we leave the European Union is set out in the fisheries White Paper “Sustainable fisheries for future generations”, which…20 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Fisheries PolicyAbsolutely I will. The UK Government will work with the Scottish Government to make sure that we have investment in port facilities in Peterhead and Fraserburgh, and that we have…20 Jun 2019HANSARDAgri-Environment PaymentsMy hon. Friend makes a fair point; the schemes have been bedevilled by unnecessary complexity in the past. It is critical that as we leave the European Union and have new…20 Jun 2019HANSARDAgri-Environment PaymentsThe hon. Lady is a superb advocate for the farmers of upper Teesdale, County Durham and England, and it is not too late for her to cross the House. She makes a fair point, and I…20 Jun 2019HANSARDAgri-Environment PaymentsMy hon. Friend is a brilliant advocate for Hertfordshire farmers and indeed for workers across the English countryside. He is absolutely right: past performance has not been good…20 Jun 2019HANSARDAgri-Environment PaymentsYesterday, the Rural Payments Agency announced that it will make payments next month to all those who have been waiting on the historical revenue payments, and therefore every…20 Jun 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate EmergencyI congratulate the students in his constituency and so many other students across the country on helping to ensure that our climate and environment emergency is at the heart of…20 Jun 2019HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Climate EmergencyThe Foreign Secretary has done an outstanding job on the diplomatic stage and will continue to do so. Co-operating with our partners across western Europe, including Italy, will…20 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am delighted to announce that Tamara Finkelstein OBE has been appointed as the new permanent secretary at DEFRA. She is the fourth woman in succession to be permanent secretary…20 Jun 2019