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HANSARDAviation SectorMay I start by welcoming the Minister to his post? He is a welcome addition to the Department for Transport team. When I left the Department 14 months ago, I resolved that I would…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorI absolutely agree, because this is not actually about our principal airports; it is about the regional airports, which are the cornerstone of their local economies. Heathrow…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorThese are crucial points. If we are seriously to rebalance our economy, we cannot afford to lose some of the fine manufacturing businesses in my hon. Friend’s constituency and…10 Sept 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the aviation debate next Thursday. The industry is suffering badly in the current crisis, and the level of job losses is profoundly concerning. It is really important…03 Sept 2020HANSARD Endangered Species: Developing CountriesAbsolutely, because we have a political and national duty to help our overseas territories. Of course, there are important ties between the overseas territories and some of the…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Endangered Species: Developing CountriesThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which I will come on to, but that is indeed one of the things that I would like this country to do. We have a significant aid budget…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Endangered Species: Developing CountriesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to bring forward this debate. You will know that there has been a lot of talk about the positive environmental impact of…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and Renewalrose—16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point about this being a UNESCO world heritage site. The weakness in his argument is that we have a legal duty to maintain in decent order a…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalIt is a particular pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mark Tami). It is a bit like a reunion of the Joint Committee today. Many of us served on it—16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalAbsolutely. Many of us served on the Joint Committee back in 2015-16, when we looked at all the issues exhaustively. We considered all the ideas that were submitted to us, some…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalIt is probably unusual for the hon. Gentleman and me to be in strong agreement and for me to disagree with my good and hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey…16 Jul 2020HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) BillMay I congratulate my hon. Friend and his colleagues on the Treasury Bench for what I think has been an exemplary response to an unprecedented crisis? He describes the challenges…13 Jul 2020HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of ParliamentI entirely endorse what the right hon. Gentleman just said about the Committee’s previous members. Although many of us on the Government Benches had some points of difference with…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI warmly welcome the Chancellor’s announcements on employment programmes. Jobs are vital going forward and this is exactly the right thing to do. I am particularly pleased to see…08 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Chancellor for yesterday’s welcome announcement, but will he bear in mind the freelancers and those in other forms of employment in the sector who continue to struggle…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I am looking forward to dropping in at the Wheatsheaf in Ewell on 4 July to thank them for moving from being a great hub of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI congratulate my right hon. Friend on her commitment to this issue and her tone in setting out this statement. What happened should never have happened, and her commitment to…23 Jun 2020HANSARD International DevelopmentYou will be delighted to know, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I do not plan to talk about Government organisations. I want to speak briefly on one of the key areas in which the…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is unusual for me to follow on from an SNP comment that I rather agree with. We do have to look after our arts sector; it is enormously important. May we, before too long, have…18 Jun 2020