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HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterMy right hon. Friend the Leader of the House is new to this. I recognise that both as a friend and a thoughtful politician he is approaching this in the way he judges the most…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterWe have been around the houses on this. We had all the proposals, whether it was “Let’s build some great gin palace on Horse Guards”, “Let’s have some great building taking up the…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterI am happy to accept my right hon. Friend’s assurances that he will press ahead and ask the Delivery Authority to set out for us what that eight years would entail. However, I…12 Jul 2022HANSARDBottom Trawling: Marine Protected AreasI beg to move, That this House has considered Bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. This may be unusual for a…28 Jun 2022HANSARDBottom Trawling: Marine Protected AreasYes, I do agree. Fishing communities need to be a part of the discussion, and local fishing communities in the United Kingdom are pretty good at looking after their coastal…28 Jun 2022HANSARDBottom Trawling: Marine Protected AreasI absolutely agree. Frankly, I think that any fishing vessel that comes into UK waters and turns off the tracking systems should be banned from UK waters. It is as simple as that.…28 Jun 2022HANSARDBottom Trawling: Marine Protected AreasIt is, as the hon. Gentleman says, the big vessels that are the problem. I am sure the Minister will take a careful note of those comments, with which I am extremely sympathetic.…28 Jun 2022HANSARDBottom Trawling: Marine Protected AreasI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes some very good points. This is about proper, careful stewardship of the ocean and the ocean floor. As he rightly says, if these…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyOpposition Members might like to note the fact that April exports to the EU were the highest on record. I congratulate the Secretary of State on the statement, in which there is…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI greatly welcome the change of tone from the Minister and Secretary of State in recent weeks; they have taken a step in the right direction, but I still want the Bill to address…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am listening very carefully to the hon. Lady, who, to be frank, is painting a picture of doom and gloom in the northern part of the country over the past 10 years. Could she…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillPart of the problem we face—for example, in an area where there are small local district councils in charge of planning—is that, however much Ministers may say that targets are…08 Jun 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthWill the hon. Lady clarify one thing? There is a bit of dispute about how much a windfall tax would raise per household. There are about 25 million households in the UK. Will the…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic Growthrose—18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthI ask the hon. Lady to correct the record. If she looks at the website of the Office for National Statistics, she will see that the opposite of what she is saying is the case. In…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker; I will endeavour to fulfil that. The right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) is right about conciliation, but it is noticeable…18 May 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolWe are hearing a lot in today’s discussion about the legal position of the United Kingdom, but having read the protocol carefully, it seems to me that there is a real question…17 May 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI join right hon. and hon. Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford on doing a fantastic job and having a real influence in the future…25 Apr 2022HANSARDMarine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to regulate and limit the practice of bottom trawling in marine protected areas, and for connected purposes. This is a…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineI commend my right hon. Friend on what I think is the right approach. I listened with surprise to the Opposition saying that there should be no process. It does not help the…01 Mar 2022