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HANSARDDraft Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I apologise for my misunderstanding. I understand exactly what the hon. Lady is saying, and I will happily clarify that issue for her in the next day or so, if that is acceptable.04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019For the record, I accept that comment in the spirit in which the shadow Minister made it. I did not think for one moment that it was a political point. He has made a very valid…28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019I thank the hon. Members for Southampton, Test, for Kilmarnock and Loudoun and for Poplar and Limehouse for their contributions. I will try to deal with the majority of their…28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019I am not trying to flatter the shadow Minister, but I work with him a lot and listen very carefully to what he has to say. Usually, the answers to his questions are extremely…28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019It seems to me that last week we debated draft regulations, but they have not yet been made. That is why, respectfully, I do not think the hon. Gentleman’s point is valid.28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019If I may intervene again, Mr Bailey, I am certain that is the case, but if the shadow Minister wishes to have a meeting I will be very happy to put his mind at rest. It would…28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019If that were the case, it would be my responsibility and that of the Government, and not the responsibility of the hon. Gentleman, who has made his point very clearly.28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019rose—28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019I consider my response satisfactory and I am prepared to write to the hon. Gentleman on the specific point he brought up. He did very well without his speaking notes. Returning to…28 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019. Good evening, Mr Bailey. This is not the first time that I…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe, and today is no exception. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Erewash (Maggie Throup) for securing…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersI think my hon. Friend wants to talk about the lace industry—I know it is still there, although I believe that it was in the next town rather than in Long Eaton, if my memory is…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersThe hon. Gentleman makes a brilliant point, which concerns not only the people who come to work in factories such as the one in his constituency, but the free flow and ability of…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersI actually corrected myself—it is Ilkeston. I know there are two towns in my hon. Friend’s constituency, but for the purpose of the debate, Long Eaton is a centre of upholstery…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersThe hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Melanie Onn) looks very comfortable in her chair, and I am not sure that she would be attracted to something less comfortable. Maybe she…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersI thank my hon. Friend for bringing that to my attention; it is a relevant point. I remind hon. Members who may have temporarily forgotten that the Prime Minister visited Boss…23 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and spent fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am, unusually, speechless; I say only that if all parliamentary business were like the Statutory Instrument Committees we have sat on in the past couple of weeks, we would all…22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and spent fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I confirm, as the shadow Minister has asked me to, that he is absolutely right: the new regulations broadly replicate the 2008 regulations, and there is no material difference at…22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and spent fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I confirm that the hon. Gentleman’s mind should be at rest on that point.22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and spent fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That is my understanding of the situation as well. As usual, the shadow Minister has nailed this. That is exactly the case.22 Jan 2019