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HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI was hoping the Minister would expand on some other areas, but can he respond to my point about how the vaccine taskforce has shown that science and proper regulation can work at…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the constructive, pro-science approach that he is taking—it is not surprising, given the constituency he represents. Do we not also need to…31 Oct 2022HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for over 75s) BillWill the hon. Gentleman confirm that, under a Labour Government, the over-75s got their television licence for free? George Osborne took that away, and it is the only reason why…21 Oct 2022HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for over 75s) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He has made clear his salami-slicing tactic and his attack on the BBC, which has been ongoing for some years. Did he notice in the…21 Oct 2022HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for over 75s) BillI did notice the rather significant difference that one was a Government Minister and one was a Back Bencher.21 Oct 2022HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is there any way of saying to the public outside, 90% of whom approve of that Bill, that it has been put off and even promised by the…21 Oct 2022HANSARD Departure of Previous Home SecretaryNo Home Secretary, no Chief Whip, no Deputy Chief Whip—this truly is a hokey-cokey Cabinet, isn’t it? In and out! What I want to ask the Minister directly is this: there is a…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateIn answer to the challenge from the Secretary of State, I can say that Labour Front Benchers are very ready for government—and by the way, his lot seem to be actively working to…20 Oct 2022HANSARDUnfinished Housing Developments: Consumer ProtectionI have a similar problem in Cranford Street in Smethwick. I find it utterly deplorable that Severn Trent, which is making hundreds of millions and whose chief executive is paid…18 Oct 2022HANSARDUnfinished Housing Developments: Consumer ProtectionI think we need to look at two separate, although related, problems. One is about the individual build quality of the houses. The other is about the infrastructure of the estate,…18 Oct 2022HANSARD Mahsa AminiLast month, at Foreign Office questions, I challenged the then Minister to follow our allies in the United States by proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—the IRGC. In…11 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineProviding the cash is very welcome and necessary, but is there not a fundamental problem with equipment manufacture and particularly supply chain vulnerabilities, which do not…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Jagtar Singh JohalThe blunt arbitrary detention without trial of Jagtar Singh Johal would be a disgrace even if he were not being tortured and abused, especially as it seems that he is a British…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI think we should initially recognise that trade does not exist in a vacuum. It is about relationships and trust, and which country is better to trust than Australia? In April, we…06 Sept 2022HANSARDIran1. What steps her Department plans to take to counter Iran’s destabilising use of proxies in the middle east.06 Sept 2022HANSARDIranMr Speaker, you may recall that it was against considerable Whitehall resistance—it needed pressure from this House—that we got the Government to ban Hezbollah. I hope that the…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillThe right hon. Lady is talking about businesses, but is this not also about individuals in these jurisdictions who have the qualifications and skills? There will be a greater…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillHas it not been a long-standing problem—even within the EU—that different animal welfare standards have allowed our farmers to be undercut? On beef, might it not be farmers in the…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillCan we slay this particular red herring, which was also mentioned in relation to the US trade deal? It is not about privatising the NHS. All the Americans said, and in this they…06 Sept 2022