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HANSARDLeaving the EU: Transport-Related IndustryUnfortunately, the Secretary of State did not refer to the manufacturing industry in that answer. As Brexit looms, his civil servants will no longer have their lame excuse that…21 Mar 2019HANSARD EducationThe Minister will be aware—not only from comments made in this Chamber, but from his mailbag—of the very considerable concerns of many people in the community. He said that…20 Mar 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation Victims: Criminal RecordsUnfortunately, once again, the Minister’s response is the same as the one that we get from the Home Office, which is that it is for the employer to decide, and frankly that is…19 Mar 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationDoes my hon. Friend accept that under a whole load of international treaties, as our constituents rightly point out, parents have the primary responsibility for bringing up their…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingDoes the Minister now accept that although the disclosure and barring scheme was a response to a real concern, it has become a bureaucratic nightmare? It has reversed the…25 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI thank the Secretary of State for mentioning the welcome developments with regard to the partnership. I hope, though, that accession would not be at the expense of trying to move…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI thank the Secretary of State for that clarification. He has made it abundantly clear that the privatisation threat to our health services lies not with trade deals from which we…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Does the Minister envisage the Government and, indeed, Parliament taking the opportunity to deal with some of the ludicrous interpretations of GDPR legislation, which lead to…14 Feb 2019HANSARDRolling StockI wish to follow the line of argument of the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis). I do not know whether the Minister has read the very authoritative transport…14 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Manufacturing14. What steps he is taking to support the motor manufacturing sector in the UK.12 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor ManufacturingThe Secretary of State knows that diesel efficiency helps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, he knows that new diesel engines are also much cleaner and he knows the importance of…12 Feb 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Service Animals) BillThe Minister is pleading absence of parliamentary time, but did we not finish at about half-past two in the afternoon on Wednesday?08 Feb 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Service Animals) BillI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman—on this occasion, I will call him my right hon. and learned Friend—for the doggedness with which he has pursued this Bill, and I thank…08 Feb 2019HANSARD VenezuelaI would certainly have hoped that Andrew Neil’s recent demolition of Ken Livingstone had put to bed any claims that there had been general sanctions on Venezuela, rather than…07 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The Minister of State said earlier that the best help for rehabilitation is to have a job. Do we not urgently need to reform the Disclosure and Barring Service system, so we…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am not sure the Prime Minister will share the enthusiastic call of the Leader of the House for the citizens of this country to come out on to the streets in hi-vis jackets after…31 Jan 2019HANSARD VenezuelaWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?29 Jan 2019HANSARD VenezuelaIf we get Juan Guaidó as the full, proper President, he will still need to reconstruct the economy, which has been wasted by the Maduro regime. Will the Minister look again at my…29 Jan 2019HANSARDVenezuelaAfter a proper ballot and, hopefully, the election success of Juan Guaidó— whose party, incidentally, is a member of the Socialist International—Venezuela will still face an…28 Jan 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill (First sitting)Before the right hon. and learned Gentleman finishes, may I, on behalf of many colleagues—not just those on the Committee—commend him not only for introducing this Bill but for…16 Jan 2019