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HANSARD Business of the HouseI met the Leader of the House recently to talk about the 100th anniversary of the election of Nancy Astor. The Dissolution of Parliament means that the celebrations of that…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Bus Passes: 1950s-born WomenI am grateful that the Minister has set out the fact that that can happen, and that it is a good thing when it does. Has he considered carrying out a cost-benefit analysis,…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Bus Passes: 1950s-born WomenThere are 8,000 WASPI women in Plymouth, but many doughty campaigners will not get a free bus pass, even if the Minister agrees to one, because they died before they received…30 Oct 2019HANSARDINSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank everyone for turning up bright and early to discuss this inspiring piece of spatial legislation. [Hon. Members: “Oh!”] I always try to get a good one in early; sadly, that…29 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) for introducing the debate so well. He spoke with passion in his calm-mannered speech, and many of the points he…28 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeThe right hon. Lady is exactly right. Frequently, when it comes to problems of biodiversity loss and habitat loss, the problems are always “and” rather than “or”—as are the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister is back from the political dead. It is genuinely good to see him back in his place, because a common critique of the DEFRA team under the previous Administration was…21 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The right hon. Gentleman says it is a dream team. One might wonder what type of dream could possibly dream up these people here.21 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to the Minister for his clarifications. In relation to the intricacies of fishing in Northern Ireland and the new border down the Irish sea, would the Minister be…21 Oct 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy and Animals (amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir George. It is also a pleasure to see the Fisheries Minister back in his place, after his short sojourn away from the Department for…21 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Defence ExportsThe 13 old nuclear submarines tied up alongside Devonport provide a really important case not only for generating jobs in Devonport but for exporting skills and technology around…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Racism in FootballAs a very proud “out” football player in my youth—I was fabulous in defence and more fabulous than good at stopping surges down the right wing—I recognise that the people who gave…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaPlymouth’s Kurdish community are not just concerned about a military incursion; they are concerned about an occupation, because they know that an occupation will lead to ethnic…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)I am afraid we are here again, for the second SI in a row, correcting mistakes in previous statutory instruments that the Government rushed through. Just as before, the Opposition…08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsThis debate, secured by the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton), is timely. We need to restate that climate change is real and that the climate emergency, which…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Plant Health)May I welcome the new Minister to her place? As a south-west MP, it is good to see a south-west combo on both sides of the Dispatch Box. It is also good to see that she is in a…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Plant Health)Briefly on that point, in an SI Committee in which we talked about checking air freight, a Minister mentioned containerisation, but did not mention any containers coming via a…08 Oct 2019HANSARD US Troop Withdrawal from Northern SyriaThere are thousands of Kurds in Plymouth who are equally as concerned as those we have heard about from other Members. They are also concerned about the UK’s role. As well as…08 Oct 2019HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) raised the safety of Gabriella’s passage from Iran to Britain in her opening question. I understand that Iran…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Trophy Hunting ImportsThe hon. Lady makes a very sound point, on a common theme with the hon. Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess), who voiced a concern about what powers the Government have over…02 Oct 2019