Contributions
513 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDContracts for DifferenceI am grateful to the Secretary of State for the timely advance sight of his statement. I would like to put on record that Members on the Opposition Benches welcome the success of…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityWill my right hon. Friend give way?24 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityOne thing that has not been discussed in this debate about extra taxation on private schools is that they generate £1 billion a year in export wins: this could have an effect on…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireI congratulate the Minister on her new job; she is doing a fantastic job so far and saying all the things that I, as a neighbour of this scheme, want to hear. She talked about…24 Jul 2024HANSARD Flood Defences: West WorcestershireI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. She describes the huge amount of investment that has been going into the River Severn. She has an awful lot of the River…24 Jul 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionWyre Forest School, a special school in Kidderminster, has been doing a fantastic job for a number of years, but it has been running way past its maximum capacity for some time.…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryWe are, but we could always do more. It is interesting that the hon. Lady chose that moment to intervene because I was just about to mention the amazing things going on in…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryThank you for overseeing this debate, Mrs Murray. It has been very enlightening, and I am conscious that Scotland is very well represented here. The space industry is fantastic,…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and I will mention Belfast later. Queen’s University Belfast has recently hosted some incredibly important energy-beaming experiments, which…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the UK space industry. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray, and a delight for me to talk about this…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryThey are, but it could always be better. Again, I will come to that later, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right that support from Government in this complicated sector is…24 Apr 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]I completely understand the point my right hon. Friend is trying to make, but one of the interesting things about being a member of CPTPP is that countries then have a power of…19 Mar 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He and I have discussed this at great length in two Committees that we have both sat on. I am hugely sympathetic to every point that he…19 Mar 2024HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillTo reinforce that point, it is a rather peculiar thing about the British that we tend to look at failure as a problem. Exactly this type of thing happened with the launch of the…23 Feb 2024HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillWhile we are waiting to get to infinity and beyond, it is important to highlight other very innovative British companies that are looking at doing extraordinary things in the area…23 Feb 2024HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillI rise to speak in support of the Bill in my capacity as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for space. Before I get to the thrust of my speech, I draw the House’s…23 Feb 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am slightly confused. I get all the stuff about not being insured and not needing a driving licence, but surely if a person clobbers somebody with a quad bike and causes them…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Quad bikes.30 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]There is a great deal of argument about where the opportunity for UK exporters is. Does my right hon. Friend agree with the prediction that the 10 nations of the Association of…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]In the spirit of trying to bring the debate back to the fantastic opportunities for Scotland, as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Brunei, I was delighted to go to Aberdeen to…29 Jan 2024