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HANSARDTrade Deals with ASEAN CountriesWhat progress she has made on securing trade deals with ASEAN countries.25 Feb 2021HANSARDUK Space IndustryThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as well as my role as an officer of the all-party…04 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Has the Minister made an assessment of the resources that would be needed to look after a list such as this, not only to compile a list of hostile actors but to look after things…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Ninth sitting)I think there is recommended guidance of 16°.08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)On how all this will be policed, the Minister is talking about an incredibly important issue that is crucial to the Bill, but it is a bit like the tax evasion problem, in that a…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Ninth sitting)On a point of order, Mr Twigg. Is it possible to turn up the heating in here? It is incredibly cold.08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I am very sympathetic to the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Ilford South. He refers to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, on which I sat. There is no…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)Some of the work of the International Trade Committee carries across to this argument. That Committee’s job is to scrutinise on behalf of Parliament the trade deals that are going…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)I am listening, or trying to—perhaps it would be helpful if we turned the volume up a bit. The hon. Lady is asking Parliament to form part of the process of being the Government,…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)rose—01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I think the answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question under insolvency law is that the rights belong ultimately to the creditors and shareholders of the company that has been wound…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)The administrators are employed to work on behalf of the creditors and shareholders, so they are serving their interests. It strikes me as relatively obvious that the rights over…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I have a lot of sympathy for what the hon. Member says, because clearly the more clarity a potential investor has when investing in the UK, the better. The only problem is that if…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)The point is that that is not on the face of legislation. All the Select Committees do this work incredibly well, but they do not have to be told on the face of a Bill to do it.…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady is being very kind in giving me a chance to come back on this. Surely we should not be putting a duty of Parliament in a Bill. It is up to parliamentarians to decide…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)When you were last in government?01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q I will carry on with the line you took just now about an investor’s potential influence over or access to a company. A little earlier, you were talking about start-ups who…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)That is very helpful. Thank you.26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Let me rephrase the question, then. Countries have directions of travel. Do you think that our direction of travel, as evidenced by things like Brexit and possibly this Bill and…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Competition? Will Jackson-Moore: Yes, there will be more competition for international flows of capital. As I have said, I do not think this Bill in its own right fundamentally…26 Nov 2020