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HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementThe trade deal that the Secretary of State has announced is an excellent step to doing more business and increasing exports with Australia. It will be up to UK companies to take…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryI congratulate the Secretary of State on the work that he, his team and the entire teaching profession have done to keep our children in the place that is best for them, which is…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsIn a Select Committee evidence session in 2019 we heard from postmasters affected by the Horizon debacle, and we heard harrowing accounts of small family enterprises—often a…15 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021The right hon. Gentleman is talking about people—often living in terraced houses—being able to charge their cars. Many of them will be able to charge at work. There are…08 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Although everyone would like to see our borders open for travel as normal, my constituents understand that decisions have to be made putting restrictions on some international…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI commend the Secretary of State for the extremely prompt action that he is taking to protect our citizens. Although these are early days—he has spoken about the uncertainty and…26 Nov 2021HANSARDDown Syndrome BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on introducing this Bill and securing Government support for it. He gave a roll call of organisations that support people with Down’s syndrome,…26 Nov 2021HANSARDTobacco Control PlanIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I join the hon. Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East…16 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitThe UK can be very proud of the commitments that we have already made, but some of our actions are in danger of making our manufacturing and particularly our heavy industry…03 Nov 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Amendment of Schedule 10) (No. 2) Regulations 2021Will the Minister say whether those are debts that occurred before covid that are subject to the measures, or debts that have occurred since the commencement of the covid period?27 Oct 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Amendment of Schedule 10) (No. 2) Regulations 2021It is important to get it on the record that when we talk to businesses in our constituencies they are incredibly supportive of the measures that the Government have introduced to…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI was in the process of setting out the scenarios identified by ACAS in its paper of June 2021 on where dismissal and reinstatement had been used. The final point, which has been…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Your remarks are most appreciated. I want to participate in today’s debate for much the same reason as my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMadam Deputy Speaker, I hope you will excuse me if I am a little disengaged from my speech today. I have just been sent a photograph of my newly born grandson—[Hon. Members:…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI think I understand the point, and I think the hon. Lady, if she has been here throughout the debate, will understand that there is a desire from this side for that not to…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee took evidence from British Gas Centrica. Its concerns were that its workers were being paid 30% to 50% more than other…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. I think we are in agreement—we want that to happen. The legal advice that a substantial UK corporation received was that that was…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI, and the majority of Conservative Members, are in agreement with the hon. Gentleman. We want those discussions to take place at an earlier stage. Centrica believed that it was a…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) accused my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Laura Farris) of overegging the cake. Is not the shadow Minister doing exactly that?22 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade AgreementsI very much welcome the trade deals that the Government have secured, particularly the most recent one with New Zealand, but trade deals are a first step and it is now for British…21 Oct 2021