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HANSARDExiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)My hon. Friend has triggered a memory that I thought I had buried. On the animal testing point, when our Committee held an update hearing in December, one concern raised was about…25 Feb 2019HANSARDExiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I, too, have been contacted by Rolls-Royce and Make UK, the former Engineering Employers’ Federation, which says that the chemicals affected—these in-flight chemicals, if you…25 Feb 2019HANSARDExiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)The truth is that the statutory instrument will not be able simply to cut and paste the REACH database into UK law. We cannot cut and paste the chemicals framework established by…25 Feb 2019HANSARDExiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)A little earlier, the Minister talked about a section—forgive me, but I do not have the exact number—relating to the disposal of PCBs. Is she saying that different regulations…25 Feb 2019HANSARDExiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson). I was getting my speech together as I was listening to what she said. This is of course…25 Feb 2019HANSARDExiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)rose —25 Feb 2019HANSARD Mineworkers’ Pension SchemeI thank my hon. Friends the Members for Ashfield and for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock) for making such powerful speeches. Does my hon. Friend agree that, at a time when we…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]I am sure it was an oversight, but in his list of UK financial services centres the Financial Secretary neglected to mention the Yorkshire centres of Leeds and Halifax—of course…11 Feb 2019HANSARDSeaborne FreightIt is touching to see this arch-Brexiteer Secretary of State relying on the good will of an Irish shipping company and the Dutch dredging firm that dredged the port of Ramsgate.…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss), who made an excellent speech. Today’s debate has focused on Brexit and financial services. I want…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]The Minister talks about the in-flight legislation and the proposals as they appeared in the other place. When they first appeared in the other place, they were missing a couple…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryI thank my hon. Friend for that question and for her incredibly dedicated leadership in the Committee, particularly on food waste on which she is a real national expert. She is…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. He is right that the UK fashion industry is a £32 billion industry. Areas such as my own in West Yorkshire have a long and…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryI thank my hon. Friend the shadow Minister for that question. He is absolutely right. If we have just 12 years to tackle damaging climate change before we reach certain tipping…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryI thank the hon. Gentleman, who is a passionate and committed member of the Committee. We were thrilled to be hosted by the V&A. Its amazing “Fashioned from Nature” exhibition…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryI thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and the Backbench Business Committee for allowing me to present to Parliament this interim report on the sustainability of the fashion industry,…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryYes. I thank my hon. Friend, who is also an enthusiastic participant in this inquiry. I had to do a bit of convincing, but this has been quite a revelation for us as a Committee.…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryI thank my hon. Friend for that comment. Sarah O’Connor’s testimony was literally jawdropping; we could not quite believe that that was happening in this country. After her…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. One difficulty is that a lot of fashion work is piecework done in the home, so there is no ability to work out what the minimum wage that…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Fashion IndustryI thank the hon. Lady for her interest in this subject. Yes, we did hear such evidence, particularly in relation to Turkey and the Syrian refugee crisis. We heard about two…31 Jan 2019