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HANSARD British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) on securing this debate. Since…07 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022As ever, Mr Vickers, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, as it was to talk before the start of the Committee about all things relating to the mariners and Grimsby…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this year, the then Transport Secretary said of the P&O scandal: “we will never support those who treat workers with such callousness” —[ Official Report , 30 March 2022;…24 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryWill the hon. Gentleman give way?08 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships) Order 2022Indeed I would, Mrs Murray. The right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings is right that marine life is important, and the draft order is part of that. The Minister…07 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships) Order 2022It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. I had a few nice, dulcet things to say about the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh),…07 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships) Order 2022Pope Francis reminded us in “Laudato Si’” that we are leaving an enormous pile of filth on this planet, so anything that we can do to reduce that filth and to ensure that it does…07 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyOn advanced manufacture, will the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyOn looking north to Norway, will the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyOn looking north to Norway and the Union, I have some statistics. I can tell the hon. Gentleman who looks north to Norway: it is probably Orkney. Orkney voted against devolution…02 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022I recall discussing this issue at the height of covid—on St Patrick’s day during lockdown in 2021, some 18 months ago. That seems an extraordinarily long time ago. On doing…25 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Ms McVey. You are not just my parliamentary neighbour, but a well known Liverpool fan, and there is a well known…25 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 3) Regulations 2022It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson, after a historic weekend when Bolton Wanderers beat Accrington Stanley 3-2. You must be delighted. We also have a…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Chinese Consul General: Manchester ProtestThe right to protest is a British value that stems from 1819 and the Peterloo massacre in our great city, which is why this Government’s inaction is gnawing at our moral core.…20 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022
Draft Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022Are they tracking ships that sail in the night? Indeed. Enough of the nautical puns. I genuinely welcome the Minister to her place; I have had to do that a few times now over the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022
Draft Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I see that Bolton Wanderers are lying seventh in the championship, but they have a game in hand, so there is hope…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Chinese Consulate: Attack on Hong Kong ProtestersIt was only in 2015 that we were welcoming his excellency, Xi Jinping, to Manchester, where he spoke of our city’s historical links with Wuhan and investments in Manchester…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was an honour to attend the anniversary mass for Sir David Amess at the Tomb of St Peter with the all-party parliamentary group on the Holy See on Friday. It was a truly moving…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Edenfield Centre: Treatment of PatientsJemima Burnage, the interim director of mental health at the CQC, described the BBC’s footage of the Edenfield Centre as “appalling, inhumane and degrading”. The people of Greater…13 Oct 2022