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HANSARD Groceries Code AdjudicatorI do. I felt that a debate focused on the Groceries Code Adjudicator was timely and essential because the relationship between the producer and the retailer is critical. Unless we…05 Mar 2024HANSARD Groceries Code AdjudicatorI am pondering the words the Minister has used. I think he is right that the adjudicator does have the powers to investigate and enforce the code of practice, but there are still…05 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown). Like him, I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests;…04 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingrose—04 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingIf only. I should remind the House that my wife is a practising member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and my younger son is three rent cheques away from following in…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationThese reports are, cumulatively, a remarkable catalogue of past failings, but may I invite the Minister to look ahead? He has referred to the Rwanda scheme; does he agree that the…04 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office Board and GovernanceSurely what we saw yesterday was a glimpse of senior management in the Post Office who are now completely dysfunctional. As such, it is difficult to see how anyone can have…28 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaHave the Government of Israel yet shared with His Majesty’s Government their purported evidence of United Nations Relief and Works Agency complicity in the attacks of 7 October,…27 Feb 2024HANSARDCoastal Tourism and Hospitality: Fiscal SupportIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Cummins. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on securing this debate. By accident or design, Members…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon ScandalThe problem for many sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses is the quantification of what they are due to be repaid under the shortfall scheme, because payments were made out of…22 Feb 2024HANSARDImmigration Rules and Border SecuritySo, when does the Minister expect the next independent chief inspector of borders and immigration to take up the post?20 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesHaving supported constituents in negotiations in relation to the historical shortfall scheme, I can tell the Secretary of State that, whatever the reason for it, the conduct of…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]The Home Secretary will be as aware as I am that very occasionally those in charge of our intelligence and security services do not act in the best traditions of this country in…19 Feb 2024HANSARDDeath of Alexei NavalnyThe House and the whole country are easily and instinctively united in condemnation of this latest evidence of Vladimir Putin’s brutality, but is the Minister not a little…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Management CultureI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate. She has heard me speak often enough about the culture in the Post Office. Does she agree that following the money is often a…08 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way because he is describing a situation that is virtually identical to the one we faced in Scotland 15-plus years ago. The…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, it is reported today that the Prime Minister and Piers Morgan have made a bet—surely a contest in which it is a shame there has to be a…05 Feb 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI, too, thank the Backbench Business Committee for making time for the debate. I am grateful for the way in which the application was dealt with. When we went to the Committee, I…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, I wish you and the rest of the House a happy Burns night for this evening. Is it not a scandal that the only way to get the great chieftain o’ the puddin-race exported…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.25 Jan 2024