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HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityThis comes on top of a situation that most sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses already face, where the individual transaction costs that they are paid for are actually more…25 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Secretary will be aware that the Government of France have announced today that they are sending their Foreign Minister to the United Nations Security Council to argue…24 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. [R]24 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingThe Minister may not be aware of this, but the BBC website has confirmed in the last hour that there are now three confirmed deaths in Scotland as a consequence of Storm Babet.…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Contracts for Difference SchemeI was minded to offer myself as a mediator between the Minister and the hon. Member for Waveney, but they seem to have found a better pitch since that stage in the debate. On the…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Contracts for Difference SchemeWill the Minister give way?19 Oct 2023HANSARD Contracts for Difference SchemeI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this debate, which is timely, given the outcome of the recent AR5. He presented it with the degree of…19 Oct 2023HANSARDFishing CommunitiesI wonder whether the Minister has seen the video footage that is doing the rounds of the recent incident involving the Spanish longliner Antonio Maria trying to ram the Shetland…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Contracts for Difference SchemeI want to pick up where the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) left off. While there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the conduct of AR5, it is worth a short pause to…19 Oct 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a statement from the Transport Secretary to explain to the House the proposal that the search and rescue helicopter stationed in Shetland in my constituency should…19 Oct 2023HANSARDMagistrates Courts14. What recent assessment he has made of conditions at magistrates courts.12 Sept 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind ContractsI feel as if I am almost taking my life in my hands, but I do want to commend the Minister for one small piece of good news in this round, which is in relation to the development…12 Sept 2023HANSARDMagistrates CourtsWe speak of access to justice meaning the availability of legal advice and representation but, for too many older and disabled people, physical access to justice through the…12 Sept 2023HANSARDSecurity UpdateYet again, we are watching the horse disappear over the horizon and shutting the stable door behind it. Every time we act to take on China, everything the Deputy Prime Minister…11 Sept 2023HANSARD British Nationals Detained OverseasI am sure the hon. Gentleman will get there eventually. I fear that the reasons for the non-intervention and non-comment in respect of Jimmy Lai’s case are explicable—they are not…05 Sept 2023HANSARD British Nationals Detained OverseasWill the hon. Gentleman give way?05 Sept 2023HANSARD Turing SchemeOn the subject of those who can access study here, I invite the Minister to address the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) in…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Turing SchemeWill the Minister give way?05 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateIf the Government’s attention is so strongly focused on crossings in the channel, can the Minister explain to me why one of the four Border Force cutters spent so much time this…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAs we go into recess, I have been struck by the number of right hon. and hon. Members who have told me that they intend to take their summer holidays in Orkney and Shetland this…20 Jul 2023