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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThe volume and nature of the interventions on the Secretary of State show the difficulty of this area of law. While the changes to parole are welcome, is there not a danger that…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillWill the Secretary of State give way?15 May 2023HANSARDUK Genomics DatabasesI recommend that the Minister reads the speech that Secretary of State Blinken made on Tuesday, in which he outlined the threat that the abuse of genomics databases poses not just…11 May 2023HANSARDUK Genomics Databases11. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on the potential merits of designating UK genomics databases as critical…11 May 2023HANSARD Post Office Executives: BonusesIt is surely apparent that the culture within the Post Office that allowed people at the top to spend millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to pursue an indefensible case has not…10 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]CCUS is very important to me and to my constituency. EnQuest, the operator at the Sullom Voe terminal, sees the next generation of the use of that terminal involving CCUS, but…09 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: Policing of ProtestsI am a little surprised that the Minister apparently accepts, without question, the proposition that the Metropolitan police now apologises to people who have been lawfully…09 May 2023HANSARD National Security BillI will speak to amendment (c) in my name and in those of the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) and—though it came too late to be printed on the amendment…03 May 2023HANSARD Funding for Major Infrastructure ProjectsI bridle slightly at the hon. Gentleman’s use of “remote”. I am always being told that I live in a remote community, which means that I have to define the place I call home in…03 May 2023HANSARD Funding for Major Infrastructure ProjectsYes, I am always right the first time. There is a continuing role for the Treasury in relation to funding, because a significant proportion of the ferries that we are now looking…03 May 2023HANSARD Funding for Major Infrastructure ProjectsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Sharma. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing today’s very timely debate. It strikes at…03 May 2023HANSARD Funding for Major Infrastructure ProjectsAbsolutely. I am horrified that, having been a colleague of mine, my hon. Friend says she does not know much about ferry services—she has clearly not been listening! However, the…03 May 2023HANSARDOccupied Territories: Ban on Imports14. If he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential merits of implementing a ban on importing goods produced in occupied…02 May 2023HANSARDOccupied Territories: Ban on ImportsI think it would be uncontroversial to say that we would not import goods from Crimea, so why it should be any different when we are dealing with the Occupied Palestinian…02 May 2023HANSARDMarine Protected AreasThe right hon. Gentleman has to bear this point in mind. He wants to exclude fishermen for rewilding purposes, but fishermen find themselves excluded from other fishing…02 May 2023HANSARDMarine Protected AreasThe right hon. Gentleman is being sufficiently general in his terms that I do not think that anyone, even from the fishing industry, would disagree with him. However, he may want…02 May 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIs the Minister really asking the House to believe that such an amendment would act as a pull factor? Is he saying that people will come here because of the possibility that we…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillDespite the right hon. Gentleman’s best efforts, and he is a model of clarity on this, it is still like trying to knit fog. Does not the fact that we are dealing here with an…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Israel and Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMay I associate myself and my party with the expressions of condolence to all those who have suffered acts of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the…20 Apr 2023HANSARDFishing Industry: Visas for Foreign WorkersI have to say that fishermen listening to that will have seen it not so much as an answer but as an insult. As you will know, Mr Speaker, this issue has been raised on many…20 Apr 2023