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HANSARD 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 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThe Minister needs to look at the actual data relating to the revenue brought in over these years of cuts and freezes, because the story that it tells is very different from the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThe Minister is making our case himself, so presumably he will be joining us in the Lobby—as, indeed, the Secretary of State for Scotland should be doing—or else accepting my…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMay I take up the point about small producers? Deerness distillery, in my constituency, is a family-owned business that is seeking to move into whisky production. Surely, as a…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillWolfburn.19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillAs my hon. Friend says, these are often some of the more hard-up areas of the country, but the truth of the matter is that down the years they have contributed enormously to the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThank you, Dame Eleanor. It is perhaps not a novelty to see you back in the Chair, but it is still a great pleasure none the less. I am delighted to serve with you in control. I…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI think the Minister has a sound case in relation to what the Government have done on beer duty. What is less clear, however, is why they have chosen to treat spirits so…19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Billrose—19 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Billrose —19 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in UKAnybody who has the right to be here has the right to feel safe and secure in being here. In the past couple of years, to their credit, the Government have allowed in excess of…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsLast week, the Home Office announced that it would not be setting up a bespoke visa scheme for the fishing industry of the sort that is already available for people working in…19 Apr 2023HANSARD Machetes: ConsultationI welcome the relative novelty of a Home Office statement, instead of Home Office Ministers having to be brought to the Chamber to answer an urgent question. If this statement is…18 Apr 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainI take the Minister’s recent comments to be a notification that I will be having a constituency visit from him. I look forward to that. However, can I take him back to the…30 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Immigration Bill: ECHR CompatibilityI somehow suspected that the answer would be something like that. The Attorney General knows that I am one of her admirers, and long have been so, right back to the days of her…30 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Immigration Bill: ECHR Compatibility1. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the compatibility of the Illegal Migration Bill with the UK's obligations under the…30 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateI think the House should be more generous to the Minister and acknowledge the true genius of this announcement. Only this Home Office team could think that the answer to the…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI am well up for that challenge. We know that the Secretary of State for Scotland argued against the increase in duty. One wonders what it was that the Minister found so…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillOn that point, will the Minister give way?29 Mar 2023HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillOn fiscal events, the Minister will be aware that there was dismay in the Scotch whisky industry at the decision not to reverse the double-digit duty hike previously announced,…29 Mar 2023