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HANSARDDraft Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019Will the Minister meet the insurance industry? They are exercised about this. If someone gets hit by an insured driver in Britain, there is a security that automatically delivers…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2019I apologise to the Minister for arriving late; my Whip sent me to Committee Room 12, where I sat rather bemused because the wrong statutory instrument was being discussed. This…30 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business CreationThe Minister should take some advice from someone who has been in the House a long time: bragging about being an “every 75 minutes” Minister is very dangerous. I have just checked…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDeficit ReductionYou’re the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You should have made it yourself.29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker.29 Jan 2019HANSARDDeficit ReductionYou ought to get your act together.29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I may have erroneously misled the House when I said that the Minister said that the Government were creating 75 businesses a minute. It has been…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI just wanted to thank you for correcting the record, Mr Speaker. I would be glad if the record could be put straight. As you said, the figure was 75 businesses a second. […29 Jan 2019HANSARDPotholesPotholes are not a joke for cyclists; many are killed on our roads every year. The roads in Britain are becoming more dangerous, and our very good record in road safety is being…28 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAt this time of year, I always feel a bit envious of the Scottish poet and, as chair of the John Clare Trust, I wish that we could have John Clare suppers all over the country to…24 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Free Trade AgreementsI feel sorry for the junior Minister. This must be one of the worst cases of neglect of duty since Nero fiddled while Rome burned. His boss is in the fleshpots of Davos, rubbing…24 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Free Trade AgreementsI’m fiddling while Rome burns!24 Jan 2019HANSARDSupport for FarmersThe Minister might know that as the chair of my party’s Back-Bench DEFRA committee, I think there are at last real signs that preparation for farming and farmers has been quite…24 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Diplomatic Co-operationSurely the Foreign Secretary has picked up the fact that morale in the diplomatic corps across Europe is at rock bottom. What will he do to lift the spirits of a corps of…22 Jan 2019HANSARD Proxy VotingI hope that I can be counted as a member of the feminist army of my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Jess Phillips). When I entered the House in 1979, it was a…22 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionIs the Prime Minister aware that this is supposed to be blue Monday, the most miserable day of the year in the United Kingdom? But, on this day, may I offer her warmth and cheer?…21 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Austria) Order 2018Can the Minister explain to me why this relates only to Austria? I know of countries around the world where there are real concerns about double taxation, about people dodging tax…21 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeThe Minister knows that this is an increasingly complex area. I have had many letters from constituents concerned that they will be impacted by the immigration health surcharge.…21 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Austria) Order 2018The Minister is gabbling through this at a rate of knots. I have had to come here at 6 o’clock on a Monday evening, when I should be somewhere else along the corridor. The impact…21 Jan 2019HANSARDCollege FundingI attended an FE college, and it saved my life. I was struggling in the chemical industry and had lost my way. Going to FE college saved my life and career. I was a mature…21 Jan 2019