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HANSARDDraft Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019What is the impact if we do not pass the Fisheries Bill and we crash out of the EU? Would that have an impact on this statutory instrument?06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am very pleased to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson, and delighted to follow my boss. I will make just a couple of additional points, which I hope the Minister can…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingI shall keep my remarks brief because there are Members who still want to speak. As the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson)—a friend in this respect— said, we spent Saturday…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019I do. To my mind, this is climate change here and now. We sometimes think of climate change as 12 years away and something we can do something about. Sadly, many of our…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019Will the Minister give way before she sits down?26 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019I thank the Minister very much. I shall be quick. I gather that she is meeting the Mayor of Bristol later today, which is interesting and my Whip will no doubt know about that. Is…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Air Quality (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles Database) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen. I make two apologies. First, my voice is terrible, so please bear with me. Secondly, the shadow Minister would normally…26 Feb 2019HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansThe continuing bloodshed in the Sudan is threatening Christians and Muslims alike. What plans do the Government have to deal with the Bashir regime, to make sure that we bring…26 Feb 2019HANSARDClergy Recruitment: Rural ParishesI welcome the right hon. Lady to her place. Does she accept that one of the problems now is that we have so few ministers and so many churches to look after? In my own area, the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019If we are not doing that work for the EU, the EU will have a huge hole. Obviously, we will have to check food that comes into this country because of the potential that the EU now…21 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Ms McDonagh. I get up every day and wonder what I am going to do today, and then I remember that it is another SI. This is…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsDoes my hon. Friend agree that we need primary legislation, not hour-and-a-half debates in Committee Rooms? Some of us are spending much of our time upstairs rushing through all…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsWhat the Government must do is very simple. They must accept one of the amendments to the Agriculture Bill that rule out any lowering of standards. Surely the Government can do…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI thank my hon. Friend for giving way again. Does he accept that one sector that is particularly vulnerable is the pig sector? American exports to China have all but come to an…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsI am very much enjoying my hon. Friend’s speech. It is not just that we seem to be in the dark about our relationship with the EU; Ministers also seem to be in the dark from one…21 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FarmingIt would be nice to know when the Agriculture Bill is coming back to this place, given the months that have now fallen by the wayside. I ask the Minister on behalf of his boss,…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Small Modular ReactorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I shall be very brief, partly because I have to be very brief, but also because it would be useful to hear what the…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)I am delighted to take part in this statutory instrument debate and welcome the Minister to his place. A couple of weeks ago I thought, when we got Committee Room 14, that we…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is helpful. My hon. Friend puts his finger on something important. To some, this is a very dry subject—about semen, ova and embryos—but we are also discussing pet passports;…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Page six of the explanatory memorandum of the draft trade in animals and related products regulations states categorically: “There is no additional impact on small businesses…19 Feb 2019