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HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)The Minister is being very generous in giving way. What then is to stop people labelling their cheap plonk as burgundy and sending it in the form in which they send their good…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Pesticides)This is the most controversial of the four SIs that we have dealt with today, and we had a forthright debate on this subject previously in Committee. Much of that debate was about…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Hong KongThose of us with friends in Hong Kong know how difficult it is now for people to go about their ordinary lives and how their businesses are being affected. Is it not the…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerWith regard to the earlier exchange about veterinary medicines, which the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster knows a good deal about, it is all well and good saying he would…25 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation of ParliamentI am delighted to speak with you in the Chair, Ms Ryan. I thank the thousands of people in my constituency who signed the petition. I am angry. I am a mild-mannered person, as…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation of ParliamentI have never known a Parliament where the business has collapsed so often, yet the Agriculture Bill, the Fisheries Bill and the Trade Bill all need to come back for Report and…09 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2The problem with HS2 is that the benefits are not shared around the country. The west, in particular, gains nothing. Will the Secretary of State look at how we could put the money…05 Sept 2019HANSARDScience and Technology CommitteeI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for what he has done and for this excellent report, and I associate myself completely with his initial remarks. I understand that the…05 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Secretary of State to her new position. When will we welcome back the Agriculture Bill and the Fisheries Bill? It is about time we saw them. We last saw them seven…25 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessI agree. My hon. Friend’s example shows, in a nutshell, what it is like out there. It is not only that housing is not available, but that the limited amount available is of such…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Female Offender Strategy: One Year OnMay I build on what my hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) said? For Eastwood Park Prison—it is just outside my constituency, but I visit regularly—the problem now is…24 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance and HomelessnessI am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on leading the debate so thoroughly. I shall…24 Jul 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasI follow on from my dear friend the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) in giving a big thank you to the Foreign Office. I also thank the Bishop of Truro for…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Drone Users: Registrationrose —10 Jul 2019HANSARD Drone Users: RegistrationTo build on that point, people who fly radio-controlled model airplanes feel that the way this has been handled has ignored them, and that they were only brought in at the last…10 Jul 2019HANSARDActive TravelIt is a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Witney (Robert Courts) on securing the debate. Let me start by mentioning…09 Jul 2019HANSARDDangerous DrivingI am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I am sorry to have missed the first two minutes, but I was otherwise engaged. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for…08 Jul 2019HANSARDForced Displacement in AfricaBy chance we visited the Khartoum process in Khartoum, and we were struck that it was nothing to do with Sudan, because they were mainly Ethiopians and Eritreans. I was not sure…04 Jul 2019HANSARDForced Displacement in AfricaAs my hon. Friend knows, I am very much involved with Sudan. We visited northern Darfur last year. One of the problems with the camps in such places is that they have become…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWith the ongoing dispute at the Environment Agency over pay and with staff morale at Natural England being at an all-time low, will the Leader of the House organise an urgent…04 Jul 2019