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HANSARD Smart MotorwaysThe hon. Lady is right that several schemes are well under construction. National Highways felt that it would be more detrimental to stop construction, because doing so would…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Smart MotorwaysMy understanding of the commitment made is that any new scheme would be paused. To stop an ongoing scheme would potentially be more detrimental than to finish it. I want to…22 Feb 2023HANSARDA14: KetteringI am delighted to respond to the important points raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone), who is a diligent Member and a great representative of the…21 Feb 2023HANSARDA14: KetteringMy hon. Friend makes some excellent points. I am trying to highlight the strategic national importance of the route. I know that my hon. Friend and MPs from across the region have…21 Feb 2023HANSARDA14: KetteringMy hon. Friend made that point clearly in his speech and I will take it away. There is a timescale for the RIS3 projects. Given the level of development that has already gone into…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to report to the House, to move Government new clause 3, to speak to the other amendments and to be able to listen to the important debate we will have on the…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I was about to address those amendments. After the hon. Gentleman and other hon. Members raised this in Committee, I said that I was looking at it.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I will address that point later in my speech. On the point raised by the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris), I agreed in Committee to consider raising the maximum penalty…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I understand what the hon. Lady is saying and I will address that point directly in a moment, after I have gone through the main points of why we are pushing back on this…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]Well, 120 is what has been discussed broadly in the past few weeks. Opposition Members have tabled no amendment for any proposal except 52 or 120. That is why we are discussing…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I will come later to the hon. Gentleman’s point about offshore workers in the energy sector. If the proposal were 52 weeks, we would be including services that were in UK waters…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]My understanding is that the initial consultation was on that broader thing, but the legislation that was introduced was always based on a figure of 120, because after that broad…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I think the hon. Lady is incorrect on this point. We are talking about someone based overseas who visits a UK port once a week for a matter of hours and who may be operating in…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I will take one final intervention.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I will write to the right hon. Gentleman about that to see whether we can publish anything further. I just say that a full consultation took place, and the details of it have been…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes an important point. That is the crux of this legislation. We are trying to address the operators who regularly access UK ports on those short straits routes.…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman; I do not think that the Bill fails the litmus test at all. It is clear that what we are trying to do is protect seafarers with major…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I thank all hon. Members for their speeches. I found it a pleasure to work with everybody, particularly in Committee, to try to improve the Bill and get it into its best possible…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I do not have enough time to give way, I am afraid. I was very generous earlier on. The right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) has raised the issue of the…07 Feb 2023