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HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWell, my right hon. Friend must speak for himself. I will tell the House a story: I remember when the present Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWell, I am trying to be the diplomat and the reasonable interlocutor here. My hon. Friend is playing the bad cop with the Minister, and I am trying to play the good cop. I know…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI draw hon. Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. This issue has been a concern of mine not just for months but for many years. Anybody…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI was going to spare the blushes of the Minister for Security, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat) and the Under-Secretary of State for…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe right hon. Lady leads me to the thrust of my argument on new clause 5, which is the identification doctrine itself. She deals with the precise point of the doctrine. In the…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Of course, he was a Minister in the Ministry of Justice when the Bribery Act was brought into force at the end of the 2005 Parliament, and he…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, was absolutely right. Indeed, his evidence echoed the Government’s own…25 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillThe hon. Gentleman is right to talk of the inability to set out multi-year plans. We were being told about that when the Committee was in Northern Ireland last week, in a range of…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2While I cannot hide my disappointment about today’s announcement with regard to Swindon, it is right to say that we have benefited to the tune of approximately £100 million from…19 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. The commitment in the Williams-Shapps plan to reform the structure of rail fares has particular resonance for commuters in Swindon, who have historically endured…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI welcome my hon. Friend’s statement. He will understand that many businesses face the prospect of having to pay significant up-front costs to enter into new contracts, which is a…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Chancellor agree that investor confidence in the United Kingdom will be increased only if we bring forward the overdue reforms to the law of corporate criminal liability?…20 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI commend my right hon. Friend for his practical approach to a problem that needs practical solutions. In urging him to press on with the work to improve the efficiency of the…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way; I am conscious of the time. That is the most shocking aspect of this sorry saga: the suddenness of the decision, the abruptness of…05 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for outlining the amendments that I support. Does he think that there seems to be some misunderstanding by DUP Members about the amendments that we…29 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will not be able to emulate the admirable record of my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Sir Charles Walker), but I will do my best to be as…16 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWith only two out of 10 autistic adults currently in employment, it is clear that much more needs to be done to realise their potential. Will my right hon. Friend work with me to…02 Nov 2022HANSARDDomestic Energy Costs: Differential Between Wales and Rest of UKI will be interested to take up that case in more detail with the hon. Lady. However, the Government, in acting radically on energy price intervention and with our Energy Prices…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMortgage Interest Rate RisesIt is a Conservative Government who, through Help to Buy, have helped more than 361,000 first-time buyers on to the housing ladder. It is a Conservative Government who led to…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind Locations in Celtic SeaI congratulate my hon. Friend on her consistent advocacy for projects in the Celtic sea as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the Celtic sea. The necessity for securing…19 Oct 2022