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HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We served together on the Treasury Select Committee. She speaks about her constituents. My constituents in Middlesbrough South and East…30 Sept 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundOf course, I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend. We heard the danger set out last week. I thought that the prospect of a three-day week was bad; well, the Opposition have…30 Sept 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundThe right hon. Gentleman talks about uncertainty, but the only people generating uncertainty in this place are the Opposition. It is they who are selling this country short. They…30 Sept 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundI will do my best, Mr Speaker. One would not want to be accused of being unduly meek in the circumstances. We accept the market-based price of sterling and do not have a view on…30 Sept 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundIt is not appropriate for the Government to comment on specific currency market movements, or on market positioning—30 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my right hon. Friend for his commitment on free ports, which is fantastic news for Teesside. Can I just push him on one issue regarding our local industrial strategy,…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIn welcoming my hon. Friend to his place, may I say how welcome it is for this House to have a Ministry committed to leaving the European Union in all circumstances? On that…25 Jul 2019HANSARDBritish SteelMay I associate myself with the priorities outlined by my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Redcar (Anna Turley)? This is an opportunity to say a big thank you on behalf…24 Jul 2019HANSARD UK Steel IndustryI will endeavour to stick to that limit; thankfully, I echo many of the comments made by the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin). I congratulate him on securing this important…09 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right; of course, there are lots of people who, for reasons that are totally out of their control, need our support and compassion. No Conservative…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsTo return to the point about the WASPI women, I completely accept that we all want to make sure that people have dignity in retirement, but does the hon. Lady acknowledge that the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsChild benefit is, obviously, a sensitive issue, but the point is that a family not in the welfare system, perhaps just above the entitlement level for welfare support, has to make…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI would not ascribe it to the hon. Lady’s speech, but I have heard speeches in this place from Labour Members that have come very close to blurring the line between the policy and…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsIt is a privilege to take part in today’s debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) on opening it. This is an important issue, and we all know…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeI do. That is not a counsel of despair. In many ways, we are setting a powerful example that other countries will be inspired to follow. By legislating for net zero, we start to…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeI will, but I promise not to take more than my allotted time.24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeI absolutely agree. No one can regard this as somebody else’s challenge, and that goes for the private sector as well as the public sector. Everyone will have to realign their…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Climate ChangeI give a warm welcome to today’s legislation and to the Minister, who has taken this brief by the scruff of the neck since he was appointed, for which we are all grateful. This is…24 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Extension Period NegotiationsThere is a bitter irony in that, as my hon. Friend rightly says. It speaks to the choices that we have made, but choices they were—it needs to be recognised and understood that…22 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Extension Period NegotiationsCan I clarify that the Labour party manifesto is clear about leaving the single market and the customs union? It was clearly implied in the Labour manifesto that freedom of…22 May 2019