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HANSARDShamima Begum and Other CasesThe Home Secretary faces a daily set of choices and decisions to keep the citizens of this country safe which no other member of the Government faces, and he has the support of…11 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Tourism9. What steps he is taking to help ensure the UK remains an attractive tourist destination after the UK leaves the EU.07 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: TourismThe B&Bs and caravan parks in Pembrokeshire are looking forward to another good season, but the concern I hear time and again is that poor broadband and mobile phone signals are a…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Social Security and Employment Support for Disabled PeopleIt never made sense to me for us to pay different contractors who compete with each other to recruit competent staff to carry out assessments which make many disabled people feel…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSt David’s DayIs not one glaringly obvious solution to the APD question just to abolish it entirely for all nations? It is an unfair tax, it hinders tourism, and there is an economic boost to…28 Feb 2019HANSARDDevolved Administrations: TalksLast week the Government announced a new fund to help local authorities with ports to manage Brexit. It appears that the fund covers only England, and in Wales the Welsh…28 Feb 2019HANSARDSt David’s DayI am listening with interest to the hon. Lady’s remarks. She is talking about companies upping sticks and leaving Wales. She just read out a list of companies, which included…28 Feb 2019HANSARDSt David’s DayI thank the hon. Gentleman for that. I have heard that choir sing on many occasions, and what a great bunch of guys they are. In terms of using culture as a tool for social…28 Feb 2019HANSARDSt David’s DayIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore), and I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for working hard to secure this important…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ5. For rural areas, access to emergency care is hugely important, with distances and journey times crucial. Does the Prime Minister therefore agree with me and the 40,000…27 Feb 2019HANSARDIndustrial StrategyIn terms of the industrial strategy, does the Secretary of State think that the chronic M4 congestion around Newport, which snarled up the England rugby team coach last Friday,…27 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionIs it not still the reality that the withdrawal agreement—warts and all, amended or not—remains the only serious show in town if we are to leave the EU, and does the Prime…26 Feb 2019HANSARDIran’s Ballistic Missile ProgrammeIs it not the case that neither the carrot of the nuclear deal nor the stick of sanctions and other policy measures has so far encouraged Iran to be a responsible member of the…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI will be brief, Madam Deputy Speaker, not least because all the main arguments and points have been covered. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary was incredibly generous in…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI strongly commend my right hon. Friend and praise him for the action that he is taking this evening. He spoke about the powerful message that this sends about this Government’s…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: Economic Impact of Proposed DealThere are a great many voices in the international investor community that have made it clear that the underlying fundamentals of the British economy remain sound, but they warn…20 Feb 2019HANSARDInfectious Disease SurveillanceWhat potential is there for the work that the Department did last year with the Met Office, NASA and other US scientists on cholera in Yemen to be scaled up and used in other…13 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUI welcome the tone that the Prime Minister struck last week in her meeting with businesses in Northern Ireland, where she indicated that she would be seeking changes to the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDSolar PowerBoth solar and wind have been very successful in driving down industry costs, but does my hon. Friend recognise that that poses a challenge to technologies such as wave and tidal…12 Feb 2019HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayIt is a real privilege and pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Enfield North (Joan Ryan). In November, I had the opportunity to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau to participate in…24 Jan 2019