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HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]There are so many things to unpack there, not least the right hon. Gentleman’s recognition that our previous regulations as part of the European Union were perhaps not that bad.…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will, if I may, continue with my speech, but I shall take an intervention a bit later. Our colleagues in Northern Ireland know the practical consequences of divergence—the…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I hope the right hon. Member can understand that my point is about divergence—about what happens when we try to ask businesses to run two different regulatory regimes out of a…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I tried in vain to make exactly such arguments to the right hon. Member when he was a Minister telling me that European legislation was not good enough for this country.…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman; I can see that if I do not, he will have a heart attack.01 Apr 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsThe shadow Home Secretary has a nerve to come to this House and make that argument when we in the communities saw the damage that the contract he managed did to the public purse.…25 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipI just want to say a little more on that, because I am supremely conscious of time. The previous Administration chose to walk us out of any foreign affairs co-operation. That…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on all fronts. A youth mobility or opportunity scheme with apprenticeships at its heart is the right thing to do, and crucially—in the timeline…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipThe hon. and learned Member is right that many of us feel desperately sad about the position that Northern Ireland was put in as a result of Brexit. However, I hate to tell him…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Mundell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Colne Valley (Paul Davies) on setting out the nature of…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipI do not disagree with my hon. Friend, but it is so plain to see how we have cut ourselves off. Even in the pandemic, and initially standing up to Putin in Ukraine, we were…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Conflict in GazaI think we all share the Foreign Secretary’s shock, anger and frustration at the breakdown of the ceasefire and the deaths that we are seeing in Gaza. As today’s debate shows,…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI wish that the hon. Gentleman had been listening, because I just pointed out that dealing with the gender pay gap would bring £23 billion to our economy. That is exactly how we…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am very pleased to hear confirmation that the review into parental rights, which I understand will begin in June, will go ahead. The Minister talks about stakeholders. Will he…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will be proud to see this Bill progress through Parliament and to develop accordingly. That is what the amendments before us offer us the chance to do. May I pay tribute to my…11 Mar 2025HANSARDSyriaThe Minister paints an extremely concerning picture of what is happening in Syria. On 9 December, the Government announced a temporary pause in accepting asylum applications from…10 Mar 2025HANSARD North Sea EnergyIt is good to see the Government taking a very sensible approach in the consultation to working with our European partners on how we develop renewable energy and get energy costs…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Political Finance RulesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Like everybody in the Chamber, I must be sure to draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. “Follow…06 Mar 2025HANSARDJammu and Kashmir: Human RightsMy hon. Friend’s constituents and mine will recognise well the title of Amnesty International’s report: “Five years of silence and struggle in Kashmir”. Does she agree we are…05 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaThe people of both Israel and Palestine have been failed by their leadership, with horrific consequences. One person who knew that more than most was my constituent’s father, Oded…04 Mar 2025