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HANSARD Funded ChildcareMany of us tried to warn the Government that this would be like Help to Buy, pushing up demand without tackling supply. Numbers matter in this sector, and it is 313 days since the…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded ChildcareWhat are the numbers?22 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillThis Bill is really important for a lot of people. Is it not the lesson of both “Six Dinner Sid” and Granny Meow—of course, at the end of “Six Dinner Sid”, Sid also went to the…19 Jan 2024HANSARD Pet Abduction BillIt is a genuine pleasure to contribute to the debate and to follow the comprehensive report by the hon. Member for Southend West (Anna Firth), the passion of my hon. Friend the…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model: Health Certificates and SMEsSo there we have it: in 12 days’ time, businesses will have to pay for these certificates, but they will not be asked to provide them, and in 100 days’ time they might have an…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model: Health Certificates and SMEsThe Government intend to introduce a charge of £40 a time to import things from the EU into the UK from April. That might come as a surprise to many businesses, because they do…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model: Health Certificates and SMEsIt might help if I clarified which particular questions, as I recognise that there are many there.19 Jan 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model: Health Certificates and SMEsIf the Minister can tell us what the charge will be—please, do let us know.19 Jan 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model: Health Certificates and SMEsrose —19 Jan 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model: Health Certificates and SMEsCan I just put on the record on behalf of British business—this is mad? We are talking about something that is happening in 12 days’ time. Trucks do not know whether they will…19 Jan 2024HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model: Health Certificates and SMEsCan I be critical? We are talking about something that is potentially coming in in 12 days’ time. I recognise that I gave her a long list of questions because there is so much…19 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI appreciate the case the hon. Gentleman is making. My concern is that the Angesom judgment—I looked it up after he and I talked about it—states: “The applicant and respondent…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland) and many of the colleagues sat next to him who have brought an immense level…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not here earlier to be part of the conversation. I am sure that he would want his own right of remedy to explain why he could not be…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister give way?17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister give way?17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI know the right hon. and learned Lady feels this passionately, but will she clarify her concern about a “foreign court”? What does she think NATO is?17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThose who are worried about social media may also find it useful to use their phones in the Chamber to double-check those international obligations, and indeed the original text…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAs somebody who has served on the Council of Europe and was proud to do so because of the United Kingdom’s history of setting it up to protect citizens from overbearing…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillOh, go on, then.17 Jan 2024