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HANSARD Baby Banks: Government SupportThe Minister is setting out the help that the Government believe there is for those on low incomes. Baby banks are a big boost for tackling poverty, but there is an…09 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister in his final flow, but he did promise he would give me a direct answer. With 40% of people saying they are going to put their Christmas…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThe Minister has been talking about the importance of regulation. He will know that one area that is not regulated at all is buy now, pay later, and he will have seen new clause…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI rise to add my wholehearted support to the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy), to new clause 7, to my Front Bench, and…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that what is so critical is that we depend on Ministers knowing what is affected and what is not? I am struck by the fact that the Minister tried to tell…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Good morning, Sir Gary. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning on this Bill. You have missed some real treats, I venture to suggest, about the future of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a heavy irony in a Minister who refuses to take interventions and to be held accountable for what he says suggesting that nobody should be…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI rise to make what I hope is, in comparison, a relatively brief speech, but I have some questions about how this Bill will work. I hope that will meet your requirements, Mr…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillIt is now 1,134 days since this House passed the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 and 973 days since the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 were laid…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI thank the Minister for that confirmation. I hope he will join me in paying tribute to all those women in Northern Ireland who have continued to work on the issue, championing…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI happily give way to one of the many former Ministers, in addition to Secretaries of State, who has worked with us on this issue.29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I know that he was frustrated by it. That is why I am speaking today. We have seen the frustration, and for three years women in…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Perhaps, then, the Minister will publish and confirm for all of us who have been on the Committee—he is new to these debates, but I am afraid he is going to hear this concern…29 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionThe hon. Member should turn the question around. Why does she believe that it is acceptable for men to be able to choose to have a vasectomy, but a woman cannot choose what…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionOn a point of order, Sir Charles. The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 set out incredibly clearly what the requirements are—28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionThat is a misrepresentation.28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionI note that we have not yet had a satisfactory answer to the question posed by the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller) about why it is acceptable that our…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access Abortionrose—28 Nov 2022HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionI gently say to the hon. Gentleman that if he is dealing with families where that is a possibility, prosecuting a woman who is being asked to have a sex-selective abortion, rather…28 Nov 2022