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HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenWe have heard some glorious stories today about gin, cheese, fiddling with wands and what it was like to work with the Queen, but as I came into this place today and saw the…09 Sept 2022HANSARD Financial Services and Markets BillI thank the former Minister for his intervention, but my question is what that means for consumers. The lack of regulation means that my constituents cannot go to the ombudsman to…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Financial Services and Markets BillI do not want to disappoint my colleagues on the Government Benches, but I think that they know the issue on which I wish to focus in the time that is available to me. Before I…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseFurther to hon. Members’ comments, I welcome the Leader of the House to her new position. She said that she wishes to be our representative in Government. Can she therefore…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Financial Services and Markets BillI acknowledge what the right hon. Gentleman is trying to point out. However, does the evidence not show that it was the intervention of the financial ombudsman service that led to…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Financial Services and Markets BillThe Minister is relatively new to his role, but he cannot help but be aware that it is now almost two years since this House recognised the real threat to our constituents’ bank…07 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022Northern Ireland?06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022It is not on the Labour Benches!06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022Could the Minister clarify—I did ask—whether there will be two separate systems running coterminously? Obviously, there are now different systems for EU trade and GB trade. It is…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. I do not wish to delay our proceedings, but it is worth reading into the record that the provisions of EU regulation No…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022Previous legislation that we are copying into GB law set out explicitly how an analytical process would take place to ensure that the provisions were operable. As the Minister…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. Like the Minister I must declare an interest, as the owner of an elderly cat—although people with cats are more…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022Will the Minister give way?06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022I just do not want to misunderstand what the Minister was saying. To clarify, is she saying that the rules about analytical requirements are not being imported because of the…06 Sept 2022HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessThe problem with what the Minister is saying is that he admitted we have been here before. In 1976, we hit a temperature of 36° and in 2003 we hit a temperature of 38.3°. At those…18 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillWe are now nearly three hours into the debate and we have not named what the actual problem is. The honest truth is that the problems did not start with the protocol; the problem…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. Of course, Henry VIII only had six wives; this Bill has 19 delegated powers within 26 clauses. Does he agree that if we set a…13 Jul 2022HANSARD Sri LankaThe hon. Member may chunter from a sedentary position, but the women are talking now. We are talking about human rights because many of us recognise that, as the United Nations…13 Jul 2022HANSARD Sri LankaMadam Deputy Speaker, I am sure that you, and indeed the Minister, would agree that dismissing any woman’s urgent question in this House as “silly” is disrespectful to the subject…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Billrose—13 Jul 2022