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HANSARDHigh Speed 2That is certainly a consideration for the review.22 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady and I are set to meet on 29 October, and I am meeting the all-party group on steel the day before. I will do everything I can to work with Tata to see whether we can…22 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the hon. Gentleman would know that we already have agreements in place so that planes can continue flying. If he votes for the deal today, we will be in a much better…22 Oct 2019HANSARDBusinesses: DartfordI fully appreciate the concerns of local businesses with regard to the uncertainty over Swanscombe peninsula. My Department works very closely with the Ministry of Housing,…22 Oct 2019HANSARDElectric Vehicle TechnologyWe have just announced up to £l billion of new funding to advance the next generation of cutting-edge automotive technologies. I am sure the House would want to know how that…22 Oct 2019HANSARDHigh Speed 2I do not think there is any danger of that, Mr Speaker. My hon. Friend raises an important point, which is why the Prime Minister has pledged to fund the Leeds to Manchester route…22 Oct 2019HANSARDElectric Vehicle TechnologyThe hon. Lady just reeled off a list, so I will reel off my own list of good news, starting with the fact that Government announced £1 billion to increase the capacity for…22 Oct 2019HANSARDElectric Vehicle TechnologyThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise this issue. Our grant scheme and the £400 million charging infrastructure investment fund will see thousands more electric vehicle charging…22 Oct 2019HANSARDElectric Vehicle TechnologyMy right hon. Friend raises an important point. Different touch points with consumers are important. For example, when people go for a replacement tax on their car, they should be…22 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The deficiencies in retained directly effective rights concerning freedom of establishment and the free movement of services, including a lack of reciprocity, which there cannot…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is incumbent on us all to be sensible and to reflect on today. Let us not add fuel to the flames of division. Let us come together. Hon. Members heard in my opening remarks…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that thoughtful intervention. I only ask that he shares the debate with his constituents, so that they can read, in black and white, what I…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Let me make some headway. The only area in which the directly effective rights of establishment or free movement of services have been identified to have a direct impact on UK…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I have a lot to cover, but I will happily take the hon. Lady’s intervention later. The Government’s plan on citizens’ rights confirms that EEA and Swiss citizens resident in the…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019May I start by sharing with the Committee my dismay and disappointment at the conflating of this SI with issues of immigration and the status of European citizens, as well as…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is precisely why I am going into some detail on why the regulations will have no impact at all on the work or services provided by EU nationals or nationals of Turkey or…21 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. May I say what a pleasure it is to…21 Oct 2019HANSARDRadioactive Waste: Geological DisposalToday I am pleased to designate the “National Policy Statement for Geological Disposal Infrastructure”, which was laid in parliament on 4 July. This is an important milestone in…17 Oct 2019HANSARDParliamentary Question: CorrectionInformation supplied by the HR Capability and Business Partnering Division of the Department for Education has been identified as containing incorrect facts in the response…23 Jul 2019HANSARDEducationThere has been and continues to be a great deal of debate about the transparency of the child protection system in England, but there is a presumption that all serious case review…23 Jul 2019