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HANSARDEurotunnel: PaymentI support the withdrawal agreement—it is a good deal—but I also support our being ready for no-deal eventualities. I was reassured by the Secretary of State’s answer to the…04 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeThe Home Secretary has outlined some important measures, including this year’s police settlement, which means 100 extra officers in Leicestershire, but what role does he see for…04 Mar 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Service Animals) BillI, too, congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Sir Oliver Heald) on a very important piece of legislation. It is brilliant that…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillGiven that lawyers spent several decades arguing over whether a teacake was a type of biscuit, I caution my hon. Friend that allowing the Treasury to define “fitness equipment”…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillThat is a separate case.08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillI thank my hon. Friend for being so generous in giving way again. I think he is wrong to say that it is not the approach of our Front Benchers to think in dynamic terms: the…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing the Bill to discuss this important issue and this potentially big simplification, but am I right that the £6 billion price tag is…08 Feb 2019HANSARD Value Added Tax BillWhat estimate has my hon. Friend made of the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the threshold to that level?08 Feb 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Service Animals) BillI thank my right hon. and learned Friend, who is very knowledgeable. I am not surprised to be reassured that he has thought through all the implications in full. This is a hugely…08 Feb 2019HANSARDLowest Paid: EarningsMy constituency has a quarter more businesses and 6,700 more people in work than in 2010, and Harborough district has seen the fastest growth in wages anywhere in the east…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLowest Paid: Earnings4. What steps he is taking to increase earnings for the lowest paid.29 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI spent eight years campaigning against European integration. I worked for the successful campaign against joining the euro and I ran the campaign for a referendum on the European…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActThe former head of the European Council’s legal service, responding to the shadow International Trade Secretary’s call for a customs union in which the UK would have a say, has…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Bailiffs: Regulatory ReformAbsolutely. That point brings me on to the third thing that needs to change: people need to be told what their rights are. My constituents never were. If someone is arrested, they…09 Jan 2019HANSARD Bailiffs: Regulatory ReformI congratulate the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East (Emma Reynolds) on securing this important debate; she spoke incredibly well. She referred to the treatment that my…09 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationUniversal credit is solving some serious problems in the benefits system. It is helping people to move into work more quickly and, together with the national living wage, is…08 Jan 2019