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HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am very proud of the extra £25 billion that we have put into the national health service. Apparently, the ludicrous position of the Opposition is that they are in favour of the…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI was self-employed, actually. I would be careful about making remarks without knowing the facts. While the Opposition continue to turn inwards on themselves, this Government will…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitOn the subject of revisiting the arguments of 2016, I give way to the hon. Member.13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to end and insert: “notes the overwhelming mandate on which the Government was elected, which included resetting the United…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitConservative Members sit there defending the status quo, but if they bothered to speak to any businesses trading internationally, they would know that the status quo is not…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitIn the past few weeks, we have absolutely been benefiting from trade deals around the world. Nothing we are doing with the European Union is stopping that. If the hon. Gentleman…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI would not describe the hon. Gentleman as being confined to any island. I have already spoken about smart, controlled youth mobility schemes; the previous Government agreed a…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI have to say, having been for some years in this House with the right hon. Gentleman, that I never thought I would find him quoting the Centre for European Reform in a…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am going to make some progress. Meanwhile, a few weeks ago more than 50 energy companies and organisations highlighted the need for closer energy co-operation with the EU to…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitAbsolute nonsense.13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitJust to be clear, whether on energy, an SPS agreement or employment rights, this Government are interested in a race to the top, not a race to the bottom. [ Interruption. ]…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The situation now is a quantum leap of improvement after what we saw from the Conservative Government.13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI have given way a number of times now. Trade, security, defence and other areas of our relationship should never be treated as a zero-sum game. It is possible to deliver on all…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI have visited Belfast as a Minister more than once, and I have listened very carefully to businesses in Northern Ireland about their priorities. Northern Ireland has dual-market…13 May 2025HANSARDWindsor Framework Decisions: Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 6BOn 29 April, I will be meeting with the European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maroš Šefčovič for this Government’s first meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint…24 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to the Hillsborough families and those who have campaigned over so many years. The Government are committed to bringing in a Hillsborough law, but it is also…24 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is no such link, and the right hon. Gentleman knows that the current arrangements will come to an end in 2026. We will negotiate in the interests of our fishers and are…24 Apr 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeFirst, I express my sympathy and, I am sure, that of the whole House to Hazel in respect of what she has been through. The assurance I give is that this Government will act at…24 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will negotiate in the interests of our fishers and understand and implement our marine protection rights. As I am sure the hon. Gentleman will understand, I will not give a…24 Apr 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeIn the course of the work I have done, I have not only spoken to groups in Scotland, but engaged with the Scottish Government’s Health Minister on this matter. On the pace of the…24 Apr 2025