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HANSARD Economic UpdateThe difference with this crisis is the profound effect it is having on human behaviour. The Chancellor has acknowledged that the big missing piece from the package announced…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19The Secretary of State said that this was a national effort and he is right, but it is more than that; this is a global crisis that has seen different approaches taken in…16 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget ResolutionsBefore my right hon. Friend moves on from his point about a co-ordinated international response, one of the things put in place at that time, about which there has been a lack of…12 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin). This Budget is the Government’s attempt to make a turn in the road. Gone are the logic, the…12 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusOne of the questions in the public’s mind is the degree of resistance acquired by those who have contracted the virus and then recovered. I appreciate that this is more a question…11 Mar 2020HANSARDLow-Carbon IndustriesOne of the UK’s great industrial success stories in recent decades has been the automotive industry. What discussions does the Secretary of State plan to have with the industry to…03 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipThe Minister’s statement and the document published today show that the Government have made a fundamental choice, which is to prioritise sovereignty over any economic argument or…27 Feb 2020HANSARD Global BritainWhen did the European Union reach a trade agreement with Australia?03 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentI want to return to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson). Does the Secretary of State not accept that it was a mistake to…03 Feb 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsIn the discussions with the United States over the Huawei decision, did the US Administration make any linkage between our decision and any potential trade deal between the UK and…28 Jan 2020HANSARDMiddle East: SecurityThe key question is about where all this is going. Iran has announced since this happened that it will not abide by limits on the use of centrifuges agreed under the JCPOA. What…07 Jan 2020HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI begin with the revolutionary thought that if something was a bad idea yesterday, it might just be a bad idea today. I do not believe that the Prime Minister has been pushing for…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes a very wise point. When hon. Members such as the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) say, “You have blocked everything”, it is…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThose are not the only ways. There are three ways to avoid no deal: we can revoke, as the hon. Lady says, but that is not something we should do without the people having a say;…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am going to wind up soon. In my view, the right way to have dealt with this issue is not to do what the Prime Minister has wanted to do since day one—to go for an election…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI do. There are many other points about this deal that we should properly explore, not least because for the first time, the proposal before us is to have two Brexits, not one—one…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI would like to proceed. Secondly, what is the right way to reach a resolution on an issue that has been so difficult for us and for the country? Surely the right way to reach a…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI voted for a number of proposals that would have kept us close to the EU economically, including customs unions, single market arrangements and other proposals. It is not the…29 Oct 2019HANSARDThe EconomyEvery month, Ministers stand at that Dispatch Box and boast about the unemployment figures—we heard some of it from the Chancellor today. They pat themselves on the back and tell…24 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillDoes the Prime Minister agree with himself when he said: “We should go into those renegotiations with a clear agenda: to root out the nonsense of the social chapter—the working…22 Oct 2019