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HANSARDBarriers to Trade Between EU and UKI thank the hon. Lady for raising that particular case. As she will know, we are always happy to talk directly to businesses, or through their Members of Parliament, to see what…27 May 2021HANSARDBarriers to Trade Between EU and UKWe have been working closely with businesses to help them adjust to any new requirements for trading with the EU. Monthly Office for National Statistics trade figures have shown…27 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsWe have seen all sorts of innovations over the last year given what technology now enables, and the hon. Gentleman makes a very sensible suggestion. It is for Lord Geidt to take…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsThe Prime Minister does respect the ministerial code and he is the arbiter of it.18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI do, and as well as thanking Members of this House who forwarded information to try to help address the PPE shortages, I should put on record our thanks for the incredible work…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsSadly, again more smear. It seems that anyone who was awarded a contract for PPE or anything else is a Tory mate, even when they turn out to be a Labour party donor.18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsUltimately, that is one of the responsibilities of the Prime Minister. It is because of the unique status of a Minister—that they are not an employee—that that exists. That is the…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsMy hon. Friend makes some very good points. He knows, because I have appeared before his Committee regarding this and other matters, that there have been delays to certain things,…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsThat is absolutely correct, and I could add to the list the things that we have also done to increase transparency and accountability at a local government level, which we know…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsAs I said in my opening response to the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner), these issues are being looked at—there are reviews in train—and it would not be…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. The British public want us to focus on the issues that matter to them. They want us to recover quickly, both economically and in dealing…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI have said several times this afternoon that the public do care about that and they are right to do so. We should be here to answer questions about those issues. What I am not…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI think I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that it is in those colleagues’ interests that there is credibility and weight to any investigations. The difficulty is that we have…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. There is, I think, a perception that if a business flagged their offer to a Member of Parliament or a Minister they somehow bypassed the…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI am sure that the Cabinet Secretary will respond to the hon. Lady. He takes his responsibilities very seriously. The problem is that the matter is now the subject of a review—it…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI thank my hon. Friend for putting on record the tremendous job that was done in his local patch. He is saying that credit is due to Ministers, but actually credit is due to…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsThe right hon. Lady raises issues about the ministerial code, the arbiter of which is the Prime Minister; the work of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which is a matter…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI do agree with my hon. Friend. The right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne will reflect on what she has done this afternoon, and if she does have ambitions in the leadership…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI am sure that the right hon. Lord Geidt will publish the register before the end of this month. That is what he has said; I am sure that he will wish to do it in a way that is…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsOf course it still stands; it is the ministerial code. I am sorry to say that this is another question that does not make any substantial allegations or provide any facts or…18 May 2021