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HANSARD Covid-19: Government’s Publication of ContractsThis question and the answers to it really matter because our frontline workers were not adequately protected with the high-quality PPE that they needed during the pandemic. They…09 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewA stain has emerged on this Government’s response to the crisis. There has been an unedifying goldrush of chums and chancers; £2 billion-worth of contracts have been handed to…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial Review(Urgent Q uestion): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the recent judicial review ruling, which found the Government had acted unlawfully in…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances BillI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. Elected representatives, whether here in Parliament, in devolved Administrations or in local government, and indeed those in all…11 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsEverybody understands the need for speed in a pandemic, but so many contracts delivered personal protective equipment that could not even be used by those on the frontline, and…11 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this week, the Public Accounts Committee revealed that the Government’s secretive VIP procurement fast lane had dished out contracts worth £1.7 billion, yet on 18…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which builds on the point made by the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) that it is important not just in this place, but…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The Paymaster General and I have been speaking about the further reform that is needed, and in a way, the case for this Bill has…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances BillI am pleased to follow the Minister, and I thank her for the discussions we have had in the lead-up to the Bill’s Second Reading. I congratulate the right hon. and learned Member…11 Feb 2021HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillWhile I am pleased to be able to close this debate, I am sad not to be in the Chamber of the House of Commons. However, like so many, someone in my family has covid, so we are…30 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK’s ports are our gateway to the world. Yesterday, the port infrastructure fund was finally announced. We found out that Dover did not get the £33 million that it had asked…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Minister for that answer, but he needs to give greater assurances that there will not be the delays and disruption that we all fear. A letter from the Parliamentary…17 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EUThe country was hoping for a breakthrough last night, yet there was none. There is a sense of huge dismay, as we all wanted to hear significant progress, but we heard more about…10 Dec 2020HANSARDFuture Relationship with the EU(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office to make a statement on the progress of the negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the EU and preparations…10 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement. We welcome it and are pleased that a decision has been reached on the Northern Ireland protocol. The Good Friday agreement…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition Period(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the progress of the negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the EU and…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodLast year, the Prime Minister said that to leave with no deal would be a “failure of statecraft”, so this Government must take responsibility for their failure if we leave without…07 Dec 2020HANSARDTransition Period: UK PreparednessIt is frustrating that the Minister cannot answer this basic question. One minute he wants to channel his inner Roosevelt and the next minute he says that this should all be left…12 Nov 2020HANSARDTransition Period: UK PreparednessWe left the EU in January and there are now less than 50 days to go until the end of the transition period. Labour Members have been clear that failing to achieve a deal with the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement this afternoon. At the last general election, the Prime Minister said that he had an oven-ready deal ready to go. The…19 Oct 2020