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HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasThis is going to be a wonderful scheme and we are all looking forward to welcoming tens of thousands of Ukrainians to this country, but something is going wrong with the scheme…31 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI think that when my right hon. Friend gets back to his office, that portrait of Nigel Lawson will be looking down at him admiringly. This is a Conservative plan that we can all…23 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. We have to brace ourselves for the greatest impact on living standards that any of us has known in our lifetime, which necessitates a…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI do not want to sow further confusion, but I think that the point made by our hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) is critical. Before the Bill passes into law,…07 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsAs I am speaking at a late stage in the debate, much of what needed to be said has already been said, so I will not repeat any of it. Let me instead make three brief points.…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsAs two former Treasury Ministers, we both know that situation. In these discussions, I strongly urge the Chancellor not to lose the UK’s obvious competitive advantage of being a…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsIt seems that the legal test required to sanction an individual is too high, because the Departments responsible are clearly struggling to amass sufficient evidence to meet that…01 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsI do, and I completely understand what my hon. Friend is saying. The point I am trying to make is that we must not spend all our efforts on the individuals, although most of us…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCorporate Transparency and Economic CrimeI warmly welcome the creation of a register of overseas entities. Could my right hon. Friend give us a sense of how long it will take for an effective register to be created? Post…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI will be brief and speak to two issues: first, in praise and thanks; and secondly, by way of caution. In praise and thanks, I am delighted that the Government have accepted the…28 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineThe City of London is a global asset whose enduring success rests not on dirty money, but on a commitment to excellence and on adherence to the rule of law. It is right that we…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend makes a series of powerful points, which I entirely agree with. In particular, I agree that, were this new clause to pass, it should merely be the beginning…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The virtue of speaking late in the debate is that I can keep my remarks mercifully short. I would like to associate myself with the many excellent…22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsWill my right hon. Friend give way on that point?22 Feb 2022HANSARD SanctionsThe Minister is being very generous in giving way. May I press him on this point? Many of us feel the package of sanctions announced today is comparatively modest. Is the…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]As a matter of law, what the hon. Member is saying is not correct. Pensions within the public sector, as elsewhere, are regulated. They were regulated by the Public Service…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Member give way?22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I agree strongly with both my hon. Friend’s points. On his second point, the motion before Wirral Council is to ask its pensions officer to be the arbitrator of which business it…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention and for the work he does on antisemitism. He is absolutely right that we cannot stand idly by and see levels of antisemitism…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I rise to speak to new clause 1, which is in my name. The new clause empowers the Secretary of State to issue guidance to authorities that administer public sector pensions…22 Feb 2022