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HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangWe have rightly heard from both sides of the House condemnation of the atrocious, barbaric and, quite frankly, harrowing treatment of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. Members from…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Immigration Rules: Supported AccommodationDuring this transition period, the Dublin regulations have given the UK temporary power to transfer refugees and migrants back to the EU country from which they arrived. As the…16 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Reward for Government Workers and Key WorkersWill my hon. Friend give way?14 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)That is exactly the kind of example on which we are trying to use the new clause to provide more clarity and give more force to the Bill so it can deal with these sorts of thing.…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Those are valid points, and part of what we are driving at here is to be more prescriptive. The feeling is that we essentially…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for that intervention, which goes back to what the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs said. That is why this needs to be looked at regularly enough to…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Absolutely. This is not about being particularly anti-China, but it is the strongest example of where we have heard evidence of things that are under way. I will continue with a…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. The word “regular” would clearly need to be defined in a way that did not overburden the new part of the Department that would…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The Opposition’s new clause 5 deals with high- and low-risk acquirers. It would require the Secretary of State to maintain a…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman raises a good point. I think that the wording is precise enough. The accompanying guidance to the Bill could perhaps clarify some of those points. The key…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)Before turning to the amendment, it occurs to me that the Minister, in his new role as vaccinations tsar, could consider this Committee Room as somewhere to store some of the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 31, in clause 61, page 36, line 20, at end insert— “(m) the average number of days taken to assess a trigger event called in under the Act; (n) the average…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I listened to the Minister’s assessment. We want to tackle a number of other substantial issues this afternoon, so on that basis I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)Certainly, Chair. It is incredibly important to give that sense of clarity and time to small and medium enterprises. That has been a running theme for a number of our amendments,…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)As I listened to the Minister, it struck me that one of the witnesses, Charles Parton from RUSI, said: “Let us not forget that most foreign investment by the Chinese is state…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a very good point. It is our belief that national security must be the overriding priority when threats emerge in an ever-changing world. We have heard…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham, in these temperatures, which are positively balmy compared with the Siberian ones that we experienced this morning.…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 27, in clause 29, page 19, line 39, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— “(a) would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of any person and where…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. We have been clear that the amendment is simply about preventing the Secretary of State from redacting notices of final order on…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Tenth sitting)One of the questions that sprang to mind while listening to the Minister’s answer was: if there are conflicting remedies, which of security and economic competitiveness would the…08 Dec 2020