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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Offenbach. This is very interesting evidence, and clearly you and the previous witness have really exposed this tension—this debate—between having an open and…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Third sitting)Q Picking up the idea of bringing us into line with global peers and equivalent countries, there are many different regimes and you both have incredible global experience legally.…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Obviously, if you are involved in global universities, for example, there will be some countries that we want to keep a much better relationship with, and whose students our…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q How have you found your engagement with Government so far, and what processes are you looking for, in terms of how the Government engage with you and the industry—whether it is…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q How do you think the mandatory notification framework could impact small and medium-sized enterprises in particular, which are obviously having a difficult time, given the…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q It is an honour to serve under you, Mr Twigg. We have focused mainly on China. Thinking about regimes we could put in place to govern all this as we work through the Bill, do…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Following on from that, given the scale and breadth of the challenge you have outlined, covering so many areas, including private equity, how do you think we would best resource…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Just thinking and reflecting on a few of your comments, Mr Leiter, if we are given the timescale that you have had at CFIUS—it has a long history, it has been here a long time…24 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Men’s DayWill the Government also consider research by the Samaritans that talks very much about middle-aged men who are often missed by community-based support when facing a mental health…19 Nov 2020HANSARDAviation IndustryIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the right hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) for securing this important and timely debate. I…18 Nov 2020HANSARDDRAFT PRODUCT SAFETY AND METROLOGY ETC. (AMENDMENT ETC.) (UK (NI) INDICATION) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, in place of my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central. Colleagues who were here in 2019 will know…16 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersIn 2019, one in 46 people in Redbridge, which Ilford South is part of, were homeless. That is a shocking statistic. While recent funding is obviously very welcome, I wonder if we…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI put on the record my congratulations on your first year, Mr Speaker, and the thanks of the many young MPs you have supported in the past year. The Scientific Advisory Group for…04 Nov 2020HANSARDAdditional Covid-19 Restrictions: Fair Economic SupportWill my hon. Friend give way?21 Oct 2020HANSARD Free School MealsIt is a great honour to follow such passionate and righteous indignation from my hon. Friends the Members for Bradford West (Naz Shah) and for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi)…21 Oct 2020HANSARDAdditional Covid-19 Restrictions: Fair Economic SupportDoes my hon. Friend agree that this is not about a north-south or a Manchester-London divide? Last night, Londoners were told they must accept fare rises way above inflation, a…21 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Economic Support PackageThis was never going to be easy—no Government were ever going to put everything right—but as millions of people face the prospect of Christmas without a job, the facts speak for…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsI speak amid concerning news for our constituency: our borough, Redbridge, has the highest infection rate in London, alongside Richmond upon Thames. Infection rates in the London…13 Oct 2020HANSARDDangerous Cladding: Residential BuildingsWhat steps his Department is taking to ensure that dangerous cladding is removed from residential buildings of all heights.05 Oct 2020HANSARDDangerous Cladding: Residential BuildingsAccording to leading civil servants, the building safety fund will cover less than a third of the buildings that require external remediation, and it does not even cover the…05 Oct 2020