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HANSARDTrade Diversion and Windsor FrameworkThe hon. and learned Member talks about that trade being infinitesimal—0.4% of EU trade crosses that border, yet it accounts for 20% of checks. Does he agree that that will not be…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineMay I, too, on behalf of my party, congratulate the Prime Minister on the work he has done this week, both in America and here in the United Kingdom. He has made a commitment to…03 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic ServicesMany ministerial decisions are important in getting public services delivered, but so too is back-up by the civil service. There is some concern about the level of expertise in…26 Feb 2025HANSARDPublic ServicesMany projects that are designed to improve public services are being held up in the courts in Northern Ireland because of procurement, planning and the decision process. The…26 Feb 2025HANSARDDefence and SecurityI welcome the Prime Minister’s statement and I wish him well as he goes to America to persuade the Americans to side with democracy, rather than vote with dictators. There will be…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteIn answer to the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith), the Minister stated that the strategy is resulting in people wanting to invest in…24 Feb 2025HANSARDUkraineI welcome the robust statement from the Secretary of State today and the way he has stood by Ukraine and committed the UK to standing by Ukraine. I hope he will convey the same…24 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure: Chinese CompaniesAlmost on a weekly basis, we are lectured by the net zero-obsessed Secretary of State that the race for renewables is necessary in order to give this country a secure future…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Scrutiny of European Statutory InstrumentsDoes the hon. and learned Member accept that even when we had the European Scrutiny Committee, which was able to deal exclusively with such issues, there were many EU regulations…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Scrutiny of European Statutory InstrumentsIt is even worse than that. On occasions, regulations have gone through and been adopted before the Committee knew they were there.11 Feb 2025HANSARD US Steel Import TariffsTo use football parlance, President Trump is playing a blinder with his tariffs strategy. Canada, Mexico and Colombia all fell into line when he threatened tariffs. Only the EU is…11 Feb 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestAs has been said, people in Northern Ireland are appalled at this decision by a coroner who, incidentally, would have had police officers protecting him during the troubles. I…11 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsHardly a day passes in this place when Ministers do not tell us how broke the country is, yet here we have a Minister who cannot give a commitment to extracting the liquid gold…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe shadow Home Secretary notes that the number of asylum claims has gone up since the Government came to power, yet thousands have been wiped off because those people have been…10 Feb 2025HANSARDBiomass GenerationThis statement should be a warning to all those across the House who are cheerleaders for renewable energy. Let us not forget that, in 2010, Drax power station was the poster boy…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe Home Secretary has outlined many of the measures she is taking to try to deal with the gangs, but the fact is that people come here because there are advantages in coming…10 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsWe have not been able to obtain any facts from the Government about the cost. The deal is, of course, inflation-linked, and we do not know what inflation will be in the future. We…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWarm Homes PlanIs it not a fact that, regardless of how much money is put into a warm homes scheme, social tariffs or whatever, consumers can never be insulated against the massive cost of the…04 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionIt is quite right that we measure the performance of schools since we spend billions of pounds on them every year and they affect the life chances of millions of children across…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAstraZenecaInvestment in highly paid industries producing good-quality research and development, and the spin-offs from that, are, of course, important to the economy and to long-term…03 Feb 2025