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HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI wish to make only a brief speech. My party is totally committed to the Bill. In fact, I was pleased to be a sponsor and to have served on the Committee. My one disappointment is…17 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am glad the hon. Member mentions the issue of Northern Ireland. I raised the point in Committee that with EU law applying in Northern Ireland, the importation of trophies could…17 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am pleased that the Leader of the House has announced that there will be a debate on the Stormont brake next Wednesday. It would have been helpful if the statutory instrument…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationAs the hon. Member for North East Hampshire said, a tax-free allowance provides much more flexibility in the system, and I agree that that would have been a better way of dealing…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I understand that next Wednesday the Government are to bring forward a statutory instrument to the House in relation to the Stormont brake.…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationThere is much to be welcomed in this Budget, but as we have found time and again, when we delve into the detail after listening to the rosy rhetoric from the Dispatch Box, some of…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationI will not give way again, because I have spoken for nearly seven minutes, and I want to make one or two points before I finish my speech. There are many other measures in the…15 Mar 2023HANSARD BBC: Government Role in ImpartialityThe only disaster this weekend has been for the BBC, given the despicable way in which it handled the Gary Lineker affair and then caved in to this man and his friends who rallied…14 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipI welcome today’s announcement as further evidence that we and our allies are taking seriously the threat of Chinese aggression in the Pacific, and taking action to deal with it.…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankI am sure that many firms across the United Kingdom will welcome, and breathe a sigh of relief at, the decision that was made over the weekend. However, this was done in haste. I…13 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityThe impartiality of senior civil servants was called into question a long time ago during the Brexit debate and the events subsequent to that, but these negotiations obviously did…06 Mar 2023HANSARDEmissions Trading Schemes: Carbon Leakage Protection4. Whether he has made a comparative assessment of the adequacy of protection against carbon leakage for energy-intensive industries under the (a) UK emissions trading scheme and…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEmissions Trading Schemes: Carbon Leakage ProtectionSince it was set up in 2020, the result of the UK emissions trading scheme has been that the cost of carbon allowances has consistently been much higher than in the EU and other…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI welcome the 18-minute confession that the Prime Minister undertook about the damage that the protocol, which his Government signed, has done to Northern Ireland. May I remind…27 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe cost of that is fettered access to trade with GB, our biggest trading partner. When I look at the balance, the choice I would make, as a representative of Northern Ireland’s…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillCan the hon. Member explain why, in the three years when Sinn Féin excluded itself from the Executive and we had no Executive, the Alliance party not only did not propose, but…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI will say at the outset that the Bill going through the House today is an illustration and example of the futility of trying to use political blackmail to move my party from its…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThere are lots of different examples of that happening.22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe hon. Member is right, and that illustrates just how much trade with GB is fettered in order to get unfettered access for a small amount of produce in the Irish Republic.…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe hon. Member should think about the issue the other way around. What would be the impact on the food industry in the Irish Republic if the EU and the Irish were so bold and so…22 Feb 2023