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HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Misogyny and Sexual HarassmentThank you very much for chairing our proceedings, Mrs Cummins. This has been a really excellent and thought-provoking debate, and I am incredibly grateful to everybody for their…08 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI was talking about my new clause 13—07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. On the point about horses bolting, I want to mention my new clause 13 on freeports. That issue has come up a number of times in the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI beg your pardon, Dame Eleanor. The new clause is in my name, but I apologise for taking too long on my intervention.07 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with EU: SMEsMy constituent George Chattey runs a company called LuvJus drinks. He imports his drinks, which are manufactured in Austria. He recently had a consignment stuck in a warehouse for…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade with EU: SMEs6. What support her Department is providing to SMEs that trade with the EU.03 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillI spoke on Second Reading and at other stages before the Bill went to the Lords, but it is fair to say that I now stand in a very different environment. Since the full-scale…01 Mar 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland BorderI do not agree with all the points made by the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), but on one point he was correct. This is not an operational issue but…03 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment’s Education Catch-up and Mental Health Recovery ProgrammesI will try to be brief, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) for bringing this debate before the House today, because it is such an…03 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI have read the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, and it gives no detail as to how we are actually going to transition from a dependence on oil and…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxIt is a real pleasure to participate in this debate, particularly because we have heard so much from the Tories about this being the issue that their constituents would like us to…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxWill the Minister give way?01 Feb 2022HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI, too, will keep my comments brief. The Liberal Democrats have been supportive of this Bill from the start, since its Second Reading. We very much welcome the opportunity and,…31 Jan 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI am enjoying listening to the hon. Member’s speech. I was first made aware of the issue of British Sign Language not being an official language by one of my constituents, Feras…28 Jan 2022HANSARDSkin Conditions and Mental HealthThe hon. Gentleman is giving an excellent speech. I, too, pay tribute the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh). This is such an important issue. I have been…25 Jan 2022HANSARDOnline Safety ToolsMany women’s rights campaigners, including Reclaim These Streets, have called apps such as the Path Community app insulting to women and girls. They claim it does nothing to…17 Jan 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Tools8. What discussions she has had with (a) the Equalities Office and (b) women’s rights campaigners on the effectiveness of (i) the Path Community app and (ii) other online safety…17 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. As co- chair of the all-party parliamentary group for black, Asian and minority ethnic business owners, I have been working closely with special adviser Diana Chrouch to…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Reducing Costs for BusinessesThis pandemic is not yet over. The costs and risk of the continuing high rate of infections are being borne by the individuals forced into self-isolation, by the businesses that…11 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementWhen we compare the original economic impact assessment of the Australia deal, which was released back in the summer, with the Government’s impact assessment published last month,…05 Jan 2022