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HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIt is a pleasure to contribute to this very thoughtful debate. I do not share the enthusiasm of the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose) for Brexit as a whole;…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI absolutely do, which is why it is so important to get this level of oversight at the much smaller threshold that the hon. Gentleman is proposing. Potentially, within the gap…13 Dec 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate, and she is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that, since battery production is limited by the availability of…09 Dec 2021HANSARDBasic Payment Scheme: Farmers’ Income11. What steps he is taking to support farmers who will lose income as a result of progressive reductions to the Basic Payment Scheme.09 Dec 2021HANSARDBasic Payment Scheme: Farmers’ IncomeWe hear stories of landlords turfing out their tenant farmers because the transition to the environmental land management scheme makes it possible for them to receive payments…09 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillThe Liberal Democrats welcome the Bill and we hope it will be passed swiftly in order to protect struggling businesses. I have spoken to many businesses in my community that have…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will keep my remarks short. The Government should undoubtedly be doing all they possibly can to combat terrorism and stamp out antisemitism…24 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthBoth today and last week when Ministers talked about the scrapping of the eastern leg of HS2, they have talked a lot about improving journey times, but we all know that one of the…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of Terrorismrose —24 Nov 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillI entirely agree. I would now normally be at the Public Accounts Committee, which is currently looking at the readiness of UK ports for Brexit, how well our port and logistics…24 Nov 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillThat is exactly right, and it is the point I am trying to make. Every context and every business is different. The business owners will have faced different challenges, and the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillI absolutely agree. We see a maelstrom of different pressures on businesses at the moment, and many of my retail businesses are experiencing difficulty in getting stock for a…24 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and that is the point I want to make: we need to boost the status of our care home staff and improve their terms and conditions. We…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI rise to speak in support of amendment 10, tabled by the right hon. Member for South West Surrey (Jeremy Hunt), the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, because the…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsThe announcement scraps much-needed plans to improve rail capacity and connections in communities in the midlands and the north, where economic prosperity should have been…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI pay tribute to the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) for bringing the debate. Amid this talk of international diplomacy, sanctions and payments, when my…16 Nov 2021HANSARDGiving Every Baby the Best Start in LifeI congratulate the hon. Member on the birth of his baby, and I hope that all is progressing well. I am grateful to him for raising that point about fathers, and I will come to it…09 Nov 2021HANSARDGiving Every Baby the Best Start in LifeI am grateful to the hon. Member for his intervention. He is absolutely right that there are a large number of events and incidents surrounding pregnancy and birth—as I know from…09 Nov 2021HANSARDGiving Every Baby the Best Start in LifeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and incidents of domestic violence during lockdown are a matter of grave concern. We know there is a clear link between domestic violence…09 Nov 2021HANSARDGiving Every Baby the Best Start in LifeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank all hon. Members who have spoken in our debate, which has been really interesting. I particularly thank the right hon. Member for South…09 Nov 2021