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HANSARDTactile Paving: Rail NetworkNetwork Rail is still working to a timetable of installing tactile paving at all train platforms by 2029, some eight years away. Given that 35% of platforms are seriously…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe UK’s application to join the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership is founded mostly on its diplomatic advantages rather than on its advantages…24 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: AustraliaThe Secretary of State just referred to the fact that Australia is 9,000 miles away compared with the EU markets and the trade we were doing with it. I would be grateful if she…17 Jun 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillThe Bill seeks to achieve a range of aims, but like most things that the Government are currently attempting, it misses the opportunity to achieve a great deal more. The Liberal…14 Jun 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillI very much welcome the Exchequer Secretary’s intervention. I am happy to stand corrected, and I very much look forward to seeing the impacts of those plans right across the…14 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI might make some progress, if that is okay. Looking forward, it is essential that Ghana and Cameroon be supported through the implementation of these trade deals and any future…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI have listened carefully to the Minister’s response so far. At the start of his speech he spoke about supporting the economy and increasing employment, and all the other great…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and Ghana“Mockery” is the exact word. That is absolutely right. The Government are treating this House with utter disdain. These deals not only represent a missed opportunity but present a…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI thank the hon. Lady. No, it does not, and at every stage the Government have refused any kind of scrutiny, either of their EU deals or, as she says, the roll-over deals that…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI thank the hon. Member for his very valuable intervention. One of the key points that we need to impress on the Minister during this debate is the human rights angle. The…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaThe hon. Member admirably makes my point for me: at every stage this Government have refused scrutiny. We cannot and do not have any oversight at all of what the British…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI would not presume to offer a view, but the hon. Lady is absolutely right: a massive opportunity here has been missed to address some of the human rights and other impacts on…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaThe hon. Member is precisely right; that is a very real danger of these deals. Parliamentary scrutiny has not been replicated in the new deal, which means there is no ongoing…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI absolutely agree. The main failing of these trade agreements has been the real failure to support development in both these countries. It is not in our long-term interest in any…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaThe hon. Gentleman is precisely right. The lack of scrutiny means that the events that he describes do not come to light and that we do not get an opportunity to express our view…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaThank you very much for granting this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. While the UK-Australia trade deal has been getting a great deal of attention recently, I am grateful for this…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Free Trade Agreements: Cameroon and GhanaI thank the hon. Lady for making that point. The point that I would like to make is that there are so many missed opportunities in this roll-over deal; the one that she mentions…09 Jun 2021HANSARD Employment RightsI was pleased to hear in the Minister’s statement that he accepts there is still some way to go in securing workers’ rights, particularly for those who are most vulnerable. I am…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI promise not to detain the House much longer. On behalf of the Liberal Democrats, I welcome the Bill. We support all science and technology spending. We support what the Bill is…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEU Citizens: Settled StatusI am grateful to the Minister for his answer, and I would like to offer my condolences to the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin…07 Jun 2021