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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State comment on the FCDO’s activities promoting Wales in the world, particularly around the time of St David’s day each year? What other Wales-focused…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Cummings, for a very good presentation. I just want to go back to your point about the blanket exclusion for investment managers. First, you say that is the…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Could you expand on one or two examples of such intangible assets? You have stated patents. Could you illustrate what you understand to be such assets? David Petrie: That would…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q There is a fairly fine line in smaller companies in which an investment manager takes a major stake. There is a fairly fine line between having an active role in its management…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I want to explore the extent to which the world—if I can describe it as one world—of academic consultants and…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I have found your comments particularly interesting, Dr Lenihan. My own background is in the financial world,…24 Nov 2020HANSARDExams and Assessments 2021: Covid-19Can the Minister say how the arguments put forward by the Welsh Government to cancel GCSE and A-level exams are informing his own decision-making process at UK Government level?23 Nov 2020HANSARDExams and Assessments 2021: Covid-19What steps his Department is taking in response to the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that (a) GCSE and (b) A-level exams can take place in 2021.23 Nov 2020HANSARDDementia: Covid-19I, too, thank the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) for her very impressive speech. As she said, it is a desperately important and overlooked subject,…12 Nov 2020HANSARD Live Events and Weddings: Covid-19 SupportI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) for opening this debate with such a good speech. The debate deals with two issues that are…09 Nov 2020HANSARDAdditional Covid-19 Restrictions: Fair Economic SupportSince March, the UK Government have provided unprecedented support to Wales, including £4.4 billion in financial support to the Welsh Government and the protection of 400,000 jobs…21 Oct 2020HANSARDBlack History MonthI am very pleased that we are marking Black History Month, as it is an opportunity to bring to the fore the many untold stories of black Britons of African and Caribbean descent,…20 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillGoing back to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth (Dr Evans), not only is this an issue about how people look but the fact that the look can be changed on…16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillYes. I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Again, I go back to the point I made at the beginning. As the father of two young daughters, I see the world that they have to…16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI strongly agree with my hon. Friend on that score. One of the aspects of this discussion that has been extremely pertinent is the need for consultation. It really seems to me…16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. That is an extremely important point. As he rightly says, the body image consciousness of young men is also an area that leads to great…16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillWe should also consider the fact that social media can be put to good use in all this. We have talked at length about the difficulties of social media, but social media is also an…16 Oct 2020HANSARDBotulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) BillI agree with the point that my hon. Friend is making. The NHS is of course, in a sense, the carer of last resort, and I do not want to say the wrong thing within that context, but…16 Oct 2020HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Jane Stevenson) for the second time today. Like her, I will be brief. It is a great pleasure to…16 Oct 2020