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HANSARD Economic UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I welcome the continuation of the vital measures to support British business through this further period, while keeping an eye on…11 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthJust to pick up one point, the Secretary of State cites the certain knowledge that there is a way out. The whole point of the intervention by the right hon. Member for Warley…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthI, too, commend the hon. Gentleman for the constructive approach he is adopting. He clearly has a very good relationship with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. Will he…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI can confirm to my right hon. Friend that Essex has declared a major incident. It is also, at this very moment, submitting a MACA—military aid to the civil authorities—request to…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillFollowing the hon. Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Ellie Reeves), I feel that we are having a debate about the glass being half full or half empty. It is worth reminding…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillIncluding the Prime Minister.30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThat revolution continues. It recalls our Glorious Revolution of 1688, when the nation broke with an attempt to align the then three kingdoms of the British Isles under James II…30 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI join my right hon. Friend in wishing NHS staff and everyone involved in this crisis a happy Christmas. Will he join me in wishing Essex County Council and local authorities in…17 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationI just want to put something on the record. The hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) quoted a £10 billion subsidy figure for fossil fuels. Will the Minister confirm that…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationI have no doubt that my hon. Friend is right about the application of WTO rules, but what happens if a free trade agreement is already in place? Would that free trade agreement…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationWill my right hon. Friend give way?16 Dec 2020HANSARD Border Carbon Adjustment Tariffs and DecarbonisationMy right hon. Friend has said something that I regard as significant. Yes, we are going to try to achieve a multilateral approach at COP26, but if we do not succeed, we will…16 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, albeit that it contains a lot of very grim news about the virus itself and its effect on many areas. It will be greeted with…14 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMay I just point out to my right hon. Friend that whatever he agreed in the Joint Committee yesterday remains subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice under…09 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is always an enormous pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). For decades, the EU was a train that we had to stay on, and now Brexit is a…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWill my hon. Friend give way?07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodWill my right hon. Friend ensure that the Government point out to our European partners that under their own treaty there cannot be any kind of deliberate go-slow or disruption of…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI was going to congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on endorsing the hereditary principle, which I did not know he was such a big supporter of. The real question I want to ask…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI was going to make exactly that point. Lord Judge, very respected as he is, basically conceded the principle that we might need notwithstanding provisions to overturn the…07 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineI congratulate my right hon. Friend on this moment and the Government on the news about the Pfizer vaccine, but please can we continue to have increased honesty about what we…02 Dec 2020