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HANSARDBank Closures and Banking HubsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. The fact that there are so many Members in the House this afternoon underlines that this is a very big problem that…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the Government’s assurance that the Chagos islands treaty will be debated in the House. May I draw her attention to the prayer of early-day…05 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentDoes the Minister agree that any party that aspires to government in this country should be wholeheartedly and unambiguously committed to our independent nuclear deterrent? I am…02 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewThe document says that “this will allow us to grow our nuclear-powered attack submarine fleet to up to 12.” Is not the truth—and let’s speak the truth—that that is the ask to the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI am grateful to be able to make a short contribution to this debate. I will not repeat everything I said in last week’s debate, but I want to make this point. The hon. Member for…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitThe Library does not say that Brexit is the cause of those declines. [ Interruption. ] It does not say that, and there are all sorts of factors. For example, we are closing down…22 May 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military BaseMay I, in all candour, suggest to the Government that having now introduced this new element—the UN convention on the law of the sea and, I presume, the associated International…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI am not giving way again. The basis for recalculating our trade statistics has changed. There is also what was known as the Rotterdam effect. The point is that our underlying…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitAs the Government say, NATO is the cornerstone of our defence, and that is how we co-operate with our European partners on defence. EU defence is an add-on that has been in the…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWhat about the extra costs of regulation?22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitShe has misled the Chamber!22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitIt is quite extraordinary that the hon. Lady does not understand the different between a bitter concession that was forced out of the previous Government, wisely or unwisely, that…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI want to correct the hon. Lady on a matter of fact. The dispute about sand eel fishing was resolved, under the trade and co-operation agreement, by a bilateral arbitration panel.…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWill the hon. Lady allow me to intervene?22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWe were told by the Office for Budget Responsibility that there might be a 4% reduction in what our GDP would otherwise have been. That has not occurred—the OBR was wrong. Our…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitI will give way once more, because I need to be brief.22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitMay I point out that supermarkets tend to be interested in their balance sheets and profits, and not in democracy and accountability, which this debate is really about? Can the…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWould the hon. Lady like to correct the record, because what she said was incorrect? We can prove it afterwards, and she will have to correct the record afterwards if that is the…22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWhere in the Labour manifesto did it say that we would start contributing to the EU budget once again? How much are we going to have to pay and when will we know?22 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK SummitWill the Minister give way?22 May 2025