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HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsI commend my hon. Friend for her emphasis on local facts. This morning, I was talking to Suzanne Llewellyn, the chief Crown prosecutor for Wessex, who told me that currently 12…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade: UK and California12. What steps she is taking to promote trade between the UK and California.16 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade: UK and CaliforniaI thank my right hon. Friend for that answer, but as California is the fifth largest economy in the world, will she redouble her efforts and, in particular, give us a timescale…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests ResignationMay I ask my right hon. and learned Friend a practical question? We understand that the Prime Minister asked his special adviser Lord Geidt to give him advice on a particular…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen a group of us from the British-American Parliamentary Group visited California last month, we were much impressed by the work of our trade teams in Los Angeles and San…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. He has described the current situation. Will he accept that some people, through no fault of their own, have been suffering as a…14 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State accept that some people have died as a direct result of having had covid-19 vaccines?14 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement, and on provoking the Labour party into disclosing its true colours as the strikers’ friend?14 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office Backlogrose —14 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Wealth TaxesDoes the hon. Member realise that there is nothing to stop those wealth owners who support a wealth tax making voluntary contributions to the Exchequer?14 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Wealth TaxesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. It is important to put the other side of the argument in this debate, albeit very briefly. It is fascinating to hear…14 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Wealth TaxesI know that Scotland was where we pioneered the community charge, so I would be happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman.14 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Wealth TaxesIt is a tax related to the wealth of the property in which someone lives. If there is only one person living in that property, there is a 25% discount, but there is no discount…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI wish you a very happy birthday for tomorrow, Mr Speaker. As a number of us in this House reflect on having been elected on this day 39 years ago, will my right hon. Friend make…09 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury CounselThere is a lot of talk about integrity, but what could be more important than the integrity of the United Kingdom? Why has this Bill not yet been published? When will it be…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionBut what is my right hon. Friend doing about the internal fraud within the Government, caused by low productivity and bloated and dysfunctional public services?09 Jun 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Last Thursday the Minister responsible—the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Tom…17 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesAbsolutely, and I have been campaigning for changes since I first raised this issue in the House last September. In the article I refer to the fact that at the meeting I had with…12 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsCan my hon. Friend tell us how many people employed in the Passport Office are still working from home, if indeed anybody is still working from home? It seems extraordinary that…12 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesAs with so many things about Thatcherism, the Labour party tried to copy it and, when Gordon Brown introduced a windfall tax, it was such a disaster that ever since Governments…12 May 2022