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HANSARD Cotswold District Council: Solar FarmsWill my hon. Friend confirm that the guidance to the Public Works Loan Board has recently been changed so that no investment that is made purely to increase return is allowed?…27 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI have heard the fulsome apology by the Prime Minister, but he is taking a lead in Ukraine and I suggest he needs to keep giving Ukraine defensive weapons so that we can…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House will be aware that the joint Commissions—the House of Lords Commission and the House of Commons Commission—in their meeting on 17 March on restoration and…24 Mar 2022HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I use this intervention to inform the House that my constituent has brought 55 different databases to produce one horse…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]I will speak to amendment 2, in my name and those of 30-odd colleagues. The problem with the Bill is that it goes beyond the commitment made by Ministers to recognise animal…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for her careful consideration of my amendment. I think it is a sensible, proportionate amendment that will allow a committee with limited resources to focus…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]To the point that my hon. Friend has rightly made about the cross-cutting nature of the Bill across Government Departments, I quite like that. For example, the Department for…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineI was first on Tuesday and last on Thursday—it seems perfectly fair. I welcome what my right hon. Friend has done today with the new flexibilities, listening to what people have…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsI thank my hon. Friend for that comprehensive answer. It is very impressive that the Prime Minister and this Government have taken such a world-leading role, uniting the west in…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee Applications(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on how her Department can speed up the urgent refugee applications coming…08 Mar 2022HANSARDCPTPP MembershipMy right hon. Friend and her Department are to be massively congratulated on having got to the final stages of the CPTPP agreement. It is a market worth £8.4 trillion. Does she…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn standing four-square with the people of Ukraine, it is important that we really make sanctions work and the Government have led the world in doing that. Crypto- currencies have…03 Mar 2022HANSARDCPTPP Membership14. What progress her Department has made on securing UK membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.03 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineFollowing on from the question of the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), can my right hon. Friend say a little more? I accept that it is not her direct…01 Mar 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaI am grateful to catch your eye, Mr Deputy Speaker, in this important debate. I will concentrate my remarks solely on the west and Russia today, although I have a great deal of…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaThrough his chairmanship of the all-party China group, my hon. Friend and neighbour has probably done more than anybody in this House to engage with China. One thing he has always…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineOne of the most important economic sanctions we can take against Russia is to freeze its sovereign debt. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the Bill proposed on Monday on…24 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagements11. Rather than a compulsory windfall tax so favoured by the Opposition, will my right hon. Friend take an alternative view: summon a high-level meeting with the oil and gas…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food ProductionI am delighted to have the support of the hon. Lady. Given the number of times that we have debated in Bristol and been at odds, to have her support is somewhat amazing. I was on…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food ProductionWill the Minister give way?01 Feb 2022