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HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am pleased that my hon. Friend raises that point, which I want to elaborate further. The real point is that J. D. Vance, the vice president, came over to Munich and ripped a…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitIt is good to follow the hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes) and to be reminded of how old he was when I first came here; I hope he stays here as long as well, or maybe I…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker—that was a lapse on my part.13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill my hon. Friend give way?13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitOf course, that argument was used in reverse on those of us who had had concerns about Europe for 40 years as we were told—exactly to my hon. Friend’s point—that a referendum was…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitOn national insurance!13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitIf damage has been done to exporting to the European Union, as I said earlier, that is about the attitude of the European Union to protectionism in the EU. Its trade with us has…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the hon. Lady give way?13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am grateful to my neighbour for giving way. If she wants to deliberately not go down that rabbit hole, she should be talking to the Government Front Benchers.13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI want to make a couple of points on this issue before I give way. We know, and everybody else around the world outside the EU knows, that the EU puts up very hidden tariff…13 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Minister, and I hope that that might find its way on to the face of the Bill with a little more description, but I understand that and I acknowledge that he…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]It is not too late.07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I rise to speak in support of amendment 10 tabled by the hon. Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel), in my name and that of others. I congratulate him on the…07 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I agree with my right hon. Friend: that is the peculiarity. The Minister knows only too well about the nature of what goes on in countries such as China. Chinese companies are…07 May 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI want to make sure that my right hon. Friend puts the record straight: some of us on the Opposition Benches warned the then Government that it was wrong.12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Billrose —12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI fully understand the nature of what the right hon. Gentleman is bringing forward. I also understand some of the requirements for speed in this case, and we can argue about…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI am grateful for that, because it allows me to say something that I had not been planning to say: we sit on an island of gas, so why, for goodness’ sake, are we not drilling for…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillI will try to be brief and stay focused on the Bill. Let me start by saying that we should all focus on the requirement to save the jobs of those 3,500 people who have this threat…12 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryThe Minister knows the regard I have for him, but when he says he has appeared at the Dispatch Box many times with this information, he knows that it has had nothing to do with…02 Apr 2025