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HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Let me take the opportunity to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Saqib…20 Nov 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIt seems to me—I would be interested in my right hon. and learned Friend’s view—that on the basis of the Government’s proposed wording, it is more likely that a firm will be able…20 Nov 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done to put in place not just this consultation but the fund, which will be tremendously useful for these purposes too. Does he…18 Oct 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2It is sometimes right to ask our constituents to take local pain for national gain, but does my hon. Friend agree that the national gain of HS2 has always been argued to result…18 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy hon. Friend makes a fair point. One difficult part of our legislative journey with the Bill is to get right, in so far as we can, the balance between what the regulator should…12 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt has just crossed my mind that the Minister might be saying that he agreed with everything that I said, which cannot be right. Let me be clear about the two points. One was in…12 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillAs others have done, I welcome the considerable progress made on the Bill in the other place, both in the detailed scrutiny that it has received from noble Lords, who have taken a…12 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI know that my hon. Friend will come on to make points about failure to prevent offences in relation to burdens on small businesses. May I tell him first that I welcome…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillDoes my right hon. and learned Friend agree that part of the answer to the point made by our hon. Friend the Member for North East Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller) is that the vast…04 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe Minister is right, but subsection (4)(a) refers to “such prevention procedures” as are “reasonable in all the circumstances”, so in very many cases that would be a very…04 Sept 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI am sorry that the right hon. and learned Lady is being continually interrupted, but may I ask her for some clarity on the point she is making? She has mentioned impugning the…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportIt is a privilege to speak in this debate. I will try not to take too long or to repeat things that have already been said. It is a great shame that the debate on the Privileges…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportYes, I understand entirely the point my right hon. Friend makes. But there are, of course, significant differences between the work done by the Committee and the work of a court.…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI certainly do not think that material of that kind should be leaked to newspapers before it is discussed in this House. I have no knowledge of the facts of who did what, but I…10 Jul 2023HANSARD National Security BillI want to make a few brief comments about both the amendments before us. Let me start with Lords amendment 22B and the Government motion to disagree with it. I find it very…26 Jun 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence RegulationDoes my right hon. Friend agree that when it comes to AI regulation, two things are important? The first is that there is a significant international dimension, and I congratulate…14 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI understand the hon. Gentleman’s point that this House can repeal any legislation it wishes, but we are discussing amendments that have come to us from the other place, not the…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am genuinely just seeking to understand the hon. Gentleman’s position on Lords amendment 6. The amendment does not define whether we are talking about devolved or retained…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWell, I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. I think this is probably not the appropriate mechanism, as he says, but it would also duplicate to a large extent what his Committee…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI understand the points the hon. Lady is making, and I will take them in reverse order. On the point I made about the difference in the scrutiny that these laws may have on the…24 May 2023