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HANSARD Public HealthFor the first time in 10 years on a matter of policy, I will be voting against my Government tonight. That is not because I am unwilling to share responsibility for difficult…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAs the economic damage the pandemic is doing becomes increasingly apparent, it is clearly right that businesses of all types are reopened as soon as it is safe to do so. This will…26 Nov 2020HANSARDOnline HarmsI warmly thank all Members who have contributed to this debate, and congratulate all of them on saying so much in so little time. I hope that we have come together this afternoon…19 Nov 2020HANSARDOnline HarmsI agree that we need a regulator and will come on to exactly that point. The hon. Gentleman is entirely right, for reasons that I will outline in just a moment. I recognise that…19 Nov 2020HANSARDOnline HarmsI agree with my right hon. Friend, but I will be careful, Mr Deputy Speaker, in what I say about age verification, because I am conscious that a judicial review case is in…19 Nov 2020HANSARDOnline HarmsI beg to move, That this House recognises the need to take urgent action to reduce and prevent online harms; and urges the Government to bring forward the Online Harms Bill as…19 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthThere are three questions here. How did we get into this situation? What do we do about it now? How do we find our way out of it? Much has been said about whether we should have…04 Nov 2020HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI congratulate the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) not only on what she said today, but all she has said for her constituent. I echo the call for Mrs…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe) and to speak in this debate, in which there have been two significant points of…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewI recognise, of course, the value of simplicity on issues such as the curfew for the hospitality industry, but will my right hon. Friend accept that we should allow economic…01 Oct 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O’Hara). My reservations about clauses 42, 43 and 45 of the Bill were expressed, I hope clearly, on…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillCan I ask my hon. Friend to go just a little further than he has just gone? He has explained already that the Government may end up in a position where entirely outrageous…21 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on this White Paper, which reflects what he has long argued: an intelligent criminal justice policy requires provision to promote…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way, and I want to ask him, if I may, about the ministerial code. When I was the Attorney General in the previous Government, I…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe majority of the Bill is sensible and necessary for an effective United Kingdom single market when we are no longer subject to EU rules. My issue, as for others, is that of…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that one thing that should give us some optimism about the use of the mechanisms that he is describing is the specific references to the defence of the…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy right hon. Friend might be right to be sceptical about the Court of Justice of the European Union, but the issue likely to arise here is not a question of European Union law;…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIf my right hon. Friend will allow me, I will address exactly that point and what the Government could be doing instead of what they are proposing to do. Let me say first that the…14 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend will be well aware that, welcome though it is, the start of the new term this week will be challenging for all schools. It will be particularly so for Burton…02 Sept 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsIt is clear that the latest US sanctions have changed the landscape, so it is reasonable for the Government to change their approach on Huawei. Does my right hon. Friend agree…14 Jul 2020