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HANSARDUkraine UpdateThree years ago, I visited Mariupol with my right hon. Friend’s predecessor, Michael Fallon, and we heard the Ukrainian armed forces’ appreciation of the help we were already…09 Mar 2022HANSARDAccountability of Locally Elected Representatives14. What steps he is taking with local authorities to help ensure the accountability of locally elected representatives.07 Mar 2022HANSARDAccountability of Locally Elected RepresentativesDoes my hon. Friend agree that as the Government strengthen locally elected institutions, bodies and individuals as part of the levelling-up agenda, it becomes all the more…07 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsWill my right hon. Friend confirm that the Russian people are being consistently lied to by Russian state media about both the scale of Russia’s military action and the resulting…28 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorT8. While I welcome the establishment of the digital markets unit, does my hon. Friend agree that it is essential that it should be given statutory backing if it is to set a level…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineIs my right hon. Friend aware that just eight years ago this month 100 Ukrainian citizens died under sniper fire in the Maidan protest against the pro-Russian corrupt…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineHas increased military action been detected in other Russian-controlled areas, such as Transnistria, as well as in Crimea and Kaliningrad? What assessment has my right hon. Friend…21 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia Sanctions LegislationThe Prime Minister has been quoted as saying that we are at the “most dangerous moment” in the next few days. I do not expect a detailed answer to my question but, to bring home…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK Film and TV ProductionI join my hon. Friend in welcoming the excellent news from Amazon Prime. Can she confirm that the film and TV production restart scheme, which was possible only as a result of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDUK Film and TV Production4. What steps she is taking to support film and TV production in the UK.10 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy right hon. Friend is right that our argument is with President Putin and his cronies, not with the Russian people, but she will be aware that Russian citizens, and, indeed,…31 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingMy right hon. Friend will be aware that, last year, the number of TV licences purchased fell by 700,000, and that more and more young people are now saying that they do not need…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI do not want to detain the House for too long. However, I want to say a few words as the Member of Parliament for Maldon, which contains Bradwell-on-Sea. Bradwell had been the…10 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaMy right hon. Friend has talked about massive consequences, including co-ordinated sanctions, should there be further Russian military incursions into Ukraine. Will she listen to…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) on obtaining this timely debate on this extremely important subject. I want to start by…06 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaDoes my right hon. Friend agree that an important part of levelling up is to strengthen local and regional media? They are under terrific pressure at the moment, yet do an…06 Jan 2022HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationDoes my right hon. Friend agree that recent court judgments appear to have extended privacy law in this country against the provision of section 12 of the existing Human Rights…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Customs Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2021As my right hon. and learned Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury knows, I was an enthusiastic supporter of Britain regaining its independence by leaving the European…08 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineDoes my hon. Friend agree that the UK has a special responsibility as a signatory of the Budapest memorandum, which guaranteed the territorial integrity of Ukraine? Indeed, Russia…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) BillWhen, about 15 years ago, I attended the Music Industry Trusts Award dinner where Lucian Grainge was honoured, I heard from the artists whom he had spotted and signed up. In…03 Dec 2021