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HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownAs one of the ex-Ministers who is still here, perhaps I can contribute in a spirit of helpfulness to the current Minister. My right hon. Friend and I have discussed this issue…21 May 2025HANSARD UK Health Security Agency: Porton DownHaving had the opportunity to be involved in spending reviews, I would be interested to know the current provision for this scheme in the budget over the next three years, because…21 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThis announcement is a further illustration of why this House should legislate to remove all impediments to the deportation of foreign national offenders. In his reply to the…15 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI join the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House in their tributes to Sir Roy Stone, further to those in the House on Tuesday. He was the most exceptional civil…15 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementThe right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) and I do not agree on many issues, but she is absolutely right to focus on enforcement. Before coming to…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsTo understand this Government’s approach to solar farms, one should start by re-reading the Labour manifesto —page 59 of the Labour manifesto to be more precise. I know that it…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsIndeed, the Government are creating an incentive to do the exact opposite of own manifesto pledge, which is why I started with that point. Let me come on to the second place where…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsMy right hon. Friend is completely right; the issue is hiding in plain sight. When I was in the Government and sought to strengthen the protections for farmland, changes to the…15 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]One reason for getting the Bill through, one would hope, is to deliver on things like content credentials, which firms like Adobe have championed, to show who has produced a file,…14 May 2025HANSARD Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]My point is about AI being used to change photographs, and having the ability to see that through content credentials or the digital fingerprint. The point I am raising is that…14 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillDoes my hon. Friend recognise that there is an issue of democracy here? Successive Governments and Ministers have said that they want to toughen up the regime, but that is…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWill the Minister give way?12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe Minister has just set out once again, as the Prime Minister did earlier today, her steadfast commitment to the ECHR. Does she not accept that that means that the legislation…12 May 2025HANSARD Defence Sector FinancingI join colleagues in welcoming this debate. The hon. Member is making some constructive suggestions, but a simple thing that the Government could do, because they have sole…07 May 2025HANSARDWaste IncineratorsThat is a fair point, which is addressed in DEFRA’s December paper. But as my hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty) highlighted, there are two at Huntingdon,…03 Apr 2025HANSARDWaste IncineratorsJust to follow the logic of the Minister’s point, if more recycling is being promoted by the Government, which is what she has set out, self-evidently both the composition of…03 Apr 2025HANSARDRugby LeagueThe Secretary of State and the hon. Member for Rochdale (Paul Waugh) are both right to praise the important work that rugby league and indeed rugby union clubs do in their…03 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsWhat was missing from the Secretary of State’s statement, and from his reply to both Opposition Front-Bench spokespeople, was the Government’s estimate of the cost of the tariffs,…03 Apr 2025HANSARDWaste IncineratorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I welcome the debate called by the hon. Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker); it highlights the cross-party…03 Apr 2025