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HANSARDWithdrawal from the EU: Economic ImpactNow that the Windsor agreement has been reached, I am sure that the Minister will agree that there is ample opportunity to have a constructive working relationship with the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Economic Crime (Anti-Money Laundering) Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. The Labour party is completely committed to tackling economic crime. We welcomed the economic crime levy when it was…21 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Minister said to me in her response that the Chief Secretary had just confirmed with her that we had signed the memorandum of understanding on…21 Mar 2023HANSARDCash AcceptanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Bardell. I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for bringing this important and timely debate to…20 Mar 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankI thank the Minister for giving me advance sight of his statement today. Labour welcomes the announcement by HSBC that it will be buying the UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) BillWe on the Labour Benches fully recognise the importance of achieving the best possible value for our taxpayers. I remind the hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope)…03 Mar 2023HANSARDChild Support (Enforcement) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. Let me start by congratulating the hon. Member for Stroud on securing cross-party support for this important Bill.…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Turkey and Syria EarthquakeI thank the right hon. Lady for securing this important debate. She is right to say that so many people have turned out on a Thursday because this is important to us. My…23 Feb 2023HANSARD Childcare: Affordability and AvailabilityI thank my hon. Friend for bringing this important debate to Westminster Hall. I want to pick up her point about covid. Last year, research on the impact of the covid pandemic on…21 Feb 2023HANSARD High Income Child Benefit ChargeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I am covering for my colleague who cannot be here today because of a constituency commitment. I thank the hon.…02 Feb 2023HANSARD High Income Child Benefit ChargeApologies, Mr Stringer. You will be pleased to hear that I am on the last bit of my speech. I ask the Minister to respond to the specific concerns raised today, especially in…02 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ6. This week, as a trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, I was honoured to hear from Lia Lesser, a holocaust survivor who came to this country by herself at the age of…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThe Opposition support the Bill, particularly the new secondary objectives for regulators on international competitiveness and long-term growth. It is a welcome first step in…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI support much of what the hon. Member says, and I will come on to that a little later in my speech, but the call-in power is very different from what he is describing. Time and…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI always want to listen to experts such as the trade bodies. The hon. Member has a wealth of knowledge in this area, and I accept what he is saying. Overall, the Labour party…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for his constituents. I will speak about that later, but I feel that we politicians have a duty on this: even if there has been a decline in…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I welcome the fact that the Government have finally announced that they will bring forward access-to-cash legislation, but…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI thank the Minister for his response, and he is making encouraging noises about the forward strategy, which I look forward to seeing, but I have not yet heard him mention…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillDespite some of the disappointments in the Bill, which I have outlined to the Minister in great detail, the Opposition support this important piece of legislation, as he will…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 1, page 2, line 19, at end insert— “(6A) The Flexible Working Regulations 2014 are amended as follows. (6B) For Regulation 3 substitute— ‘3.…07 Dec 2022