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HANSARD Finance BillWe have had an excellent debate, particularly Opposition Members’ contributions. May I congratulate, on behalf of all of us, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on the…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI strongly agree with my hon. Friend. We will not have to wait for the Minister to respond to hear the Government’s case, because I can tell the House what he is likely to say. He…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillHear, hear! Well said!01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI am grateful for that intervention because we have seen what the right policy framework can do in terms of offshore wind and the success that that has brought. There is an…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI probably do not have time, I am afraid. Those are the sorts of initiatives that we expect the Government to come forward with. I am disappointed by the lack of ambition, which…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillThe Minister would be far more persuasive if the Government made any announcements about how they are investing more. In fact, what we got from the Prime Minister this week was a…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI am grateful to the parliamentary leader of the Green party for that intervention. There is a really important issue here around infrastructure. Our current infrastructure…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillThe new clause stands in my name and those of my hon. Friend the shadow Chancellor and other right hon. and hon. Members. We are living through an emergency, and we have seen a…01 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.01 Jul 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI wondered how long it would be before we got on to the deflections to Tower Hamlets Council and the Mayor of London, but it is a fact, is it not, that the leader of the…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentFirst, I congratulate the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Mark Eastwood) on his excellent maiden speech. He will understand when I say I dearly wish he had not been here to deliver it;…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentWill the Secretary of State give way?24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentI wanted to put this question to the Secretary of State, who said he did not know that he would be seated next to Mr Desmond. He said that at the Dispatch Box and I will take him…24 Jun 2020HANSARDWestferry Printworks DevelopmentWill the Secretary of State give way?24 Jun 2020HANSARDEducational Disadvantage: Covid-19May I associate myself with the condolences expressed by the Secretary of State to the family, friends and pupils of James Furlong? No one who heard the “Today” programme…22 Jun 2020HANSARDBBC Regional Politics CoverageIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter), and I congratulate the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) on securing this important…22 Jun 2020HANSARDEducational Disadvantage: Covid-19What steps he is taking to tackle educational disadvantage.22 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)Yes, Mr Rosindell. Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to rise to move new clause 4, which asks that the Government review the impact of this Bill on the environment. As I said earlier in our discussions on the Bill,…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)I am concerned by the complacency of the speech that we have just heard from the Exchequer Secretary. I do not think it is sufficient to say that the UK is doing enough to tackle…18 Jun 2020