Trade Bill
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
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House of Commons
I must draw the House’s attention to the fact that financial privilege is engaged by Lords amendm...
I beg to move,
That this House insists on its Amendments Nos. 3C and 3D and disagrees with ...
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I do not pretend to have expertise in this controversy, but I recall that one of the objections m...
I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, because there are clearly areas of possible c...
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way and for his comments earlier. However, I am ...
Unintentionally.
Unintentionally, yes; forgive me. The term “quasi-judicial” has a meaning in law. The Alton amend...
I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, but the definition in the amendment of those who ha...
Will my right hon. Friend give way?
I am going to make some progress; there is very limited time.
Let me deal with the matter o...
Will the Minister give way?
I am going to make more progress.
In any case, it is not necessary to set out such provisio...
Will the Minister give way?
There is very limited time in this debate.
However, we regret that we cannot support the cr...
I inform the House that the Speaker has selected the amendment in the name of Nusrat Ghani.
By my calculations, it has been three years, two months and two weeks since this House first deba...
I beg to move amendment (a), to leave out from House to “with” and insert “agrees”.
I rise ...
Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is very difficult to see a position that the Minister wou...
Yes; I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments. The problem is that this Lords amendment i...
Madam Deputy Speaker, I notice that the countdown timer is running, but I assume that I get the F...
The hon. Gentleman certainly does. It is a mistake if the countdown timer is running.
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
The original intent of the Lords amendment on genocide was...
Following that speech, I will return to the subject we are discussing. I thank the shadow Secreta...
In this place we should recognise a win, so I am grateful that the Government have accepted the p...
Not only does the Government’s legislation not cater for the Uyghurs at all, but this afternoon’s...
I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. This is why it is so important that we back the gen...
I support the motion tabled by the hon. Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) and very much appreciate th...
I would like start by commending the Department for International Trade for its fantastic work in...
As the shadow Secretary of State for International Trade pointed out earlier, we have had many de...
I would have no hesitation in voting against a trade deal with a state that commits genocide, nor...
I will give way to the shadow Secretary of State, as I referred to her speech.
The thing that has always concerned me about the hon. Gentleman’s amendment is that it is for Sel...
That would lead the right hon. Lady back into the constitutional problem that was recognised and ...
I am sorry, but time presses. I have given way once, and, with respect, it would not be fair on o...
My hon. Friend is making a speech that contradicts the Government’s position right now. The Gover...
I fear that my right hon. Friend misunderstands—inadvertently, I am sure. My stance is entirely c...
Genocide is the most horrific act of barbarity that humans are capable of. In 20 years’ time, I p...
Tonight the Government have to decide whether they allow Parliament to intervene in trade deals, ...
The last speaker before I call the Minister is Paul Howell.
As a member of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, which recently produced ou...
This has been a short but good debate. As my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr ...
We are not going to suspend, because the Dispatch Boxes have already been sanitised and are ready...