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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Mar 2017
National Spitfire Project

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies—and may I assure you that I am at least one of your Twitter followers who does not hate you?

I declare my interest in this subject. Both my parents were in the Royal Air Force during world war two—indeed, …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Mar 2017
National Spitfire Project

"I am happy to reinforce the sentiment to the Minister that the support comes from all over the islands. I want to underpin that with a little bit of extra history on the Spitfire, which I think all of us will do this afternoon.

The Merlin engines were largely manufactured …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Mar 2017
National Spitfire Project

"It is self-evident that we have to defend these islands together. What divides us at the moment and in times past is how we organise our democracy, and I think we are mature enough to have that discussion. What the SNP bring, and have always brought, to the table is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Mar 2017
National Spitfire Project

"On that point, it is worth remembering that R. J. Mitchell also designed the Walrus biplane seaplane, which picked up so many downed RAF pilots. It looked as antediluvian as the Swordfish, but equally it was very efficient...."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2017

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Flello. I will be quite brief.

The principles behind MiFID II are laudable. Europe’s trading market is very fractured, which has limited the ability to mobilise capital across the European boundaries. It is particularly of interest …..."

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Speech in General Committees - Thu 02 Mar 2017
Draft Sovereign Grant Act 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017

"Is it the Minister’s intention, once the money has been used to refurbish the palace, to come back and change the Act and reduce the 25%?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Unsecured consumer credit is rising at a level last seen before the banking crisis. Does the Chancellor accept that that is unsustainable?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Feb 2017
Cerberus Capital Management: Purchase of Distressed Assets

"It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship again, Mr Owen. This is a very complex issue. I shall try to cover it as briefly—..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Feb 2017
Cerberus Capital Management: Purchase of Distressed Assets

"Indeed. I shall move the motion that we are to consider—actually, I do not have the official piece of paper with me; forgive me, Mr Owen.

As I said, this is a very complex issue. I want to be as fair as possible to everyone, including Cerberus itself. I will …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Feb 2017
Cerberus Capital Management: Purchase of Distressed Assets

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the purchase of distressed assets by Cerberus Capital Management.

Cerberus Capital Management is an American private equity firm that specialises in distressed investing—purchasing so-called distressed or non-performing loans. Few people in the UK have heard of Cerberus, but it is the …..."

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