Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Nov 2022
Supporting UK Artists and Culture
"I congratulate the hon. Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) on securing this debate. I was particularly interested in her references to Korea; I recently came back from Korea with other members of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. We have a great deal to learn from them. I …..."John Nicolson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Dolphin and Whale Hunting: Faroe Islands
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered e-petition 597171, relating to the hunting of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank the 104,664 petitioners who made this debate possible, and Dominic Dyer for his continued …..."John Nicolson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Dolphin and Whale Hunting: Faroe Islands
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Dolphin and Whale Hunting: Faroe Islands
"Thank you, Sir Christopher, for chairing today’s debate. I thank the hon. Members who spoke and, belatedly, welcome the Minister to his place. I thank the constituents who have written to us for their engagement and, indeed, those who are sitting in the Gallery. There is a great deal of …..."John Nicolson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy
"There seems to be a bit of confusion about exactly what this so-called “therapy” entails. It is perhaps worth saying that these coercive and “abhorrent practices” do not work. By the way, “abhorrent practices” are the words of the Conservative Government, although they have done a reverse ferret on this, …..."John Nicolson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy
"I filmed a conversion therapy once for a BBC documentary —I was a journalist before I became an MP—and that was when I first encountered a conversion therapist. He advertised himself as offering the last chance of a normal life, which of course lured young and vulnerable people who were …..."John Nicolson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy
"Indeed, because some of these sordid people, as my honourable friend will know, rape those who are sent to their so-called care, in order to “cure” them of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
In the past year, Canada, France and New Zealand have all made the decision to ban …..."John Nicolson - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy
"Does my hon. Friend recognise that one of the consequences is the fact that the international conference Safe To Be Me, which the UK Government trumpeted so keenly, has been cancelled? I know that she and I are both deeply concerned about the UK’s reputation, and this cancellation highlights just …..."John Nicolson - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 8th October 2020
Asked by:
John Nicolson (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she has taken to help end tariffs applied to Scotch Whisky exports to the US.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Government continues to lobby the US and the EU for the settlement of the Airbus/Boeing disputes and the removal of tariffs. The UK has held multiple meetings and calls with the highest levels of the US administration, including with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer; US Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin; US Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross; and US Ambassador Woody Johnson. In early August, Liz Truss visited the United States and successfully argued against any additional tariffs disproportionately impacting the UK. The UK is pushing both the EU and the US to settle these disputes.
Written Question
Tuesday 28th July 2020
Asked by:
John Nicolson (Scottish National Party - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations she has made to the US Administration on tariffs on beer exports to the United States.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
On 10th July,?my Rt Hon. Friend?the Secretary of State?for International Trade?engaged the US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, on how the potential tariffs could affect Britain’s brewers.
HM Government?takes?the negative impact of?US?tariffs very seriously. These tariffs are unnecessary, unhelpful and harm industry on both sides of the Atlantic.
We continue to raise the issue of tariffs with the highest levels of the US administration at every opportunity. Instead of escalating existing tariffs, we need to work together towards a negotiated settlement.