Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jun 2022
50 Years of Pride in the UK
"The hon. Member is making a powerful case for the need for Pride and highlighting the extreme circumstances that people go through in other countries. One of the tests that I think we often ask ourselves is: would every gay person in this country on a late night out surrounded …..."Kieran Mullan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jun 2022
50 Years of Pride in the UK
"The hon. Gentleman has touched on an issue that concerns me sometimes. In the cisgender gay community, there can be what is almost a bit of distaste towards the more overt displays of sexuality and other such changes. I like to remind people that men in drag were at the …..."Kieran Mullan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jun 2022
50 Years of Pride in the UK
"The hon. Lady is talking about the global nature of these issues. Sometimes we see what is going on in other countries as being separate from us. One of the things I have noticed in the media with regard to big-budget global movies is that in the west we have …..."Kieran Mullan - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy
"I am so glad that my hon. Friend and other Members have made that point. Even as a member of the LGBTQ community myself, I recognise that there are some real challenges in those areas, but that is not what this is about. This is about something very simple—that someone …..."Kieran Mullan - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy
"Is not the key to all this the intention of whatever is going on? Conversion therapy sets out with a predetermined objective of stopping someone being something or forcing them to be something else. All the other therapies that my hon. Friend talks about are an exploratory process that may …..."Kieran Mullan - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 21st January 2022
Asked by:
Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on trade negotiations with Canada.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
I refer the Hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich to the answer given by my Hon. Friend, the Minister for International Trade, on 25 November, UIN: 79336.
Work continues on developing the British negotiating mandate, and we look forward to formally commencing talks this year. On 13 December 2021 HM Government of Canada notified its Parliament of intentions to begin negotiations with the UK, triggering a 90-day notification period which, we are advised, must be completed before negotiations can commence for Canada.
Written Question
Thursday 20th January 2022
Asked by:
Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with Australia.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The UK recently signed a Free Trade Agreement with Australia on 16th December 2021. The deal is expected to increase trade with Australia by 53% in the long run. The UK and Australia have committed to removing tariffs on a vast array of popular products which can now be more easily traded between the two countries including eliminating tariffs on 100% of UK exports. This deal is tailored to British strengths providing benefits for our world-class services industry, unprecedented new opportunities for UK professionals to work in Australia and trading digitally.
Written Question
Wednesday 8th December 2021
Asked by:
Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to boost British exports.
Answered by Mike Freer
The Department for International Trade announced a refreshed Export Strategy, Made in UK, Sold to the World on 17 November at the UK’s first International Trade Week. This business-centred 12-Point Plan is designed to transform our support for exporters, encourage them to ‘sell to the world’ and accelerate our race to £1 trillion exports per year.
The Made in the UK, Sold to the World campaign will boost demand for UK exports internationally. Supported by the Export Support Service (ESS), the UK Export Academy, UK Export Finance, our International Trade Advisers and global networks, UK businesses will be supported at every stage in their export journey.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Geothermal Energy
"I appreciate that there are the obvious sites that we know about; but I know from my discussions with people in the industry that they feel that the areas mapped and identified so far are an underestimate. There may be places where we think we cannot reach but where, as …..."Kieran Mullan - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Geothermal Energy
"It is a pleasure, Mr Robertson, to serve under your chairmanship and I congratulate the hon. Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson) on securing this important debate.
In relation to the technology around coalmines, I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson), who could not be in …..."Kieran Mullan - View Speech
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