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HANSARDApproved Premises (Substance Testing) BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful and heartfelt speech. I know that, given her experience in her constituency and what she did before she came to the House, she is aware of the…21 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemThe hon. Lady is making a powerful speech. I was not aware of all the details of what she has been through. Obviously, I do not share her politics, but I commend her for speaking…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI thank my hon. Friend, who speaks with experience as a former Chair of a Select Committee. The Procedure Committee, on which I serve, has been looking at what is covered by…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. I will ensure that all three of those interventions are brought to the attention of the Procedure Committee, because there is a…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemYes, I quite understand the position that Clerks are in; our staffers can be in the same position. We need protections for everything that goes on in and around this place in the…20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention.20 Jan 2022HANSARDLawfare and UK Court SystemIt is pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely), and to contribute to this excellent debate secured by my right hon. Friend the Member for…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Edward, and to follow all my hon. Friends, who I note have usually been in a different Lobby from me on most coronavirus measures. I…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI thank my hon. Friend for his point, and I accept it, but the problem is that none of these models model changes in human behaviour. We discussed this issue during our debate on…18 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Environment Agency is now formally investigating alleged criminal activity at Walleys Quarry landfill in my constituency. It is ultimately owned by Red Industries, a company…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMr Speaker, I hope you had a good Christmas break—a better break than the shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, who, since we last met, has taken a number of positions. On 19…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Postmasters with Overturned Convictions: Settlement FundsThe Horizon scandal is one of the worst we have seen, and the wider Government—not just the Post Office—particularly need to learn the lessons on how to treat IT evidence. I…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns). This has been a good debate and a necessary debate. Strong views have been expressed…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthMy right hon. Friend may be interested to learn that Dr Angelique Coetzee gave evidence to the Science and Technology Committee this morning, and, rather contrary to her piece in…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthThe data from South Africa that we heard this morning in the Science and Technology Committee showed that we still have good protection against severe disease from two doses of…14 Dec 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipI heard SNP Members saying, “Not true”, but they did not intervene on my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie) and they are not intervening…30 Nov 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipI served on the Elections Bill Committee and the evidence we heard from Tower Hamlets, Peterborough and all over the country does make that case very clearly. We took on the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Opposition often call for more restrictions, but it was the relaxation of restrictions this summer, which the Government took under scientific advice, that has put Britain in…29 Nov 2021HANSARD Multi-academy Trusts: OfstedI thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for giving way. I thank him for referencing the Shaw Education Trust, which also has schools in my constituency, such as the Orme Academy.…23 Nov 2021HANSARDAutomated External Defibrillators: Public AccessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, and a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald). I…18 Nov 2021