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HANSARD Business of the HouseCongratulations to my hon. Friend—a number of hon. Members would love to do the same in their areas. He will be aware that the bus market outside London is deregulated and that…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady always speaks up for Coventry, and she is right to do so. I definitely join her in congratulating all those young people. I think she quoted a figure of 9,360 hours…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for next week is as follows: Monday 8 April—Motion to approve a statutory instrument relating to the draft Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit)…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI can absolutely assure— [ Interruption. ]04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker. I was just going to say to the hon. Lady that I would love to be outside looking at the cherry blossom, as I am sure we all would. Maybe that is what some…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman shouts from a sedentary position, but it was actually George Osborne as Chancellor under a Conservative Government who introduced the national living wage— […04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises an incredibly serious issue, as he often does, about the appalling nature of the rise in knife crime, the impact it is having on communities and the fear…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this matter and I am tempted to mention the bare cheek of such a demonstration in the Public Gallery. The police certainly had to…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman will recognise that Better Together did quite well last time. As he will know, the Prime Minister is seeking to find a way to leave the European Union, and it…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend raises a very important issue. She will be aware that many of my constituents also have concerns about the cost overruns, and I have written to ask for…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI was not aware of the commitment that was made, but if the hon. Gentleman would like to write to me, I can take the matter up with the Department on his behalf.04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am glad that the hon. Gentleman took pains to flesh out the matter of the protests, but we now need to crack on a bit with the business of the day. The hon. Gentleman offered to…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises an interesting point. All asylum claims made in the UK are carefully considered on a case-by-case basis, taking into account individual merits against a…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs I have always said, it is vital that everybody in this place and in this Palace of Westminster treats each other with courtesy and respect and I completely uphold that. As the…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI entirely endorse the first part of my hon. Friend’s question. I draw the House’s attention to the fact that the article 50 Bill contained 58 words and it went through the entire…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is very passionate on this subject and he is absolutely right to be. If he has exhausted all his own means by which to achieve debates on this subject, I…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady is to be hugely commended for taking part in the Great British Spring Clean. My Parliamentary Private Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Victoria…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a very important point. Parents often have additional responsibilities to holding down a job, particularly when they are caring for children with…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am genuinely very sorry to hear that. My own experience of the MPs’ hotline has been good with the Home Office, but I totally respect what the hon. Gentleman is saying. If he…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is tempting me to get my crystal ball out. As all hon. Members appreciate, and I think we can all agree, we and certainly the staff of the House, need a…04 Apr 2019