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HANSARD 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 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 HouseFirst, I congratulate the hon. Gentleman’s constituents on their work. It is incredibly important that we do all we can to make people aware of the importance of climate change…04 Apr 2019HANSARD 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 HouseI completely agree that the countryside is every bit as important as towns, and we need to do everything possible to ensure that our rural communities thrive. We have Housing,…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat goes on in Cabinet would not be a great TV show—too often, what gets reported is not correct. It either has to be a documentary or it is a fabrication. Sometimes I sit in…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is always welcome that business questions gives colleagues a chance to praise the excellent work that goes on in their communities. I congratulate my hon. Friend and join him…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to pay tribute to the amazing achievements of NATO, which has been the cornerstone of our defence for 70 years, as she rightly points out. I will…04 Apr 2019HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—03 Apr 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. On behalf of those on the Government Benches, I pay tribute to the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) for her courage in…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat is in order about today’s business is entirely a matter for the Chair. The point I am making is that it breaks many years of precedent, whereby the Government of the day,…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend sets out clearly the dilemma today. The precedent of many years of parliamentary convention is being broken and will therefore no longer be a precedent, and others…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the Houseindicated dissent .03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is making some good points, and I add that not only would the House usually have much more time to consider a Bill of such constitutional significance but, of…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the Houserose—03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI will not take any more interventions. I have taken a few, and this really is a matter for Parliament. While the Bill is a short piece of legislation, as Members know, it has…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset said, it will be a matter for the other place, and the Government will have no involvement in that whatsoever, so I am afraid…03 Apr 2019