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HANSARDStandardsMr Speaker, I thank you for your advice, as always. For the past 10 years you have advised me on many occasions, but had you waited for my conclusion, you would have seen that I…31 Oct 2019HANSARDStandardsrose —31 Oct 2019HANSARDStandardsMr Speaker, I will bring my remarks to a conclusion, but it is clear to me, and it will be clear to the public, that to the fag-end of your tenure in that Chair, you are defending…31 Oct 2019HANSARDStandardsThank you once again for more help and advice, Mr Speaker.31 Oct 2019HANSARDStandardsI thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to speak in this debate. Although I am the originator of the complaint to the Committee on Standards in September 2016, I rise more in…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseDoes my right hon. Friend agree that for those who do not want Brexit there will never be enough time to debate it, and for those who do not want a general election there will…24 Oct 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundDoes my hon. Friend agree that speculation in the future movements of markets or currencies—some people think they will go up, others that they will go down—is a sign of a healthy…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI wholeheartedly and unreservedly welcome the massive £450 million investment in the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. It is every penny that management and clinicians…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationDoes my right hon. and learned Friend agree that, contrary to the repeated claims of the Prime Minister’s many political opponents that the moment he announced Prorogation, he…25 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsCurrently, town and parish councils are not compensated in the council tax formula grant for providing student discounts, which means that parish councils in villages with large…22 Jul 2019HANSARDChildren’s Social Care FundingA National Audit Office report this year showed that there is huge variation between the costs of and the activities delivered by local authorities throughout the country. The…22 Jul 2019HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureContrary to popular myth, most particulates do not come from modern diesel engines, but from wear between the vehicle’s tyres and the road. Given that electric vehicles tend to be…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is a huge source of shame that modern slavery persists in our country, in some cases on an industrial scale. It is always accompanied by other forms of organised crime, such as…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCMy hon. Friend is making some important points. BBC iPlayer is inaccessible outside the UK but it hosts the BBC’s back catalogue, which the licence fee payers have funded over…15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCWill the hon. Lady give way?15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCWill the hon. Lady give way?15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCI thank the hon. Lady for giving way. She makes some very valid points, but she is letting the BBC off the hook and acting as an apologist for it. Does she recall that at the 2015…15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCWould my hon. Friend note that Channel 4 is also a public service broadcaster but it is not in receipt of any of the licence fee? It funds itself completely from advertising.15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCMay I press the hon. Gentleman further on the BBC and the TV licence? What about over-75s who want to watch ITV or Channel 4 but, because of the licensing system, have to pay for…15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCDoes my hon. Friend agree that the potential for BBC bias is not only in how it reports what it reports, but in the fact that 70% of the public rely on it for much of their news,…15 Jul 2019