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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillIs it not the case that many of our constituents, nearly 70% of whom voted to leave the European Union, as my hon. Friend says, now think that there is a stitch-up trying to deny…03 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?03 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I plan to be uncompromising in my opposition to motions (M) and (L), and then, without a hint of hypocrisy, argue for compromise for where we end up. We have heard a lot recently…27 Mar 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I am not going to give way, because I want to stick to the five-minute limit. It would be appalling to go back and hold a second referendum. A constituent contacted me the other…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI confess that when I read this motion, to begin with I was in two minds. I thought back to my days as a city councillor—I spent 10 years on Hull City Council and was one of two…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeIt was meant as such. I thought, “I really hope that my party does not move to remove the hon. Lady”, despite a certain knee-jerk reaction on my part when I saw that she had…19 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI have the utmost respect for my right hon. Friend, but I will be opposing his amendment. Is it not somewhat strange that the very people who voted last night to kill Brexit for…13 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Just get on with it. I have been here ages.13 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundI welcome the fund, especially the funding for Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, as we prefer to call it. When I was Minister for local growth, I trotted up to No. 10 and…04 Mar 2019HANSARDHolocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill (First sitting)I will make a small contribution to, of course, support the legislation, but also to pay particular tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet for her work on…27 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI congratulate the Home Secretary on this excellent move. Let us be clear about Hezbollah: it is a group that promotes Jew hate. It promotes murder and it will never, in any…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyI thank the hon. Lady for saying that. Let us call this out for what it was: it was Jew-baiting and a deliberate use of language and of Goebbels to bait. It is exactly the same on…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyIt is a pleasure to follow the powerful speech of the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge). It is also an honour to speak after my hon. Friend the Member for…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (modification of the local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019I will finish my point, if I may, but I will give way before I sit down. There can never be total consensus. When Durham County Council was unitarised in 2009, there were probably…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (modification of the local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019I will give way one final time to my right hon. Friend, given that the debate affects her constituency.04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (modification of the local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019All that I will say on the geography point is that I represent a constituency in the largest unitary authority in the country and I do not necessarily accept the arguments being…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (modification of the local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. If we are all fessing up to our part in this, as the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse did, I feel that I should…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (modification of the local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019I see. I hope that it becomes a more sustainable figure in future.04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (modification of the local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019No, because the hon. Gentleman and I sat on all the Delegated Legislation Committees on the matter at the time. I have heard many similar speeches from him, he has heard many…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (modification of the local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019I did not suggest that my right hon. Friend had said that the plans were made on the back of a fag packet; I was referring to another speech. She makes her point, but I consider…04 Feb 2019