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HANSARDElectoral Commission: AppointmentsI was shocked.13 Jul 2022HANSARDElectoral Commission: AppointmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your authority in the Chair, Mr Twigg, and please do advise me if I stray beyond the bounds of my role. I know that the commissioners have been…13 Jul 2022HANSARDElectoral Commission: AppointmentsIt is about the appointments. How can the Leader of the House assure the new commissioners being appointed that they will have the proper independence that they should be allowed,…13 Jul 2022HANSARDElectoral Commission: AppointmentsThe Act does state: “The Secretary of State may designate a statement for the purposes of this section”, and that will affect the new commissioners that he is appointing,…13 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterMy right hon. Friend is exactly right. We do not have to be expert builders to see that this is going to cost money and it is going to take time. I see no alternative to both…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterI thank my hon. Friend for that question. She is right to raise it and to pay tribute to the work of the Public Accounts Committee. Am I confident? I am not currently confident or…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterI completely support what my hon. Friend says. Why are we here? I have already mentioned my own view on why we are here, at least partly. We need to note here that the Sponsor…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterI welcome the opportunity to contribute to this timely debate on how we will govern the essential programme of works needed to preserve the heart of our democracy for years and…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Despite over 50 members of the Government resigning last week and many more Tory MPs submitting letters of no confidence in their own…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I ask the Leader of the House to give us the forthcoming business?07 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseYou have nothing to say.07 Jul 2022HANSARDRestoration and RenewalIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) on securing this debate and on giving us…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business, although his Government are clearly not in any position to deliver it. The Prime Minister is resigning—we are hearing…07 Jul 2022HANSARDProxy Voting and Presence of Babies in the Chamber and Westminster HallI thank the right hon. Lady and the Procedure Committee for their excellent work. I welcome their recommendations and the clarity and sensitivity with which they handled these…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. I have to ask him: what is it about Tuesday afternoons and Tory MPs finding themselves anywhere but the voting Lobby…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?30 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?23 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. I hope he had a wonderful time at the Tory party’s summer ball on Monday night. I hear the top prize auctioned off…23 Jun 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s ConferenceI, too, very much welcome the motion on the Speaker’s Conference and thank Mr Speaker for his leadership on this matter. It offers us all an opportunity to consider the employment…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for giving us the forthcoming business, but all we can conclude from his statement is that, whether it is failing to deal with the Tory cost of…16 Jun 2022