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HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeIt pains me to have to remind the Leader of the House that Government Members seem to think that it is all right to try to change the rules to get someone off the hook, but not to…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI can go back to the list of things that Labour did: the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; the ministerial code; freedom of information; public registers of…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI do agree. It would also be an awful lot more seemly if the Government were prepared to follow through on their actions. The Prime Minister said yesterday that he wanted to ban…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI wonder whether the hon. Member has actually read the proposal by the Prime Minister. The proposal in the amendment—the only thing that is on offer to vote for today from the…17 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsYes, 13 days. Mr Speaker, standards matter. Scrutiny matters. An independent system to hold everyone in public life to account matters. Standards should not be seen or treated as…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsWhere to start, Mr Speaker? There must be many a Government MP scratching their head today and asking—with reference to the greatest pop star and songwriter of all time after…16 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. I join him and you, Mr Speaker, in paying tribute to Crispin Poyser. Clerks are some of the many unsung heroes who…04 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsIt gives me no pleasure to be standing here responding to a standards motion, although I now feel that what I am responding to is the Leader of the House moving the amendment,…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI thank my right hon. Friend, who is a distinguished Member of this House, for raising that point. It is hard to work out why this is happening. In fact, I am going to skip ahead…03 Nov 2021HANSARDMenopause (Support and Services) BillI thank the hon. Lady for giving way on that point, because this point was burning inside me while I listened to my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) making…29 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for giving the forthcoming business. On behalf of the many staff as well as colleagues who have asked to be able to plan for next year, will the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give the forthcoming business?28 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. May I join him in his tributes to two fine parliamentarians? It is often a shock to some party members that we in…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Independent Expert Panel Recommendations for Sanctions and the Recall of MPs Act 2015I beg to move amendment (a), at end insert: “(3) The provisions of Standing Order (IEP recommendations for sanctions and the Recall of MPs Act) shall be applied in respect of any…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Independent Expert Panel Recommendations for Sanctions and the Recall of MPs Act 2015As I said, I completely understand the reservations that Members have—I have them myself. Retrospective rule change is an extremely unfortunate situation to be put in. As I…19 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the business, and I join him in his fulsome tributes to Mark Kelly and Robert Foot. Congratulations to both of them on the new stages in their…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?23 Sept 2021HANSARD Parliamentary Works Sponsor BodyI am, of course, pleased to hear of the appointments to fill the vacancies on the sponsor body. We in this generation of parliamentarians have been allotted an important job of…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. I am glad to see him still in his place. There were rumours that it might have been the right hon. Member for South…16 Sept 2021