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HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am tempted to say to the hon. Gentleman that, when he was called to speak, it was only 4.23. Of course we want to make sure that all parts of the United Kingdom are part of our…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right that getting those grid connections right and making it easier and faster for people to make them are critical for us to reach net zero. I…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I think time is of the essence anyway, regardless of whether we are looking at people who have had those skills in the past. We must…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressThat is absolutely excellent and I thank my right hon. Friend for informing me of it. I am sorry, Mr Speaker, but yet again it would seem that Scarborough is leading—I am reliably…07 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists was barbaric. Terrorists must be defeated, whoever they are and wherever they are. I commend my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and…16 Oct 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI thank the Backbench Business Committee for agreeing to the debate, and most of all I congratulate the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) on securing it. She has…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI was not aware of that. I am very concerned by the situation that the right hon. Gentleman sets out, and I hope that the Government will urgently consider the position that their…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI wonder whether the Minister might clarify one point about the second court case. The Government were a party to the first court case; that was the argument that they used for…07 Sept 2023HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI am sorry; I did not say that there may be future court cases. The Minister herself referred to a second court case, and I asked a simple question about whether the Government…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the discussions we have had recently. He knows that I have a problem with the statistics: he has, yet again, quoted the statistics that…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI am just a little confused and I hope my right hon. Friend can help me. He says that the Government want to bring forward the guidance, yet they oppose Lords amendment 57. Lords…11 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I want to concentrate my remarks on Lords amendments 2 and 56. I welcome the Government’s movement on the issue of retrospection. Whatever the…11 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI do not intend to dwell on the events covered in the report of the Committee of Privileges or its conclusions. It is a rigorous report and I accept its findings. I do wish to…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI am pleased to hear from the Chairman of the Defence Committee that he will support the report. I think he can take it from the fact that I just said that the Committee report…19 Jun 2023HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: ReportI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for her statement. When I launched the independent inquiry, I said that people would be shocked at the level of abuse of children…22 May 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI wonder if I might assist my right hon. Friend on this issue of the UNHCR, because I too have seen that quote. As far as I can see, the UNHCR is saying that somebody cannot just…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillPicking up on the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith), I think that we were all surprised to see Government…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration Billrose —26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. I wonder whether he can comment on a matter that has been brought to my attention while he has been on his feet. Greater…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillI will concentrate my remarks on amendment 4, in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith)—I have also signed it—and…26 Apr 2023