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HANSARDCumberlege ReportAs others have said, it is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCumberlege ReportI am so sorry; that must have changed after my time. My right hon. Friend set out very clearly how people’s lives have changed. The hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) has just…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe covid regulations imposed significant restrictions on the freedoms of members of the public. They had a right to expect their Prime Minister to have read the rules, to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI refer the House to my entry the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Many of my constituents work in the aviation sector. I welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcement…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI commend my right hon. Friend for resisting calls from the Labour party and others for more restrictions before Christmas, and also for the changes that he has announced today.…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am very interested in what the right hon. Lady is saying. If we are to stop modern slavery, we must ensure that we catch the perpetrators, which requires victims to be able to…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe early indications of omicron are that it is more transmissible, but that it potentially leads to less serious illness than other variants. I understand that that would be the…06 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI rise to speak in support of amendments 93 to 98, whose purpose is very simple. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 established parity of esteem between physical and mental…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI hope that this will be the last opportunity for this House to do the right thing and accept the report of the Committee on Standards on Owen Paterson. I trust that no Member of…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I take no interventions. I wish to make my limited points. In this place, we set rules for people through the laws that we pass. We…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. May I first echo the remarks made by my right hon. Friend about the appalling attack in Liverpool?…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThe hon. Lady has always spoken passionately on these issues in this House, but I think she has overlooked the fact that the Chancellor announced a significant number of green…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. First, I commend my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for the good news in the Budget. It is indeed…27 Oct 2021HANSARDSpeaker's StatementI had the enormous privilege of working with James Brokenshire in government, first for six years in the Home Office and then in his roles as Secretary of State for Northern…20 Oct 2021HANSARDTributes to Sir David AmessLaughter, service, compassion: these are three of the words that spring to my mind when I think of David Amess. Laughter, because you could never have a conversation with David…18 Oct 2021HANSARD Violence Against Women and Girls: Police ResponseI welcome my hon. Friend to her role at the Home Office, a great Department of State. She is going to be doing important work there, and I wish her well. We can succeed in…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Criminal Justice System: Families Bereaved by Public DisastersI congratulate the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) on securing this important debate. I thank her for her kind words about me, but I also congratulate her on a…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSMy right hon. Friend said yesterday that this partnership has “the aim of working hand in glove to preserve security and stability in the Indo-Pacific.” What are the implications…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI join my right hon. Friend in commending all those involved with the Afghanistan airlift and all those in our armed forces who served in Afghanistan, 457 of whom, sadly, as we…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI will refer to that issue later. The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that the question of a military solution has not been there for some time, because our combat…18 Aug 2021