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HANSARDElectricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) BillThat is the reason I am here today: the system is skewed to disadvantage rural populations, who carry quite a lot of the burden of energy distribution. What we are looking for is…25 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillBut he is wrong. Will my hon. Friend give way?25 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillUnfortunately for my hon. and right hon. Friends, Save the Rhino International gave the statistic that, after South Africa allowed the hunting of rhinos, the population went from…25 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am pleased to follow my hon. Friend the Minister. I wish she had explained why, under the current legislation, these animal parts were allowed to be imported in the first place,…25 Nov 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI do not really care whether the people who have put their names to the emails have had contact with Safari Club International. They have written to me, and Safari Club…25 Nov 2022HANSARDElectricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) BillMy right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) has proposed a mechanism to ensure fairer treatment for those whose rights or land are subject to acquisition. I…25 Nov 2022HANSARDMigrationI thank my right hon. Friend for what he is saying and doing on this vital subject. I shall be here all next week, ready to vote for whatever legislative changes are necessary to…16 Nov 2022HANSARD Points of OrderDon’t boo! This is serious. Ronnie Radford was a truly wonderful man who set a tremendous example in his modesty and humbleness. I ask the House to read Brian Viner’s article,…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The House will no doubt be aware and be as sad as I am about the death of Ronnie Radford yesterday. On 5 February 1972, he scored the goal…03 Nov 2022HANSARDAirport Parking ChargesI beg to move, That this House has considered airport parking charges. Drivers are being forced, tricked or directed to pay extortionate amounts to drop off or collect passengers…02 Nov 2022HANSARDAirport Parking ChargesI agree with my hon. Friend, who quite naturally has delightful constituents who generously want to take their friends and family to and from the airport. Of course, that may not…02 Nov 2022HANSARDAirport Parking ChargesI thank my hon. Friend for that. I want to say a huge thank you. What upsets us is that we have paid for a public road and then we are fined for parking, and there has been no…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Sale of Property (Sealed Bids)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the sale of property by sealed bids; and for connected purposes. The role of Government is to ensure that markets…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionThank you for allowing the urgent question, Mr Speaker. My right hon. Friend will be aware that Herefordshire has been under a moratorium for several years now. Herefordshire…06 Sept 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI genuinely have no idea what the hon. Gentleman is talking about, probably not for the first time, so I am not going to speculate. I am sure he would agree that motorcycling…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI will give way, but that will be it.18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI think I can be very confident in predicting that we shall never again hear a Prime Minister describe their phenomenal electoral victory as putting a blue ferret up the trouser…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI agree that none of us is perfect—if we were, this would be a very dangerous game to be in, because there would be very quickly someone pointing out that we are not. It is…18 Jul 2022HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—13 Jul 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Would you be kind enough to pass on my thanks to Mr Speaker, who wisely and rightly curtailed the debate on special forces during Prime…13 Jul 2022