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HANSARDEngagementsI think that what people think is that the Labour party is losing all the arguments across British politics, that it has nothing to say, and that it has no plan for our future and…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsNo, Mr Speaker. The right hon. And learned Gentleman is a lawyer, I am given to understand, and I think that if he is going to repeat allegations like that, he should come to this…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsAbsolutely. I do not know why the Leader of the Opposition’s PPS, the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris), is shaking her head, because surely she would agree with that.…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful, Mr Speaker, but what I would say to the right hon. Gentleman is that if he is going to relay that kind of quotation, it is up to him in a place like Parliament to…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs I have said, I look forward to what the Electoral Commission has to say, but I can tell the right hon. Gentleman that, for the rest of it, he is talking complete nonsense. The…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhen it comes to misleading Parliament, the right hon. and learned Gentleman may recollect that it was only a few weeks ago that he said that he did not oppose this country…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI tell you what, Mr Speaker, I think it is because people are absolutely determined to find anything they can hang on to talk about, except the vaccine roll-out, except our plans…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI have given the right hon. and learned Gentleman the answer, and the answer is that I have covered the costs. Of course, the Electoral Commission is investigating this, and I can…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am lost in admiration for what Andy Street is doing. He is a fantastic Mayor of the West Midlands and he has a fantastic vision for transport, jobs, growth and recovery. I hope…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, Mr Speaker, they don’t like that sort of thing, do they? They don’t like focusing on the issues that actually matter to the British people and the people of West Yorkshire.…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for that wonderful proposal, and I certainly encourage all colleagues to support and contribute to her project.28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI first was made aware of the plan for a European super league on, I think, the Sunday night, and we acted decisively using the arsenal of legislative freedoms that we now have…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI promised to publish the account of my dealings with James Dyson, which is exactly what I have done. I cannot believe that the Opposition do not learn their lesson. They attacked…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. [ Interruption. ] Hang on. He is right to want to thank all the staff of Doncaster Royal Infirmary for what they did for the emergency services…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his expertise in this matter and thank him for what he has just said, because he is totally right. What happened to those Post Office…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe people of this country have the chance to make up their own minds on 6 May. When they look at what is happening in Wales, they have a chance to make a choice between, I am…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I leave it to you to judge whether the right hon. Gentleman’s remarks were in order, but what I will say to him—28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think I have answered this question several times now, and the answer is that I have covered the costs. I have met the requirements that I have been obliged to meet in full.…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI do not wish to sound like a stickler for accuracy— [ Laughter ] —which is my normal position, Mr Speaker, as you know, but since becoming Humberside’s PCC in 2016, the force has…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend draws attention to a very valuable and important point, which is that across the country, it is Conservative councils that keep council tax low, overwhelmingly, and…21 Apr 2021