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HANSARDSue Gray ReportThank you, Mr Speaker. I want to say how strongly I agree, none the less, with my hon. Friend, because, yes, of course it is vital that we make this statement, that we learn from…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportMy hon. Friend will see reference to that very problem in Sue Gray’s report and we will take steps to clarify things and make sure that there is greater transparency in the lines…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWhat we have to do is wait for the police to conclude their inquiries. That is the proper thing to do. People have given all sorts of evidence in the expectation that it would not…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement. First, I express my deepest gratitude to Sue Gray and all the people who have contributed to this report, which I…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat I can tell the right hon. and learned Gentleman is that we have to leave the report to the independent investigator, as he knows. When I receive it, of course I will do…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much, and what pleasure it gives me to address the Member for Clwyd South, where I tried unsuccessfully so many years ago. I am delighted that a…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI want to join the right hon. Gentleman and echo his sentiments about Holocaust Memorial Day, where I think he is completely right. I must say that the right hon. Gentleman made…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsWell, I think the right hon. and learned Gentleman was offering yet more general criticism of what has been going on in Downing Street, so let me just remind the House of what has…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsAs my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland remarked to the House earlier this morning, this Sunday marks a tragic day in our history, one of the darkest…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI do not think there was a question there. There was an invitation for me to do what of course the Labour party wants me to do, but I am not going to do it. We are going to carry…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. The Chinese military flights that have taken place near Taiwan in recent days are not conducive to peace and stability in the region. What we need is a…26 Jan 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom-European Union Parliamentary Partnership Assembly: UK Delegation AppointmentsArticle 11 of the UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement states: “The European Parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom may establish a Parliamentary Partnership…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid the hon. Gentleman, in everything he said just now, plainly does not know what he is talking about. What I can tell him and his constituents is that, irrespective of…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I only wanted to add the point that we have taken the tough decisions, we have got the big calls right and we are, and in particular I am, getting on with the job.26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI really cannot improve on that brilliant question. The people of South East Cornwall are lucky to have my hon. Friend as their representative, and she is right in what she says.26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for drawing this appalling case to the attention of the House. I can certainly assure him that he will be getting the meeting that he needs at the earliest…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsNo. But since the right hon. and learned Gentleman asks about covid restrictions, let me just remind the House and, indeed, the country that he has been relentlessly opportunistic…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady talks about racism and Islamophobia. She should look at this Government; look at the modern Conservative party. We are the party of hope and opportunity for people…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI once had a memorable swim in the Wye—I think at about 5 o’clock in the morning—and it tasted like nectar. I understand the problems that my right hon. Friend raises: it is…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am delighted that my right hon. Friend has the meeting he wanted. We have already changed the law to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis products where clinically appropriate,…26 Jan 2022