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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseSince the weekend, the parish of Nursling and Rownhams has seen acts of vandalism and revoltingly, as one of my constituents emailed me this morning, defecation in public places.…02 Jul 2020HANSARDYemenThere is an urgent and desperate need to continue to work to prevent hunger and suffering in Yemen. Please will my right hon. Friend reassure me that the prioritisation of covid,…30 Jun 2020HANSARDYemenWhat recent assessment the Government have made of the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen.30 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillI add my tribute to the two brilliant maiden speeches that we have heard this afternoon, particularly—Members will expect this from the Chair of the Women and Equalities…29 Jun 2020HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI thank my right hon. Friend for her hard work on the compensation scheme. She has acknowledged this afternoon that it has been too slow, but equally, she has made a very firm…23 Jun 2020HANSARDChildcare: Social DistancingNursery providers in my constituency are worried that social distancing will result in a reduction in capacity, which for them means a reduction in income. The sector is already…22 Jun 2020HANSARDChildcare: Social DistancingWhat support he is providing to help the childcare sector introduce effective social distancing measures.22 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesDoes my hon. Friend agree that we did not actually need data, given that we could open up the pages of any newspaper and see the photographs?18 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. That is why I specifically raised those who are working in transport and the gig economy, who do not have those routes. In the NHS, they should…18 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesI congratulate the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler) on having secured this important and timely debate. She picked up on several themes that I will probably echo, but…18 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Female EntrepreneurshipMy right hon. Friend has shown real passion and commitment to female entrepreneurship, which will be absolutely crucial as we seek to recover from covid. Unfortunately, those same…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic OrderThis afternoon we have heard my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary’s commitment to equality and fairness. We have also heard her being extremely robust about supporting our…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Horizon: Sub-Postmaster ConvictionsI thank my hon. Friend for his response to my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers), but one of the stumbling blocks to a judge-led inquiry is cost. Does he…10 Jun 2020HANSARDAbortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020On a point of order, Sir David. You said earlier that there was a limit on the number of people who could be in the room—people, not Members. May I just ask you to clarify how…08 Jun 2020HANSARD Abortion Regulations: Northern IrelandI thank my hon. Friend for the sensitive and careful way he has approached these regulations. Does he agree that for every eminent legal opinion there is always an opposing view…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesThe Race Disparity Unit is now in the Cabinet Office and at the heart of Government. My hon. Friend is right to say that it needs all the available data to make the correct…04 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate Car ParksI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. He was very specific then about a 10-minute grace period after a ticket had expired. Will it also include a 10-minute grace period in the…02 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19 ResponseMy constituent Dr David Flavell, the scientific director of Leukaemia Busters, has sent a face mask to every Cabinet member, every shadow Cabinet member and, indeed, the entire…02 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate Car ParksIt feels like groundhog day. This debate has been scheduled, I believe, perhaps as many as four times, but events repeatedly knocked it off course. Today, however, we are finally…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI have a great deal of support for the view of my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House that debates held in this place without intervention are sterile and that we are…02 Jun 2020