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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI certainly will not, because the hon. Gentleman has asked every single speaker this afternoon to give way, and I really need to answer the points raised by other hon. and right…16 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Representation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020. It is an absolute pleasure to…16 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020I thank my Front-Bench counterparts for their remarks. To deal with the simplest of the questions, the 1 February date was chosen instead of 1 March because, as I mentioned…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillOf course, Dame Rosie, and I mean no discourtesy, either to them or to your chairing of the debate. It is just a little unusual not to be able to see the Member to whom you are…16 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI think I can clear some of this up. Essentially my hon. Friend is right and the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry) is not right. The very…15 Sept 2020HANSARDList of Ministerial ResponsibilitiesAs part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to transparency and accountability, I am pleased to announce that the Government have published the list of ministerial…02 Sept 2020HANSARDList of Ministerial ResponsibilitiesI hope it is the case that Cabinet Office Ministers—the team here today—have accounted for ourselves and our responsibilities adequately. I know that my right hon. Friend the…16 Jul 2020HANSARDList of Ministerial ResponsibilitiesThe list of ministerial responsibilities document was last updated in October. It is taking longer than usual to compile a new document, and that is in part because Ministers have…16 Jul 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments ActI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend, and I look forward to discussing more on this subject with him and his Committee next week, because it is very important and we have…16 Jul 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments ActI thank my hon. Friend for putting his finger on a very important part of what was wrong with that scenario and what is wrong with that legislation: it divorces the issue of…16 Jul 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments ActThere are two points to make to my hon. Friend. The first is that repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act had cross-party support. It was in the manifestos of both the Government…16 Jul 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments ActThe Fixed-term Parliaments Act led to parliamentary paralysis at a critical time for our country. It is for that reason that the Government made a commitment in our manifesto and…16 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillAnd what a pleasure it is, as always, to follow the remarks of the sage of Strangford, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), with his unrivalled love for his constituency…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI admire the tenacity with which the hon. Lady has made that argument today. It is not the subject of the Bill, and, for what it is worth, I do not agree with the concept of…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI agree with my right hon. Friend. He knows that the Conservative party and the Government are absolutely committed to strengthening our Union and we do not believe that that…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I thank all Members who have contributed to our debates on the Bill. In addition to the speeches of our colleagues on the…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillWell, Madam Deputy Speaker, let us consider the glory of the United Kingdom. Let us start, alphabetically, with the first constituency that comes to mind. My hon. Friend the…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI absolutely agree on that, and it allows me to do something rarely allowed to a Minister in such proceedings, which is to pay tribute to one’s own constituency. Let me put on…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMay I close this unusual contribution to the end of a Bill’s proceedings by also noting how wonderful are the constituencies of our Whips, those of my hon. Friend the Member for…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillNot until I have managed to name all the parishes and towns in Norwich North, which are, of course, as anybody will know, the wonderful places of Hellesdon, which goes back to the…14 Jul 2020