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HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)I appreciate the way that the hon. Member for Glasgow East has framed the new clause—that it is not quite the same as the old policy of interim reviews but is a new policy for our…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)Okay. I will give it my best shot. My understanding is that the hon. Gentleman is trying to extend the rule that works in Northern Ireland and to apply it to the whole of the UK…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)I will do my best. What is puzzling me is why it might be a grouping of five, but if the hon. Gentleman will allow me to speak generally, I can, or perhaps he would like to…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)I managed to give some of the principal arguments for clause stand part earlier, so I will not detain the Committee long. If hon. Members can bear to think back to what was said,…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)What does clause 8 do? It removes the legal obligation to implement the 2018 boundary review. As hon. Members will recall from when we discussed clause 5, the Bill will amend the…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)To make a brief correction, which should not detain us further, that is untrue. Those powers are returning to Stormont, Holyrood and Cardiff Bay—quite rightly. If we are referring…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)I will keep it brief. I acknowledge the points that the hon. Gentleman has made, and he made them very well and very eloquently. He is right to bring in the experience of, for…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)Sir David, may I invite the hon. Gentleman to say what his amendment does?30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)Hon. Members will remember that clause 1 made certain changes to the timing of boundary reviews; it did that by establishing the end dates of boundary reviews—namely, the dates by…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)It is that part of the morning, Mr Paisley, where you keep me on my feet all morning, going through a rattle of clauses. Here we go.30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)It has been another very interesting debate. I am grateful to the hon. Members for Eltham, for the City of Chester and for Ceredigion and to my hon. Friend the Member for West…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)It is an absolute pleasure, Sir David, to serve under your chairmanship, as it was to serve under Mr Paisley’s this morning. I shall in my remarks cover clauses 1 and 2 stand…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful for that example. My right hon. Friend is correct, particularly about the principle that ought to underpin what we do here. After all, we are looking at public…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)May I, Sir David, on a question of order, ask whether you would like me to speak to amendments 8 and 9, new clause 9, and clause 6 stand part at this stage?25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)And new clause 9, as you said at the outset. I will be very happy to do so. Thank you, Sir David, for that clarification, which was very helpful. I thank the hon. Members who…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank my right hon. Friend for presaging something that it is very important that we shall come on to. I do not wish to dance on the head of a pin, as it were. She is absolutely…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)On a point of order, Sir David. I think I might be able to assist the Committee on how we have come to this point of discussion. When I heard you say what you have just repeated,…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)I am happy to do so, Sir David. I thank the hon. Lady for raising this interesting issue, which touches on some of the broader themes that were raised in the witness session,…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)Yes, I think that is right; I agree with my right hon. Friend’s characterisation. Certainly, I aspire to that in my work, and I know that will be true across the Committee. The…25 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Sixth sitting)May I put on the record how much I appreciated the illustration the hon. Gentleman made to the Committee earlier about those who have second homes in his constituency? He gave a…25 Jun 2020