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HANSARD Independent Expert Panel Recommendations for Sanctions and the Recall of MPs Act 2015The Leader of the House takes my point. On retrospectivity, I am afraid I am not going to vote for the amendment in the names of the Leader of the Opposition and shadow Leader of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDPrevention of Illegal ProtestsOf course, I also pay tribute to Sir David Amess. I never managed to persuade him to support gay marriage, but he always asked after my husband. I think that was the character of…18 Oct 2021HANSARD Violence Against Women and Girls: Police ResponseWe had another horrific incident in the Rhondda yesterday, and the police are still investigating. However, I want to ask about the injuries that are done to women. Many such…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Future of the National Health ServiceA scar?22 Sept 2021HANSARD Future of the National Health ServiceGet on with it.22 Sept 2021HANSARD Future of the National Health ServiceI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing this important debate, especially at the moment. In essence, the NHS is about people. It is…22 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeIs there not another issue? Lots of the people about whom many hon. Members have been writing to three Departments—let us hope that, as I think the Minister for the Middle East…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsPathologists and radiologists.15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI have two quick questions. First, how many British nationals does the Minister think are still in Afghanistan? Secondly, if other people—Afghan nationals—are going to be helped…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ6. By the time my wonderful friend Lynda went to the doctor, the cancer was already so advanced that she had only a few weeks to live. Many hon. Members have been through cancer…15 Sept 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI think, therefore, that if the Bill goes through as the Government intend and we do not have the right hon. Member’s new clause or any other amendment, the last date that the…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyTo be honest, I just feel that this is a completely hope-less statement, in the sense that the UK Government are giving up on the vulnerable people in Afghanistan who stood by us.…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)So will the Minister give way to me instead?13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)The hon. and learned Lady—who was, of course, the Cherry on the top of the icing in this case; it must have been one of her bigger successes in terms of parliamentary…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)No, I do not think that that is right, but if the House decided not to consider the matter, the courts could in future legitimately decide that Parliament had decided that…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)The point is that other people might choose to bring other cases to the courts on the matter, unless Parliament chooses to discuss it and legislate on it. I would have thought it…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)Well now, for a start, I am not very keen on the concept of “normal” at all. I have tried to avoid that as much as I can in my 59 years. More importantly, I am not sure that we…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)No, he did not— [ Interruption. ] He was still at school? I think that is a bit unfair on the hon. Gentleman. The point is that this was a major constitutional battle in 2019 and…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)I am not sure that that is entirely relevant. Every time we introduce new legislation we choose to start, as it were, from scratch. It is true that this Bill repeals the…13 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit: WalesI do worry about this cut to universal credit of £20 a week. In a constituency such as mine, that is taking £6.5 million out of the local economy. That is going to make it more…13 Sept 2021