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HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThey should do it today.13 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 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillBut it is not actually five years; it is five years and a bit, is it not? As the Septennial Act 1716 did, it goes from the date of the first sitting of the new Parliament. It…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)Thank you. The question then is: if not now, when? That has still not been answered. If we are not to debate the matter today, I presume that the Government still believe that…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)Well, I will, but I am getting towards the end.13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)I am sorry not for the tone but for the content of what the Minister said, not least because she is the only person who can grant additional time for debate. I cannot do it. I…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)So will the Minister give way to me instead?13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan Policyindicated dissent .13 Sept 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIt is a delight to follow that Third Reading speech. I have enjoyed today, not least because it is such a delight to be vindicated. I feel as if I have been saying the same things…13 Sept 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillAll right then, if it is the simplest way of doing it, what is the last date that the next general election can be held if all this is carried as the Minister says?13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)I have to say that in my 20 years in this House, I have quite often known Governments to quash debate. [Interruption.] The Government Deputy Chief Whip is pointing at me in a…13 Sept 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillJust hon.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 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit: Wales7. How many people in Wales in receipt of universal credit are in work.13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)Now for the second part. The Minister is also wrong to suggest that somebody else should be devising time for us to debate, on a legislative measure, the issue of Prorogation. In…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseIs it not great to be back properly, with all of us here? One of the saddest stories I heard this week was about Sarah Harding, the Girls Aloud singer who died of cancer—partly,…09 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO Responses to Members(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on when he will ensure detailed responses are…09 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. I want to bring the Secretary of State to the Rhondda, if I may, and shove him down a tunnel. It is a tunnel that belongs to him, in fact: it is the tunnel between Blaencwm…09 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO Responses to MembersI didn’t say that.09 Sept 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI hope the House will bear with me if I speak for a little longer than others have, because it is important to put on the record precisely what the case is. It is always a delight…09 Sept 2021