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HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIn your view.06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIf there is a fixed date for a general election, there are fewer options for the Government to manipulate the situation. That is a publicly known fact to everybody, so there is a…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe hon. Gentleman is the Mona Lisa in so many ways. I do not know what to make of that. My point is that the Government are protesting too much. I think that is counterproductive…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI think I am right in saying that the original motion tabled by the Government did commit, but the version carried by the House, which was an Opposition amendment, said that the…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillHistorically, many different things have counted as motions of no confidence—for instance, losing a vote on an amendment to the Loyal Address following the Queen’s Speech or on an…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Loss of Secret DocumentsThe thing is that the Minister is far too nice and is being far too reasonable. Should we not all be a bit more angry about this? Carelessness is a form of treachery when dealing…28 Jun 2021HANSARDCommittee on StandardsMay I say that the panel was very ably chaired by Rima Makarem? She herself, as a lay member of the House of Commons Commission, is a clear instance of how much lay members can…28 Jun 2021HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor BodyIt is good that Simon Thurley is there, but would not my hon. Friend be surprised if such an eminent historian as Mr Thurley were to support a proposal that the parliamentary…28 Jun 2021HANSARDSecurity of Ministers’ Offices and CommunicationsSomething really does not add up here. As I understand it, the Minister is saying that the camera in the office of the Secretary of State was not covert. In other words, the…28 Jun 2021HANSARDParliamentary Works Sponsor BodyI am not going to delay people for long either. I just wonder: we are doing all this appointing of people to the Sponsor Body, but are they ever going to mix a bucket of cement?28 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusIt is wholly misleading to call it a terminus date anyway. Even if we were to implement cessation of some of the measures on 19 July, there will still be lots of other measures…16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusThe Secretary of State knows that I broadly agree with what he is doing today. He referred just now to us having to live with the virus as we do with flu. With flu, we do not…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI kept on thinking, all weekend, “Thank God Biden beat Trump.” I think that the Prime Minister is nodding. Following the Carbis Bay declaration, may I urge the Prime Minister to…16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusOn someone proving that they are double vaccinated, there is still an issue between England and Wales and other parts of the UK. I wonder when that will be solved, because…16 Jun 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is somewhat different. It relates to the fact that if the Government are extending the provisions in England in relation to the…14 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI want to ask about the Test and Trace app, because this relates to freedom as well. As I understand it, the Government intend to keep the legislation in place on Test and Trace…14 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I completely agree with every single word of your statement earlier, as I guess you knew I would. I want to ask, however, about the provisions for…14 Jun 2021HANSARD Learned Societies at Burlington HouseI should declare that I am a candidate for fellowship of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. If anybody in this room is a fellow, please do not blackball me. I should also say that…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Learned Societies at Burlington HouseI want to return to the point that the Minister made about what the learned societies do. I would dearly love them to be able to take some of their experience and knowledge around…08 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryI know that it would be hard to spot it in what the Secretary of State has said this afternoon, but I have a sneaking suspicion that when the Chancellor of the Exchequer rang him…07 Jun 2021