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HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseMagnitsky!02 Jun 2020HANSARD StandardsThank you very much, Mr Speaker. I, too, pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green), who has been a magnificent Chair of the Standards…11 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe idea that workers will hear the Prime Minister on Sunday and change what they were going to do on Monday, and that businesses up and down the land will suddenly be able to…06 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMy inbox has been packed for days with questions from over-70-year-olds saying that they simply do not understand what the Government advice is. Is it that none of them should…05 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI think that 1 May was also the feast day of St Panacea, which may be of interest to Donald Trump. I want to ask about cancer, because 367,000 people a year in this country…29 Apr 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillWill the Minister give way?23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillAll right. Let us stand on these things; they are the ones that matter. The Solicitor General rang me the other day and made the important point that we are suspending, very…23 Mar 2020HANSARD A&E Departments: StaffingI should be grateful if Members left quietly, if only because this debate is meant to be about the staffing of accident and emergency departments throughout the whole United…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI wonder whether the Secretary of State may not need an additional power in relation to the Home Office being able to waive fees for tier 2 and tier 5 visas for foreign nationals…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillI rise merely to refer to the issue of the timing and the length of the Bill. As Members will know, the Minister said in the previous debate that the Government were tabling a new…23 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI warmly condemn—warmly commend, I mean—the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for recognising that, sometimes, Opposition Members want to be helpful with their…23 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsForeign national doctors and medical students at Morriston Hospital in Swansea are very concerned about their immigration status. They face significant bills if they want to renew…23 Mar 2020HANSARD A&E Departments: StaffingThe former Health Secretary, who is now Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, said earlier today that the claim that 10,000 tests a day are being done now is a myth and…23 Mar 2020HANSARD A&E Departments: StaffingTwo things are vital in this key moment when the NHS is fearing a tsunami coming down the road, if that is not a mixed metaphor. The first is personal protective equipment. My…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillWill the Minister give way?23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillI have to say to the Minister that she is worrying me more and more with every sentence, because it sounds as if the Government are intending to drive this through for two years,…23 Mar 2020HANSARD A&E Departments: StaffingThat is a brilliant moment, and of course I celebrate it. When I was a vicar, I used to be there for quite a lot of births, giving blessings for babies in the special care baby…23 Mar 2020HANSARD A&E Departments: StaffingMy heart wants to sink every time I hear of any assaults on emergency workers. That is why I brought forward a private Member’s Bill a few years ago, which I know the hon. Member…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillPersonally, I would prefer the time period to be shorter. I would prefer Government Ministers not to be switching powers on and off, because that will lead to them being more…23 Mar 2020HANSARD A&E Departments: StaffingMany local authorities say they have no masks, no aprons and no gloves, let alone the training in how to remove them. I am reliably informed by A&E doctors that with some of the…23 Mar 2020