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HANSARDHate Crime Action PlanQueer bashing is still a fact of life in modern Britain, depressingly, however we have changed the laws, and it is still a fact that young gay boys and girls are six times more…12 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI warmly congratulate the new Leader of the House, although I will not do your trick, Mr Speaker, of reminding him of where we first met as it would be far too embarrassing for…06 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYou’ve already done it.06 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)I think that what the Minister was probably moving towards suggesting is that there is no intention to hand the building over until such time as a full set of plans has been…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)I wholeheartedly support the fact that the Bill is finally before Committee, and regret that it has taken so many years, not only under this Government, but under previous…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (Second sitting)I will not delay the Committee long, Mr Hanson, I promise you, but I want to raise a couple of issues that are important to clarify. As Members will know, schedule 3 lays out how…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (Second sitting)It is a great delight to see you in the Chair, Mr Hanson. I, too, support the idea of elections to the Sponsor Body. One of the most positive things that has happened since I…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)You can’t move it.04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)I am afraid that the Minister’s argument may be strongly supportive of the amendment in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester. Clause 2 already lays out…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)I think the Minister is saying that if the amendment that was suggested as a potential manuscript amendment were available to us, then he would be in favour of it. Can he commit…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)My hon. Friend makes a good point. One of the problems in the building is that nobody has yet managed to count correctly the number of brass windows we have—it is either 4,800 or…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)They are not very useful for this project, but there may be stonemasonry skills that could be very important for this building. It is interesting that the recent work on the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)On a point of order, Sir Gary. Rather than several of us making four speeches, might it not be better to have just one debate on all the amendments to the clause and vote on them…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (Second sitting)I agree with the thrust of what everybody is saying, but it is worth bearing in mind that this is a wholesale set of issues, down to the fact that the annunciators are in red and…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)I am getting a bit confused. The Minister seems to say that this is not a Government project, so the Government will not table amendments. However, they will resist amendments, so…04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI think the right hon. Gentleman was about to give way to me at the time—before we were so rudely interrupted. Earlier, he raised the issue of the cloisters being vacated, and the…21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeI apologise for arriving a little late, Sir Gary; there is a debate in the main Chamber relating to similar areas of interest. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I agree…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillSeveral times, the Leader of the House has referred to the seven parliamentarians who will be on the Sponsor Body, but the Bill says no fewer than four and no more than eight. The…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Billrose—21 May 2019HANSARD Intimidation in Public LifeThe point is not that any of us is intimidated by this behaviour. None of us is going to shy away from our full beliefs just because somebody paints something on a door or shouts…21 May 2019