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HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryThat specific point has not been raised with me in relation to brain injury because it is one of the seeable bits. It is the unseeable bits that are particularly difficult for PIP…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryMy hon. Friend is making a really important point. There are two other areas where we could do more in exactly the same way. One of those is in prisons, where toning down some of…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryMy hon. Friend has done a lot in this field herself. She has met with that group, which has been to see us here in Parliament, and I hope that they will be taking part in our…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryI beg to move, That this House notes the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on acquired brain injury and supports its conclusions; and urges the Government to work…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryI will be very brief, because the next debate is also very important. I was delighted with the speeches of all hon. Members; my only complaint is that my constituency is not…09 May 2019HANSARD Death of John Smith: 25th AnniversaryMy right hon. Friend may recall that one thing that happened at that funeral and that was subsequently replicated for Princess Diana’s funeral was that the service was broadcast…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryAll right. I am no expert, but I know about concussion in football. The last season has been especially bad. Mohamed Salah, Jan Vertonghen, David Ospina, Anthony Lopes and Fabian…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I know that many Members in the Chamber today and others, including Ministers who are unable to participate in the debate due to their…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYou are generous, Mr Speaker, especially because I am a naughty boy and was not entirely in the Chamber when the business question started. I am grateful to you—thank you very…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. One reason why carbon monoxide exposure matters so much to me is because it involves an element of social justice. Children from poorer…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. If there is one thing that I have learnt from my experience of melanoma this year—incidentally, the thing on the back of my head is not a brain…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryThat is one of the key points that everyone on the all-party group wanted to make. It is all very well saving someone’s life but, because we have seen so many miracles done by…09 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sMy hon. Friend said earlier that the BBC makes some of the best programming in the world, and we would all want to agree with that, but the difficulty is that if the BBC loses…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sThe truth of the matter is that by passing that responsibility on the Government have, if the BBC is to implement the Government’s pledge, taken a vast chunk out of the BBC’s…08 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that the Government have previously guaranteed that every penny from Europe that Wales lost would be matched by Westminster funding. That still…07 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI do not think so cruelly of the Leader of the House. I think of her more as the Wizard of Oz. Hmm. I know she dismisses the whole issue of how long the parliamentary Session has…02 May 2019HANSARD National Security Council LeakIt is difficult not to sympathise with the former Defence Secretary, because in a kangaroo court one cannot prove oneself innocent. That is what many of us are worrying about. If…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseRuby slippers!02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseA friend of, anyway.02 May 2019HANSARD World Immunisation WeekMay I be the first person in the Chamber to warmly welcome the Secretary of State to his new post? It is a delight sometimes to see a square peg in a square hole—if that does not…02 May 2019