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HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I will speak to amendment 1 and the three other amendments in my name and the names of several colleagues. I want to start with enormous praise for the national health service,…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes a very important point. I know the role she has played, in particular in the all-party group on the armed forces, and of course in the NATO Parliamentary…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I am tempted to make a point of order! No—you are absolutely right, Mr Deputy Speaker. The key thing is to have the same protocols for all sports, so that there is the same…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]Absolutely. One key thing that we saw repeatedly—this is an issue for the Bill, I think—was the fluctuating nature of some brain injuries. For instance, fatigue is a very common…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I beg to move amendment 1, page 5, line 10, at end insert— “(3A) Before making any regulations under subsection (3)(b), the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]That is true, but she has to prove her mettle on this. I do not mean that in a nasty way; I simply mean that we want some changes.12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I was expecting my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) to go on a bit longer, but now that I have the Floor, let me say this. There is quite a bit of…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]Yes. People will also attribute bad intention to the person when what is happening is that the short-term memory is simply not functioning properly. For instance, someone with…12 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Food InsecurityOne recent change has actually made things worse. A bunch of my constituents, who were merely changing address with the same social landlord and who were covered by the…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Police Grant ReportI am sorry that I do not have much voice. One of the new tools we have given to the police is the ability to take people to court for assaults on emergency workers, including…05 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKSince I have hardly got any voice, I might not make the five minutes—and I do have a cough, I might say to the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands). I…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Data Protection (Charges and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2019I presume that the Minister will come on to this point, but she keeps on talking about elected representatives, and I do not understand why Members of the House of Lords are…04 Feb 2019HANSARDNissan in SunderlandThe Secretary of State is a nice man, but I honestly feel as if we are going to hell in a handcart. The only people who can genuinely stop this conveyor belt towards a no-deal…04 Feb 2019HANSARDNew Hospitals: Capital FundingIt is not just about capital spending; it really is, in relation to acquired brain injury, for instance, also about making sure we have enough people to follow on from the work…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsBut is it true?29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationMr Speaker, “‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” The Minister keeps referring to bringing together hubs, but the danger is that…29 Jan 2019HANSARDVenezuelaWhen I visited Venezuela in 2009, I was shown around a theoretically brand-new hospital, which was meant to be fully operational. Those showing me around must have thought I was a…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Proxy VotingTrog?22 Jan 2019HANSARD Proxy VotingYou’re sad!22 Jan 2019HANSARD Proxy VotingAs it happens, I do not have children, although I was told categorically by an eight-year-old in Ton Pentre school last week that I have two sons, aged two and six, which goes to…22 Jan 2019