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HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformI am grateful to the Minister for his swift response to my request earlier this afternoon for support for the people at Everest in Treherbert, who look likely to lose their jobs…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Checks on Goods Entering UKWhat do the Government have against the £6.2 billion floristry industry in this country, which employs 240,000 people—seven times as many dentists as we have in this country? Many…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformYou have never impressed me before, and I have known you a very long time!29 Apr 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: BournemouthHow many children in schools in Bournemouth have relied on special educational needs and disability provision because they have had an acquired brain injury in the last five…29 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is a very simple question to the Deputy Prime Minister: does the Foreign Secretary stand recused in any aspect of his job by virtue of his financial interests, either now or…25 Apr 2024HANSARDNominations for Honours: ScrutinyOne.25 Apr 2024HANSARDMinisterial Code9. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of compliance with the ministerial code.25 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is standard practice in schools, universities, the NHS, local government and Government Departments that if somebody is arrested for or charged with a sexual or violent crime,…25 Apr 2024HANSARDMinisterial CodeIt is fascinating to see four times as many Ministers as Conservative Back Benchers in the Chamber today. Paragraph 1(3)(d) of the ministerial code says: “Ministers should be as…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCommunity Ownership FundMr Speaker, I know you know that there could not possibly be a better project to receive funding from the Government than the Rhondda tunnel, which would connect Blaencwm and…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the right hon. and learned Member give way?22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWould not the right hon. and learned Member’s argument about whether their lordships should cave in have more weight if the policy had any mandate from the people? It was not…22 Apr 2024HANSARD Zoological Society of London (Leases) BillThat is going in Hansard .19 Apr 2024HANSARD Zoological Society of London (Leases) BillI bet Guy could get a dentist!19 Apr 2024HANSARD Zoological Society of London (Leases) BillYou animal.19 Apr 2024HANSARD Zoological Society of London (Leases) BillI concur.19 Apr 2024HANSARD Zoological Society of London (Leases) BillIt is really a sort of point of order. I do not think it appropriate for anyone presenting a piece of legislation to claim the monarch’s support or otherwise. That is not what…19 Apr 2024HANSARDFamilies and HouseholdsSame-sex couples are able to show love and be a good family as well, so why will the Church of England not recognise same-sex marriage?18 Apr 2024HANSARDSecurity Threat from ChinaI am sorry, but I am not convinced by the Government’s attitude on this. When the Deputy Prime Minister came to see us a few weeks ago, he did not say anything new; he announced…15 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateThe Prime Minister is right to say that we and our allies need to be very clear-sighted about the activities of Iran and Russia. However, when we consider that British businesses…15 Apr 2024