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HANSARD Business of the HouseIn the 18th century, a Government Minister used to stand at the entrance to Westminster Hall at the end of the parliamentary Session and reward MPs who had voted loyally with the…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCorrupt.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseReally? That’s great.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCorrupt.19 Jan 2023HANSARDInvestment Zones4. What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the proposed refocusing of investment zone policy.18 Jan 2023HANSARDInvestment ZonesThat is all very well, but the Government have basically completely binned their investment zone policy. I have had a letter from a Government Minister saying that it is all being…18 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerOn how people get a gender recognition certificate, the key thing is that we should take the suggestion that it is a pathology out of the process. I do not want it to feel like we…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI wonder whether my hon. Friend has looked at paragraph 3. The Minister, who was not taking interventions earlier, suggested that all the Scottish Government had to do was bring…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI am very reluctant to be goaded by the SNP, but none the less here we are. Just to be clear, I certainly wanted to make sure that there is a proper gender recognition plan across…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Ukraine: UpdateThis war has been going on not for 10 months but for nine years. We need to make sure that Putin ultimately loses, but it is not just about military solutions, it is also about…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am a member of the GMB. I happen not to have received any money from the GMB, although I would be proud to do so—certainly a lot prouder that I would be of receiving £2.5…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Billrose —16 Jan 2023HANSARDThe Execution of Alireza AkbariMr Akbari’s judicial murder is particularly poignant for us because he was a dual national, but all the murders that have been committed by the Iranian Government over the last…16 Jan 2023HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Briefly, the motion has now been agreed that the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) should be suspended from the…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Committee on Standards (Lay Members)I will be very brief, too, but I felt that I ought to say a couple of words, since I am the only person in the House who has met all the candidates, as I was a member of the…09 Jan 2023HANSARDChannel 4Would it not be really nice if, one day, when a Government Minister was appointed to replace another Government Minister and they knew that the policy their predecessor came up…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe reason the British countryside looks different when driving down the motorway is that the Labour Government in 1945 banned out-of-town advertising hoardings. Why have the…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Christmas AdjournmentI do not know how you feel, Mr Deputy Speaker, but it seems to me that everything in this country at the moment is broken and bust, including the Passport Office, the Driver and…20 Dec 2022HANSARD UkraineOf course Putin has got to be defeated, but that means not just going down a military set of avenues but ensuring that every part of British society is doing whatever it can to…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade BarriersI am not sure that I follow the Minister’s Twitter feed so avidly as other Members— [Interruption.] Easy! I suspect that he might have retweeted something that was published by…15 Dec 2022