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HANSARDSue Gray ReportWhat a load of baloney. Excuse after excuse after excuse, and it simply does not wash with the British public, who are sick and tired of being taken for fools. The truth is that…25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingObscure, maybe.25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingI completely agree with my hon. Friend. Indeed, I am absolutely confident that the Minister will tell us later when it is going to be published, because the Home Secretary has…25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingBefore the Minister concludes, will she give way?25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingWe have a few minutes, so we might as well take them up. I will intervene twice, if the Minister lets me. The Committee on Standards has said that at the moment some Members chair…25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingI shall try another one. The hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker) made a really important point, which is that most hon. Members have no understanding of whether somebody who comes…25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingI think it is a matter for individuals to make their decisions on that. I have said what I said and the hon. Gentleman knows why I said it. There is not a formal process for a…25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. The hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) can speak as long as he likes on this subject as far as I am…25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingWhich is it?25 May 2022HANSARDForeign LobbyingNo, honourable.25 May 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit11. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on trends in the level of people in (a) Rhondda constituency and (b) Wales in receipt of universal credit.25 May 2022HANSARDUniversal CreditThe thing is, 6,320 households in the Rhondda are in receipt of universal credit, and when the Government cut universal credit by £20 a week last year, that took £6.5 million out…25 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillI prefer the cheery version of the Home Secretary, if I am honest. In my constituency, we have a high level of domestic abuse—it is higher than in any neighbouring…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order Billrose —23 May 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can you help me get an answer out of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy? I first wrote on behalf of my…23 May 2022HANSARDNorth East Ambulance ServiceIt feels as if there is no sense of urgency. I introduced the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 to protect emergency workers; I hope that it is working, but…23 May 2022HANSARDSEND Review: Further EducationWill the Government expressly include acquired brain injury in the SEND review? A lot of youngsters who are affected by it, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, who are…23 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthI will not, because I am looking forward to hearing the hon. Gentleman’s speech later. I am sure it will be absolutely magnificent. There is also a mental health Bill that was…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthFive thousand one hundred and fifty-six people were admitted to hospital between September last year and February this year with malnutrition in England alone. That is more than…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthI understand that lots of countries in the world have been through similar problems and also have a cost of living crisis, but can the Minister explain why the British Government…18 May 2022