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HANSARDTopical QuestionsHeywood Magic Market in my constituency has been offering stalls for just £28 a week, enabling sole traders and the self-employed to find new, innovative ways of earning a living…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that colleagues will be delighted to know that my time has been shortened to four minutes. First, I join colleagues across the House in…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, but if they were taken into account and taken seriously, we would not need legislation such as this. What I described should dispel…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillOnly honourable? Very honourable indeed. We the powerful must protect the strong in order to protect the weak. In welcoming the Bill, I join others in the House and veterans in…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillMy hon. Friend is entirely correct. I say with no shame that I am a law graduate, but I am extremely offended by the behaviour of some of my compatriots, and their wings need to…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson), who made a reasonable and moderate speech. In our debate on the Bill today, we have heard some…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19My constituency is one of several under local measures, and has been for several weeks, so I would like to pay tribute to my constituents—the businesses, individuals and families…22 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. This is one of the more difficult speeches I have had to deliver in my short time in the House, and that is not to…16 Sept 2020HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsI start by paying tribute to our law enforcement and our Royal Navy, despite the comments of Opposition Members. It is approximately a 300-mile drive from Heywood in my…02 Sept 2020HANSARDChinaIf we are for human rights, we must be for human rights everywhere. If we are for the rule of law, we need to be for the rule of law everywhere. In welcoming today’s decisive…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Railway Station: GamesleyI thank my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robert Largan) for securing this important debate. It is widely known among his fellow northern MPs that he is a doughty champion…15 Jul 2020HANSARDTree-lined StreetsI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require building developers to ensure that the streets of major new developments are lined with trees; and for connected…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipI would like to say that I am surprised and overwhelmed by the positive atmosphere and constructive tone of the debate and that the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber…15 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThe hon. Gentleman knows that I have a lot of time for him, too. I am not here to blindly say that I agree with everything that my party has ever done; I think that using an…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillOkay. Somebody else can deal with automaticity.14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillFirst, I thank the Minister and her team for their hard work on this Bill. There are a select few of us in the House who can get excited about boundary reviews, and most of us are…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThey sound like lovely parishes. I could also mention Norden, Bamford, Castleton, Heywood and Middleton in my constituency, and just have. I wish to pay tribute to everybody who…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillCertainly, in some of the larger metropolitan boroughs, there is what I call the martini paradox, where three wards is not quite enough and four is too many.14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillShall I wind up, Madam Deputy Speaker?14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI will not.14 Jul 2020