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HANSARDDraft Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I do not intend to delay you, Ms Fovargue, or the Committee for much longer. I welcome the speech made by the hon. Member for Aberdeen North. The purpose of the regulations is to…19 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am really grateful to the hon. Lady for that information, which reassures me a little. I only hope that the Government will now look south of the border to try to improve the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Prime Minister throwing her Chancellor under the bus in order to save her skin is not a tough decision. Tough decisions are made by people who then show true leadership by…17 Oct 2022HANSARDLawfare and Investigative JournalismI noticed that these cases had been filed, though not yet served, and I tabled a written question in this place about their effects on media freedom. I have to tell the House and…17 Oct 2022HANSARDNew Developments on Green-belt LandIt is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi) on securing the debate…12 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe upkeep of the Chester city walls costs about £600,000 a year, but that money has to come out of the local authority’s highways budget. Can the Government set aside a small…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenI rise on behalf of my constituents in the City of Chester. What is so telling to me as I listen to hon. and right hon. Members across the House is that, among the grief and the…10 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Policy: Departmental TransferI thank the hon. Lady for that question, but the Committee will simply respond to however the Government organise themselves. It is a matter for the Government and the Prime…08 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Act 2022: Regulation and Electoral ProcessThe Speaker’s Committee has not made an assessment of the potential effect of the Elections Act on the matters the hon. Member refers to in her question. The Commission’s view is…08 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Act 2022: Regulation and Electoral ProcessThe cap has not been considered in the Speaker’s Committee or discussed by the Speaker’s Committee and the Electoral Commission. The Commission says that it is committed to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Policy: Departmental TransferThe Speaker’s Committee has not made any such assessment. However, the change in ministerial responsibility has had an impact on the Committee in a number of ways. As I mentioned…08 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Act 2022: Electoral CommissionThe Speaker’s Committee has no plans to make an assessment of the potential effect of the Elections Act on the impartiality of the Electoral Commission. The commission itself has…08 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Act 2022: Electoral CommissionAs I said in my previous answer, the Speaker’s Committee has made no assessment on this particular matter. Any changes to the Elections Act will be a matter for the House, and I…08 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Act 2022: Electoral CommissionLet me repeat the statement that the Electoral Commission itself has issued: it believes that the introduction of a strategy and policy statement would be inconsistent with the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDElections Act 2022: Electoral CommissionThe hon. Gentleman himself has raised it with you, Mr Speaker, and I believe that the composition of the Committee is a matter for you. Its composition changed recently because of…08 Sept 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSmall businesses in my constituency wanting to export to the European Union tell me that they have to fill in customs declarations of up to 70 pages. Why are the Government…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK SanctionsI intend to speak only briefly. One of the great privileges of sitting in on a debate such as this is to hear from colleagues who know so much more and have worked so much harder…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I add my congratulations to the England women’s team and, in particular, to Georgia Stanway for that fantastic winning goal? The Leader of the House is a big Nottingham Forest…21 Jul 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK SanctionsMy hon. Friend is an expert in matters of procedure. He is also an expert in matters Magnitsky. If he thinks that that is the best way forward, I think it is the best way forward.…21 Jul 2022HANSARDWar in Ukraine: UK Farming and Food ProductionI beg to move, That this House has considered the effect of the war in Ukraine on UK farming and food production. It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Angela, and…20 Jul 2022