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HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]I can see that the Minister is looking pensive, so I hope that means he is thinking of some way to reassure us on this final, important point with respect to the triple lock and…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]Yes, and it is clearly important that there is a reassurance that the Secretary of State who is picked to do that job in these exceptional circumstances will either have previous…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]Does my hon. Friend agree that it is not above the Minister’s pay grade to be able to confirm that the conventions and arrangements that give the ISC a particular constitutional…25 Mar 2024HANSARDCyber-security and UK DemocracyI, too, am quite surprised at the difference between what was briefed and some of the information that the Deputy Prime Minister has given us today, and the sum of the action…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), and indeed all the fellow members of the ISC who have spoken on both sides of…25 Mar 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthI know how difficult it is for a Minister to get the entire Government to agree to do what they want them to do, when they want them to do it. However, that formulation of words…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthNo, I was just saying that I am not right hon.07 Mar 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthI certainly agree.07 Mar 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, in a room that is, for once, warmer than it is outside. Clearly, something is working better than it used to.…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthThe hon. Gentleman and I both attended the debate last Friday. Was he as disappointed as I was that, despite how modest the Bill was and how reasonable it attempted to be, some of…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLGBT History MonthIt is a great luxury not to be pushed for time these days in the House and, Mr Stringer, you tempt me; but let us see how we get on. I particularly welcomed the Mayor of London’s…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThis was a Budget entirely focused on the electoral prospects of the Conservative party, not the needs of the country or our people. The Chancellor decided that his only chance to…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Which part of his economic legacy is the Prime Minister most proud of? Is it presiding over the highest tax burden since the second world war, or is it delivering the slowest…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsMy right hon. Friend must be able to read my mind, because that was exactly the point I was coming on to make: in real terms, there are cuts of up to 18% in unprotected…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI think that the costing of the policy in the forecast ought to be more honest and it should be taken out of the scorecard if it is not to be put into effect. Taxes are still…06 Mar 2024HANSARDIslamophobiaIn 2019 the Government promised to abolish section 21 no-fault evictions, but the Bill that they finally published five years later, which the Minister mentioned, does not…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIslamophobia7. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of section 21 evictions on levels of homelessness.04 Mar 2024HANSARD Conversion Practices (Prohibition) BillDoes the Minister accept that if the Bill were to get a Second Reading, any of the Government’s worries about the current wording could be resolved in Committee? Those concerns…01 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has just told my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) that, as a Minister, it is inappropriate for him to comment on the bullying…28 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can you confirm that, many years ago, Opposition day debates were taken seriously by Governments, and if a Government lost a vote, as…21 Feb 2024