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HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThe hon. Lady is right. Select Committees, of which we are both Chairs, have conducted their business virtually, with some physical proceedings to take evidence. She and I have…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI will be sitting down shortly. I wanted to ensure that I took interventions because I know that many Members who were not here for the start of the debate will not be able to…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateAs I say, I will sit down shortly, because I want to make sure that the amendment can be moved and that we have time for the vote, but I urge my hon. Friend to consider voting for…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThe right hon. Gentleman is correct. We asked for this debate during the urgent question last week, and we asked for it again on Thursday. This debate has been sprung on Members,…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateIt is lovely to see everybody bobbing up and down—we do not often get to see that nowadays—and there is no call list. Goodness me, Madam Deputy Speaker, what days we hark back to!…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI see that many Members wish to intervene. I shall give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Eastleigh (Paul Holmes) and then the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady).24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI know that my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Baron) will not mind my mentioning him, because we have been in communication today about this debate…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise, but could you confirm that if a closure motion were moved, proxy votes would not count towards it?24 Nov 2020HANSARDDHSC Answers to Written QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), who is a fellow member of the Procedure Committee. I was pleased to…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI rise to speak to the report issued by the Procedure Committee last night about virtual participation in the debates of this House for those who cannot participate physically. It…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI thank the right hon. and learned Lady for her comments. It is important that I make it clear that the Government moved their position on proxy votes so that those who have a…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI thank my right hon. Friend, who was an esteemed Leader of the House in her day and knows these issues incredibly well. The point that the Committee wanted to get across was that…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThe hon. Gentleman is right about the way in which our democracy is being portrayed. When we introduced our hybrid proceedings in April, we were actually held up around the world…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI thank my hon. Friend, a fellow Committee member, who has made such a contribution to the report. I agree wholeheartedly with what he says.19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI thank the hon. Gentleman, who is another esteemed member of the Committee; it is very gracious of him to make those comments. His experience as a member of the previous…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy hon. Friend made a very important point on Monday when she raised the issue of pregnant women. The fact that those women do not fall into the definition of clinically extremely…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI thank the hon. Lady—another esteemed member of the Committee. It is much easier answering questions on a statement from here on the Back Benches than it is from the Dispatch Box…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateYou will spot, Mr Deputy Speaker, that Procedure Committee members are very active in the Chamber, and it is great to have a contribution from another member. I absolutely agree…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI am not going to try to answer that question on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House. I am sure he will answer it for himself. I say again that the House wants…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThe right hon. Lady is right when she says that we are a world leader. As I said in the statement, the rest of the world looked on in awe at what we in this House were able to…19 Nov 2020