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HANSARD Flooding: StaffordshireIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Theo Clarke) for securing the debate. It has to be said that…07 Oct 2020HANSARD Professional and Amateur Sport: Government SupportI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for securing this urgent question. She is truly a doughty supporter of all sports,…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingI want to say absolutely, categorically, that the right hon. Lady’s evidence was very informative and informed our report. She is right that the evidence is published under a…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingI wanted to put on the record that at the meeting of the Procedure Committee earlier we agreed to a short sharp inquiry into the use of call lists and time limits. We encourage…23 Sept 2020HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. My apologies for being slightly delayed in raising this point of order, but I hope that you can help me. I have been approached by a number…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingI absolutely agree. The point of my amendment was to give the House an opportunity to have its say. I personally believe there is a majority now for a return to voting by phone,…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingI, too, will attempt to keep my remarks short. I thank my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House for accepting most of the recommendations in my Committee’s report. We do…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingAbsolutely, and I would reflect that. I gave evidence to the Procedure and House Affairs Committee of the Canadian Parliament, and exactly the same points of view were put…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for the work that she did to get us to this point. May I just assure her that the Procedure Committee is committed to looking at proxy voting…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingNot only is it not possible for a Member to find the Minister that they need to find in the queue in a socially distanced way, but they are not able to do so privately, because…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy Votingrose—23 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman is making some powerful points. Does he recall that, when the first version of the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill was brought forward before the…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman will recall that there was an addendum to the withdrawal agreement, which was agreed and would have been lodged in the international court that would have made…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is an honour to rise today in this debate, following a number of very thoughtful contributions from right hon. and hon. Members across the Chamber. Although it is an honour to…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman would have to take up the reasons why the case was taken with the lady in question, but the DeSouza case is a clear example of how the Northern Ireland Act 1998…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4)In my role as Chair of the Procedure Committee, I welcome the fact that my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House has tabled this motion. There is no doubt that this Parliament…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4)I agree with much of what my hon. Friend says and I think it is very good that we are actually having a debate on this matter. My right hon. Friend the Leader of the House will…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Kidsgrove Sports CentreI am so grateful to my hon. Friend and next-door neighbour. He is speaking up for a community asset that my constituents in Staffordshire Moorlands value and use as well, but does…09 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicIf I may say, as Chair of the Procedure Committee, I always relish the opportunity to discuss procedure in this place. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI thank my hon. Friend, who is a member of the Committee, for his kind words and his point about the temporary nature of the arrangements. It is incredibly important that…08 Jun 2020