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HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemic and Hybrid Scrutiny ProceedingsI will give way to my predecessor.21 Apr 2020HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemic and Hybrid Scrutiny ProceedingsI absolutely agree with my deputy Chair. He is completely right. It has been very clear during all the Committee’s meetings, which have all been conducted virtually over the last…21 Apr 2020HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemic and Hybrid Scrutiny ProceedingsOf course, I will give way to my deputy Chair on the Procedure Committee.21 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Can he give reassurances to my constituent, Tracy Wood, who contacted me last night regarding her son? He is a Manchester…17 Mar 2020HANSARD Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require companies to prepare an annual statement on carbon in their supply chains; and for connected purposes. It may seem…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19May I repeat the point made by the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) about pubs and restaurants? I have been contacted by a number from the Moorlands today that are…16 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusMembers of the Procedure Committee are, like many in the House, concerned about how we make sure that we properly represent our constituents if either Members of Parliament or…09 Mar 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland EconomyThe Minister is right to say that the Northern Ireland economy has enormous potential, and there is no doubt that restoration of the Executive will unlock a great amount of that…05 Feb 2020HANSARDPublic Transport: North StaffordshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) on securing this…23 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am sure that my right hon. Friend values the work of local charities in his constituency, as I do in mine, but they often struggle to succeed, which is why I have organised a…23 Jan 2020HANSARDPublic Transport: North StaffordshireMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. With vision, we could make something really exciting happen for the whole of Stoke-on-Trent and north Staffordshire: we could see connectivity.…23 Jan 2020HANSARDPublic Transport: North StaffordshireI apologise to my hon. Friend, but I just wanted to make the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) has been able to make it for the end of the debate.…23 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I would like to build on the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) in his recent intervention. My farmers in…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI join others in paying tribute to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, for the work they have done. I know too well the hours and hours…16 Jan 2020HANSARD Business of the HousePeople opening their new year calendars, and now those who heard the Leader of the House announce the recess dates, will have noticed that the early May bank holiday has moved…09 Jan 2020HANSARD Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]May I say, Madam Deputy Speaker, what a privilege it is to have you in the Chair for this debate? I know that you have such humanity and that you will be touched by this debate…05 Nov 2019HANSARD Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]The hon. Lady was instrumental in setting up the inquiry from the beginning. Let me make a point to her that always struck me when I was in the Home Office dealing with these…05 Nov 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyI welcome the Queen’s Speech and some of the many measures that it contains. I also thank my right my hon. Friend the Secretary of State for mentioning from the Front Bench the…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMy right hon. Friend speaks with personal experience and great authority on this matter. He is absolutely right. So many agencies will have interaction with victims of domestic…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillIt is an honour to follow the spokesperson for the SNP, the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley). I welcome the Bill and the cross-party support for it. My…02 Oct 2019