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HANSARDCeasefire in GazaFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member for Rhondda (Sir Chris Bryant) is correct that in the precedent there was a Conservative amendment to a…21 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your guidance. My understanding from the advice I have seen is that Standing Order 31, whereby the motion is put…21 Feb 2024HANSARDProcedure CommitteeThe question of whether a vote is required for military action is not a matter that the Procedure Committee deals with, but I am sure colleagues on the Front Bench heard that…25 Jan 2024HANSARDProcedure CommitteeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and for his comments about the report. The report was published only yesterday, so I would not expect to have heard any response from…25 Jan 2024HANSARDProcedure CommitteeWith permission, I would like to make a statement on the Procedure Committee report “Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords”, which was published…25 Jan 2024HANSARDProcedure CommitteeI am grateful to my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. I know he is very, very concerned with matters of the constitution,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDProcedure CommitteeI thank the hon. Gentleman, and hon. Friend, for his comments. I would have been disappointed if he had not contributed, so I am very grateful he stayed to take part. He is…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Tributes to Sir Tony LloydI feel humbled to be able to speak about Tony. He shadowed me when I was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and it was always a pleasure and an honour to be able to have a…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseLast night, the Labour-led administration at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council voted to increase council allowances by 44%, at a cost of £400,000 to council tax payers.…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Beneficial Ownership Registers: Overseas Territories and Crown DependenciesI want to comment not on the substance of what the right hon. Lady is talking about but merely on the procedural aspects. She will know that the Procedure Committee is looking at…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUniversal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on GenocideI apologise for not being able to be here for the whole of this important debate. I am really interested in the points the Minister is making about ensuring human rights are…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Retirement of the Clerk of the HouseI rise to speak as Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee, and I wish to associate myself and my Committee with the remarks made so far. I know that we as a Committee…12 Sept 2023HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, you know the value of inter-parliamentary relations and, in particular, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which was founded nearly 135 years ago in this place. We are…12 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportMy hon. Friend will have the opportunity to make that point during the debate. I would also pick him up on having made a slight technical error in what he said. He said “you”,…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI will allow one further intervention. I did say only one earlier, but I will allow my hon. Friend.10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportWhat I am saying is that, as right hon. and hon. Members we have a duty to protect and work with our friends who are doing this difficult work. There are many ways in which…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI will give way a final time.10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportYes, absolutely—that is exactly the point. The Standards Committee and the Privileges Committee in particular have specific provisions in “Erskine May”, and the members of those…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportMy right hon. and learned Friend allows me to make a point that I have just considered as we have been debating. If this was a criminal trial, it would be sub judice and Members…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportThe hon. Lady said it was customary for the Privileges Committee to be chaired by a member of the Opposition; actually, under Standing Orders, it has to be chaired by a member of…10 Jul 2023