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HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI rise to speak in my capacity as Chair of the Procedure Committee. I have to start by apologising to my Clerk, who wrote a detailed technical note about the procedures involved…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI served with my right hon. Friend in the Whips Office and have enormous respect for him. The Committee proposed the motion. We asked the Committee to do its work, and it proposed…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportMy hon. Friend is a very assiduous member of the Procedure Committee. He is right that we would report evidence for an inquiry only if it had been given to us by a Member in good…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI will give way one further time and then continue to make my points.10 Jul 2023HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary AssociationI have only just spoken, so I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. He reminds me that we heard about Jon Davies’s incredible diplomatic skills at yesterday’s AGM.…06 Jul 2023HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary AssociationI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller) on securing his debate. I want to make three specific points regarding the Commonwealth…06 Jul 2023HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary AssociationIf we look at Monday’s business, we see that we may have an opportunity then; she might want to take that to the business managers.06 Jul 2023HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary AssociationI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. I think there is a statement that the UK Government could make here, which is about taking leadership and about demonstrating that we…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranEarlier this year, the British group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union hosted an event for BBC Persian where we heard incredibly powerful testimony from the journalists who were…06 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am running a campaign called “A Year of Reasons to Visit the Moorlands”. Each week, for a year, I am focusing on one of the many reasons to visit the moorlands. So far I have…05 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education Students: Statutory Duty of CareMy hon. Friend is making an incredibly powerful speech. I want to speak out on behalf of my constituent Esther Brennan, who is here with us today. Esther lost her son Theo. Theo…05 Jun 2023HANSARDOverseas TerritoriesI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) for securing this debate. I wish to make a brief intervention in my capacity as the Chair of the…11 May 2023HANSARDOverseas TerritoriesI agree with the hon. Gentleman that the best people to listen to on these matters are those from the overseas territories—and, I must say, the Crown dependencies, which are also…11 May 2023HANSARDSpecial school in BiddulphThe people of Biddulph, in my constituency, are at a disadvantage to many others because there is no specific special educational needs and disabilities provision there. They have…20 Apr 2023HANSARDWorld Down Syndrome DayMr Deputy Speaker, I hope you will forgive me, but my constituent Ed Daly is in the Public Gallery with his mum, Jane. They spoke at the event on Tuesday in Parliament and they…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the agreement 25 years ago would not have been possible without the sacrifices and statesmanship of so many, but will he…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State knows that I rarely rise to speak in debates that he leads, not because I disagree with what he is doing but because I think it is…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI agree wholeheartedly. My hon. Friend always speaks with great wisdom. When I was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, it was clear to me that leaving the European Union…22 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. The argument is frequently put forward—as a former Home Office Minister, I have used it myself—that there will be duplication, and that that…22 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on getting the Bill to this stage. It will be a fantastic Act of Parliament once it has passed through its final stages. My right hon. Friend…22 Feb 2023