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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley), who spoke characteristically thoughtfully and…20 Dec 2019HANSARD Debate on the AddressThe right hon. Gentleman will know, as a former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how long it takes to get these major projects that will deliver big change up and…19 Dec 2019HANSARD Debate on the AddressI thank the hon. Lady for her point, which I am sure she will be making more firmly later. We have to look at this issue in the long term. Let us be clear: Governments of…19 Dec 2019HANSARD Debate on the AddressIt is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Chair of the House, Mr Speaker, and it is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), because despite our…19 Dec 2019HANSARDElection of SpeakerI think we all know there is a lack of trust in Parliament and politics right now, with everything from the behaviour in the Chamber to the allegations of bullying and sexual…04 Nov 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThe Attorney General has said that he is going to review whether advice should be published, but in answer to the former Attorney General, the right hon. and learned Member for…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThe Prime Minister believes himself, by all reports, to be a great statesman, but this House, in passing the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019, simply changed the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookIt would be helpful if the Secretary of State set out the cost to the taxpayer of Operation Matterhorn so far and what likelihood there is, realistically, of getting money back…25 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019After all the announcements over the summer, I had hoped for more detail today. The Chancellor and his Department might have a laser-like focus, but he can rest assured that the…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Education FundingWe need to beware the smoke and mirrors. There has been an 8% cut in per pupil funding, and it will take a while for an inflation-linked increase year on year to catch up with…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitOnce again we have heard bluff and bluster from the Prime Minister, after a summer during which he found a veritable forest of magic money trees. Can he tell me where he will find…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)For once, the right hon. Gentleman has made an error and over-promoted me, but I thank him for his distinctive comments. There is a serious point here: we are a representative…03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe Prime Minister has again given a long list of public spending commitments. I, for one, can see the difference between optimism and fantasy, so is the Prime Minister a…25 Jul 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities’ Statutory Care DutiesIf I had not been sitting down, I would have fallen over when the Secretary of State talked about the injection of extra cash for local authorities. This is, of course, on top of…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Serco Justice SystemI think the Minister deserves a medal for coming here with such a positive outlook on what has been a major catastrophe. In the case of all these strategic suppliers, one of the…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am proud to represent a borough that has some of the best schools in the country, so I am very disturbed that, in the past few days, Hackney New School has lost its fourth head…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI will not repeat the many thanks outlined by the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom), the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray) and others,…19 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (First sitting)indicated assent.04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 8, in schedule 1, page 10, line 11, leave out “appointed from amongst both” and insert “elected from”.04 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I tabled amendments 8 to 13 partly to explore how we could make sure that the membership of the Sponsor Body would…04 Jun 2019