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HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI will not detain the House for long, but I felt the need to stand up and be counted on both the specific and the general contents of this debate. I oppose the removal of my hon.…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeFor the information of the House, I would like to read out the text I have received from my Whips: “The motion to change the membership of Select Committees Foreign Affairs will…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI thank my right hon. Friend, who is my friend in this place in the true meaning of the word. One of the most shocking things is that attempts were going to be made to remove my…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseNiloofor Begum is a severely frail 80-year-old suffering from end stage renal failure, hypothyroidism and dementia, and she depends on her granddaughter for 24-hour care. Despite…14 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionOrder. This is the first time I have had to deal with an issue of whether to ask a Member to withdraw a comment about another Member, so bear with me. Will the hon. Gentleman make…11 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionOrder. The hon. Member, who did not have the decency to arrive when the debate started, is making an intervention, not a speech. Can he get to the question?11 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionAs I heard it, your comments were that the right hon. Member for Wokingham had earned money as a result of giving advice about the EU and the withdrawal negotiations.11 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionDoes the hon. Member for Glasgow East wish to withdraw his comments? The right hon. Member for Wokingham has not, in his view, advised people to take their money out of Britain…11 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionThe advice to me is that I cannot force the hon. Gentleman to withdraw his comments. I call Jenny Chapman.11 Mar 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsWill the Minister unequivocally put on the record that any consultation document has to go everywhere or nowhere, and that some consideration must be given to how much things…19 Feb 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsMy recollection of that particular consultation was that that was really the scorched earth strategy of deciding that St Helier and Epsom were going to close and St George’s would…19 Feb 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsLists of NHS capital programmes in London have appeared in various newspapers, with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at the top of those lists—Charing Cross and other…19 Feb 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsLet me start by putting on the record my respect and admiration for every single doctor, nurse, clinician and staff member at both St Helier and St George’s hospitals for their…19 Feb 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsThere is no reason why the hon. Gentleman should know this, so I am not trying to be tricky, but Colliers Wood surgery is the title of a split-site GP surgery. One site is on…19 Feb 2019HANSARD St Helier and St George’s HospitalsI agree with the hon. Gentleman, but it is about not just distance travelled but who is travelling that distance: do they have access to a car, or do they have public transport?…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that some communities are not interested in going to the pub and want to drink in the street? The street then becomes their drinking place, which…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI feel a sense of déjà vu. When I became an MP in 1997, antisocial behaviour was one of the biggest issues and, under the guidance of Prime Minister Tony Blair, we took huge…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourDoes my hon. Friend agree that the exponential growth in private renting has exacerbated the problems of antisocial behaviour? Landlords often do not care about the behaviour of…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI completely agree with my hon. Friend. We got a kickback on this in 1997-98—principally from the police, who felt that the best way to deal with crime was in fast cars—but there…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisocial BehaviourI am delighted that I gave way to my hon. Friend. Thanking our public servants and our police who go the extra mile to make our areas better is really important. All too often,…07 Feb 2019