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HANSARD Business of the HouseEarlier this year, the Information Commissioner presented a substantial and important report to Parliament requesting an extension of freedom of information laws to outsourced…04 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. I will come on to that point, but I absolutely agree with him. When I was researching this speech, I thought it would be…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention. She is of course absolutely right. Enforcement, which I will come on to, is a key issue. The Law Commission also said that…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 239444 relating to online homophobia. I will begin by outlining the case put by Bobby Norris, who started this petition…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI thank all hon. Members who spoke in the debate. It has been constructive, and we have had positive contributions from all the major parties in the Chamber. There are reasons to…01 Jul 2019HANSARDMiddle EastI think the whole House appreciates the efforts that were made by the Minister for the Middle East at the weekend to de-escalate this crisis, but can the Secretary of State tell…25 Jun 2019HANSARDLiving with DementiaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate. It is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the…25 Jun 2019HANSARDMiddle East13. What recent assessment he has made of the potential risk of military conflict between the US and Iran.25 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingWe are already diverting into a range of issues, and I will mention some examples. The hon. Gentleman gets there first on fish and chips; I am of an age that I can remember fish…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingI am grateful for the intervention, but I think it leads us into a slightly broader discussion about people’s view of the world. I have to say that I rather hanker after a less…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingI am grateful to the hon. Lady, who makes a powerful point; I will touch on it a little later, but I suspect that others will want to amplify it further. When I look around the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingTrue to form, my hon. Friend raises the more profound points of the debate. Those are exactly the trade-offs that must be considered in depth and detail, and I will come on to…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingPerhaps, and perhaps I have some sympathy with the Government’s current travails. However, it is fair to say that we have seen progress. The Government have looked at banning…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 232684 relating to unsustainable packaging. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir George. I welcome both…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point, which I am about to amplify. He is absolutely right that we have international responsibilities. As the public watched, listened and…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingI am grateful to everyone who has contributed to this interesting and useful debate, which has been conducted in a positive and constructive spirit. The contributions from all the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingMy hon. Friend makes an important point, which I will come on to and which I suspect will be brought out in the wider debate. The black plastic issue is very real, and we need to…24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingOr perhaps others might help me in that.24 Jun 2019HANSARDUnsustainable PackagingOnce again, my hon. Friend introduces the gravity that I would expect of him, and he makes serious points. I am sure others will refer to the need to reduce, reuse and recycle in…24 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS Funding: CambridgeshireWe had a discussion last week, but the Minister was unable to answer my question so I will try again. Is Cambridgeshire’s clinical commissioning group correct that it will have…18 Jun 2019