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HANSARDPublic Order BillThe difficulty is with the private prayer—the silent prayer; that is what we are trying to protect. If the person is standing offensively in somebody’s face and trying to obstruct…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillOkay, well, I will wind up now, because I think the point has been well rehearsed. My concern is with the principle we are setting here. Of course, everyone must have sympathy…07 Mar 2023HANSARDEating Disorders Awareness WeekI thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for securing the debate and other Members who have spoken. I also pay tribute to Members who are not with us today: the right hon.…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundI have two concerns. The first is on privacy, which other Members have mentioned. The proposal is that the Bank of England can become your bank. The Minister says the currency…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI would be grateful for some clarity from the hon. Member. He says that the whole Bill is otiose, but does he not recognise any challenge to free speech on university campuses in…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI rise in support of the Government and am pleased that they have decided to reinstate the clause that includes the tort. I was taken aback by the shadow Minister’s suggestion…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am speaking to the amendments, so I will be more specific. Clause 1 is very helpful, and the amendments support it. I recognise that clause 1 as…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCarer’s Leave BillI congratulate the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) on not only her luck in having her name drawn out of the hat, but the drafting and presentation of the Bill,…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillI rise to support the Bill and the amendments that the Government have tabled, with the support of the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse). I recognise that, despite the Equality…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillI thank the hon. Member for that advice. I will look forward to that guidance, as I have great faith in that commission under its present chair to make sensible guidance. For the…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillI thank the hon. Lady for that point. It is important that we trust the organisation that will design the regulations. Does that not mean, if we are essentially outsourcing the…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) BillI am delighted to support the Bill, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool South (Scott Benton) on presenting it and on his speech. I am pleased that the…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on the Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Bill having its Second Reading in the other place—I am delighted that that Bill is making such good progress, and…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillThe Minister is right that the operation of park homes has, in a sense, outlived the legislation. One thing that has not changed is that most of these homes still receive their…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe A338-A346 is more or less a sheep track that runs between Salisbury and Swindon in my constituency. It was laid out in an age when the heaviest traffic on it was horse-drawn…19 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI put on record my appreciation and thanks for the NHS staff who serve my constituents in Devizes in Wiltshire, particularly those at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon and the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDWest Midlands EconomyAfter the second world war, Winston Churchill sent British Conservative lawyers to help to draft the European convention on human rights. That is something that we can be proud of…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsWill the Minister give way?13 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI am grateful. The Minister’s predecessor had asked the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to review the evidence behind the decision to roll out the vaccine to…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Vaccines: Potential HarmsI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this debate to the House. It is a very important debate that we should be having. He is talking about the relative risks for…13 Dec 2022