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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. This Government have spent more taxpayers’ money than any previous Government on public opinion polling. Over the past 16 months since July 2020, I have asked the Government…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. In the next week or so, the Secretary of State will receive the Goldacre report on maximising the use of data in the national health service for both research and operational…23 Nov 2021HANSARDInternational Workers with STEM QualificationsLast week, I met the chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, to discuss the challenges facing Britain as we seek to become a leading science superpower. He spoke of the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDInternational Workers with STEM Qualifications2. What steps her Department is taking to attract international workers with science, technology, maths and engineering qualifications to the UK.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford). Although I may disagree with much of what he says, he always speaks with compassion, commitment and belief,…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way and I am pleased I have provided half his speech for him. I have an important point in support of his argument. Much of the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSpeaker's StatementI first became a friend of James when he joined the shadow Home Office team about a decade and a half ago. It was a time of huge controversy and, as Members can imagine, it was a…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)The Secretary of State was not originally responsible for this. The issue that my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) raises was first raised on 23 March 2020…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)May I ask my right hon. Friend to hesitate in his laudatory comments about the Opposition Front Benchers? One problem we have is that we cannot amend the provisions. The deal they…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)I agree with every word of what the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler) said. She made the point that we took the Bill through the House in one day and it was in fact…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSalisbury Incident 2018: UpdateI welcome the Home Secretary’s response today, which I have to say contrasts with the responses of previous Governments to the Litvinenko murder on Putin’s orders, including that…21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt seems that legislation is the only way that the hundreds of postmasters and postmistresses who have had their lives destroyed by the Horizon scandal will get sufficient…21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsCan I express my delight at the arrival of my hon. Friend in Cabinet? She demonstrates that you do not need to be a boring conformist to get on in this world. Returning to the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.16 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe distinguishing characteristic of the emergency Coronavirus Act was not so much the new powers, which already existed in the Civil Contingencies Act 2014 and other Acts, but in…14 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. In the recent court decision to extradite Dr Mike Lynch, the Serious Fraud Office made a submission in defiance of normal standards of British justice. Despite the SFO finding…14 Sept 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderThe powers that be.14 Sept 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I raise this partly for information and partly with regard to the role of the Chair in protecting the rights of the House. We have all…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsAs the hon. Gentleman did to me. I am actually going to commend him for this. The punishment here is not denial of access to the House of Commons; the punishment is reputational.…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsFrom memory, this was referring back to a previous judgment of the hon. Gentleman’s Committee back in 1998-2000 on what was or was not appropriate. I think this is not a decision…09 Sept 2021