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HANSARD Antarctica: Science and DiplomacyIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Wiltshire (James Gray) for securing this debate on an extremely…28 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillDoes my hon. Friend accept that the purpose of the Bill is not to set out the absolute detail of every single possible thing that could happen over the next few years, but simply…27 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportMy right hon. Friend refers to people who suffered from the fire. Can he confirm how many of those families are still waiting for permanent housing? If there are any, what is he…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Brecon and Radnorshire (Fay Jones) on her wonderful maiden speech. I campaigned in Brecon and Radnorshire last year and can testify to…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI could not agree more with my hon. Friend; he is absolutely right. I have a new map for my office wall that shows the constituencies by colour, as per the recent election result.…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillHe does deserve them; my hon. Friend is right. The Bill is narrow in scope but, as my hon. Friend the Member for Brecon and Radnorshire said, it is small but mighty. The Bill in…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI cannot promise that the Minister will visit, but I certainly agree that there is great importance in looking at the different size of farms and the different types of schemes…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. The challenges in farming are certainly very different from the uplands to the lowlands and to the flat areas of some of the eastern…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He is right that, for too long, farmers have not necessarily been treated fairly by all the supermarkets. The Groceries Code…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. She is indeed right that we need certainty and a multi-year settlement. Farmers also need paying on time. There was a reference…21 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is using a lot of statistics and figures, and he talked about the definition of “more” and “new”. I want to ask him about…16 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareWill the hon. Gentleman give way?16 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareIt is an honour to speak on a Queen’s Speech that has set out such a fantastic programme for government, and from a Conservative majority Government. As a consultant…16 Jan 2020HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Last Friday a constituent of mine was convicted of harassment of me at Lincoln magistrates court, following a number of episodes of correspondence…16 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy constituents in North Hykeham deal with some of the worst traffic congestion in the country, and they tell me that completing Lincoln’s bypass would make a huge difference to…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI have given way to the hon. Gentleman already. This is a question of trust. The British people trust us to deliver on our promises, and if we do not deliver on our promises we…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMy right hon. Friend is exactly right. The Prime Minister was told that he could not reopen the withdrawal agreement, but he did. He was then told that he could not remove the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThe point I was trying to make is that the Government have tried every avenue to deliver Brexit, but this Parliament and this Opposition have done everything they can to stop it.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThe question before us today is: do we want a general election? Do the public want a general election and do the politicians want a general election? I do not think that anybody…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that the only way to completely remove no deal from the table is either to revoke, which his party says it does not want at the moment, or to…29 Oct 2019