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HANSARD Westminster Foundation for Democracy: FundingChris Law will intervene, and then we will go back to the suitably attired Minister, who is wearing the correct colours.02 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyLet me remind Members that the clock is ticking and all speakers have got very near the limit.02 Mar 2022HANSARD Westminster Foundation for Democracy: FundingOrder. The Clerk is giving me dirty looks; we cannot veer off the topic of the debate for too long.02 Mar 2022HANSARD Westminster Foundation for Democracy: FundingThis is quite a popular debate. I will go to the three Front Benchers from 5.8 pm, so I think that equates to around four minutes each for the Back Benchers.02 Mar 2022HANSARD Westminster Foundation for Democracy: FundingJust a reminder that we have to allow a couple of minutes for Richard Graham to conclude. I call the Minister.02 Mar 2022HANSARD Westminster Foundation for Democracy: FundingOrder. The Clerk has said that it was not a dirty look, but an admonition not to stray from our territory.02 Mar 2022HANSARD Regional Inequalities: Child PovertyWe have done the maths, and we think we can do this. If everyone sticks to three and a half minutes or less, then everyone will get in. I start with Peter Gibson.02 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsWe all agree that women should be able to go about their lawful business free from intimidation and able to use public spaces, yet every day thousands are affected by protests…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMay I ask the Prime Minister to place on record his respect and admiration for those brave men and women, the OSCE monitors who for eight years have been on the border with…22 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I am sure the whole House will join me in paying tribute to my constituent, Jamal Edwards, a musical pioneer taken from us way too young yesterday. The Prime Minister justifies…21 Feb 2022HANSARDRule of Law: GovernmentFrom their early work on Prorogation to the now daily revelations about lockdown-busting parties, this Government have had a fair few brushes with the rule of law. I know the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDRule of Law: Government7. What steps she is taking to help ensure that the Government act in accordance with the rule of law.10 Feb 2022HANSARDDementia Research in the UKMy hon. Friend talks movingly about her mum. My mum also had frontotemporal dementia as the cause on her death certificate in 2017, 10 days before polling day—thanks, mum! Towards…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2022The Minister and I have history, and I like him as a person. It is interesting that these amounts are a ceiling, but I wonder whether he has seen the figures from 2019. He talks…10 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthDoes my hon. Friend agree with me as a parent—we are both parents and many of us here are parents of school-age children—that the coronavirus crisis hit everyone with kids? I have…08 Feb 2022HANSARDDocklands Light RailwayT3. The fleet of turquoise-coloured buses—they were like a cross between a minibus and an Uber; called Slide buses—that were increasingly being seen on the streets of Ealing and…03 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxDoes not my right hon. Friend agree that the Government’s version of the energy price cap, along with “use it or lose it” penalties on developers, banning letting fees for tenants…01 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportIn the Prime Minister’s apologies up to now, he has explained these things away as one-offs—a work do, ambushed by a cake and all those kinds of things. But this report makes it…31 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Budgets: Food Prices4. What assessment his Department has made of the impact of food price rises on household budgets.27 Jan 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesBecause I am nice, I call the last of the Back Benchers—Jeff Smith.27 Jan 2022