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HANSARDSupported Exempt AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Shabana Mahmood) for securing this important debate. It is a…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I certainly could write.07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Disappointed!07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am slightly disappointed by the reinterpretation of what I said. I did not say that we are not interested or that we do not hold the information; I said that it is not our job…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I will talk to the Department to find out whether we intend to collate the information and publish it, and I will let the right hon. Gentleman know. With regard to his final point…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022We can only agree to disagree. Are we hiding behind a quango, or leaving a quango to do its job? We have just gone through a couple of years when people have perhaps expected the…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022The right hon. Member— Hansard would have corrected my poor knowledge. There will be no gap with regards to legislation; there will be continuity. The right hon. Member asked…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I feel that we are communicating via some dodgy broadband link and that the right hon. Gentleman has not heard my previous answers. I just told him that the information is…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022The Electoral Commission does that, and the right hon. Gentleman can contact the commission, should he need to. I am assured about our conversations with it, and that we have…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I guess it is incredibly unfortunate that my brilliant colleague the Minister for Levelling Up Communities, my hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden (Kemi Badenoch), is not…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022However, I will stray in order to say that I understand the Government have taken consultation on remote voting for councils and are considering options, so who knows what might…07 Feb 2022HANSARDElectionsThe Elections Bill brings forward changes to our electoral system which are vital to ensure our democracy remains secure, fair, modern and transparent, and I am pleased to update…03 Feb 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank my right hon. and gallant Friend for that powerful intervention. Teaching the next generation about the history of the holocaust is paramount when it comes to ensuring…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayAgain, I completely agree. This handing down and sharing of stories and information, person to person, from one generation to another is vital. While we will recall 6 million…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy hon. Friend is completely right. It is not just a question of reading about these things in textbooks; it is a question of the opportunity to have the story brought to life,…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI shall try to ensure that my comments are suitably timed so that we can get to the event at 4 o’clock. In her absence, I would like to begin by conveying my thanks to the right…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I start by thanking colleagues across the House for their support for this important piece of legislation. I am pleased to…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I was delighted when I was appointed as a Minister for the Department on 16 January 2021. The negotiations to which my right hon. Friend refers pre-date my time at the Department,…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I would love to be tempted by something like that, but given that we have just gone through two years of a rather unexpected global pandemic, it is best not to pin these things…24 Jan 2022