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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDuring the lockdowns, conditionality was, understandably, relaxed, but I fear that it has not returned to its pre-covid levels. Can the Secretary of State assure me that those…23 Jan 2023HANSARD British Council Contractors in AfghanistanI am mindful of time, but permission has been given for Sarah Champion to make a short speech.11 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionThere are a great number of Members wanting to speak in this debate, so I will have to impose a maximum limit on speeches of three and a half minutes, to allow everybody to get…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionI thank all Members for keeping to the time limit and enabling everybody to speak in this well-attended debate.11 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionOrder.11 Jan 2023HANSARD M1: Junction 28Order. We look forward to future debates on other junctions on the M1, but the question today is that this House has considered the potential merits of improvements to junction 28…11 Jan 2023HANSARD M1: Junction 28Order. I remind the hon. Lady that the debate is about junction 28 of the M1. We are going slightly out of scope.11 Jan 2023HANSARD British Council Contractors in AfghanistanI will call Mr John Baron to move the motion and then call the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for John Baron to wind up, because it is just for the Minister to respond.11 Jan 2023HANSARD M1: Junction 28Order. They are not the topic of the debate; today’s debate is about improvements on junction 28 of the M1.11 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionThe debate may continue until 12 minutes past 4.11 Jan 2023HANSARD British Council Contractors in AfghanistanYou have just under a minute left.11 Jan 2023HANSARD M1: Junction 28The question is, is there no end to Mark Fletcher’s buttering up? Question put and agreed to. Resolved , That this House has considered the potential merits of improvements to…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionThe Minister should be mindful to leave two minutes for a winding-up speech.11 Jan 2023HANSARD Emergency Service Personnel: Posthumous AwardsThe hon. Lady is giving a very powerful speech. As she recognised, the number of Members here shows that she has brought forward such an important issue. Does she agree that the…10 Jan 2023HANSARDWest Coast Main Line: ServicesI, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie) on securing this important debate today. Those of us who travel on this line sympathise with all the…15 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ12. The train service between Wilmslow in my constituency and London was always hourly, direct and took one hour and 50 minutes. Now, we would be very lucky if we got a direct…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Economic Impact of LockdownsI am a massive fan of small businesses, enterprise and those people creating wealth in their communities, and we will have to support them. Also, I will pause for a moment to…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Economic Impact of LockdownsI thank everybody for such a constructive debate, which was the start of our being able to look at the cost of lockdown in an open-minded way—being able to take challenge, being…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Economic Impact of LockdownsMy hon. Friend and near neighbour raises an important point. This House is about debate and questioning things, and I am afraid that that did not happen. As he rightly says, we…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Economic Impact of LockdownsI was quoting Lord Sumption, the former Supreme Court judge, who was talking about the way governments were led at that time—those were his words. What we need to take from them…29 Nov 2022