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HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesI totally agree. It is simply not viable to be a sub-postmaster at the moment.27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesI do not need to add to my hon. Friend’s contribution; the Minister has heard him.27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesAbsolutely. I will go into more detail on that subject in my speech and I will press the Minister on the issue. The important role that the post office plays in our lives is felt…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesMy hon. Friend had not indicated his desire to intervene, but I will give way if he is brief.27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesI agree with the hon. Gentleman. I will go into detail on some of that. After the shenanigans of the last hour, I feel that his intervening in the Adjournment debate has restored…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesIt now feels like we are actually in a Friday sitting, as we have been here such a long time already. I rise to raise growing concerns that have been brought to my attention by…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. I will come on to detail some of that shortly, if I get a minute between interventions. The recent survey by the National Federation…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesI agree 100% with my hon. Friend that the entire exercise is, quite frankly, a piece of nonsense; she makes her point well. The fees that banks pay to Post Office Ltd, which in…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. That is certainly the case, and the survey bears that out; that is the belief of sub-postmasters. But at the end of the day, more…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesI totally agree. The post office network, with the Crown issue and this issue, is being dismantled before our eyes unless the Government get to grips with this.27 Mar 2019HANSARD Community and Sub-Post OfficesI totally agree. The first thing that has to be done, though, is to increase the rates that make post offices viable in the modern age. I hope the Minister will take that step. In…27 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am sorry if I missed this, but, following the question from the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford), will the Leader of the House clarify whether the four SIs on the Order…26 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. My constituency hosts world-pioneering hubs of medical innovation that have allowed many patients across the UK and beyond to benefit from cutting-edge treatments like…26 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Agricultural Policy and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am not sure whether there are any Scottish Tories here, but I am sure that, given their rural constituencies, they would be keen to learn whether the Conservative party…25 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Common Agricultural Policy and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mr Hanson. I welcome the Minister back to Government, although how long that Government will last is up for debate given events outside…25 Mar 2019HANSARDISIS Members Returning to the UKIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I thank the hon. Member for Thornbury and Yate (Luke Hall)—something I have not said before—for setting out the…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureThis has been a mildly amusing but not particularly illuminating session. Clearly, the Minister has been dealt a rum hand today. He goes on about a debate on an SI to potentially…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent invested her £60,000 life savings in London Capital & Finance and had put £20,000 in a similar company called Blackmoor, which markets individual savings accounts…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Austin. I start by declaring my pride in not being a lawyer, lest I draw the ire of the hon. Member for Huddersfield. This is another…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights5. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future status of the UK as a signatory to the European convention on human rights.12 Mar 2019