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HANSARD Defence Procurement: Small and Medium-sized EnterprisesI remind Members that they should bob if they wish to speak in the debate. We will start with a three-minute time limit on speeches.28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefWe are back on schedule, so there are 10 minutes each for the Front-Bench spokespeople.28 Jan 2025HANSARD Defence Procurement: Small and Medium-sized EnterprisesOrder. This debate is for an hour and is well-subscribed, so I ask hon. Members to be brief in their interventions.28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefOrder. Your four minutes are up. I call Alistair Carmichael.28 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewMy right hon. Friend’s statement stands in sharp contrast to that made on 25 May 2023 by the previous Secretary of State, when he completely forgot to put in his statement, both…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory AgencyI am. I have one sentence. I am sorry; I did not realise I had speaking for so long. Lastly, Reboxetine is another example of where the information given out to doctors was…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Covid-19 InquiryI am less sanguine about the report than my right hon. Friend. The report, or what is part of a report—it is difficult to assess when we do not know what the rest will say—has…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory AgencyIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey). I agree with every word she said. It is late in the day for a Thursday, so I will try not to repeat…16 Jan 2025HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformWhen I was leader of Manchester city council, I spent a large percentage of my time trying to right the wrongs of Labour and Conservative Governments in the ’60s and ’70s who had…09 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshIt looks as though hon. Members do not need reminding that if they wish to catch my eye they should bob, even if they have put in to speak. I call Sir Alec Shelbrooke.05 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshI thank the hon. Lady for correcting herself and acknowledging that “you” refers to the Chair. I also remind all hon. Members that interventions should be brief and to the point.05 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshI intend to call the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats at 2.30 pm.05 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshOrder. The 10-minute time allocation is up. I now move to the official Opposition.05 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshI remind the Minister to leave two minutes at the end for the Member who secured the debate to reply.05 Dec 2024HANSARDCumberlege Review: Pelvic MeshOrder. Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).05 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ10. My right hon. Friend has come under intense scrutiny from the press at different times, and she must have found it difficult. A press that is free to scrutinise politicians…20 Nov 2024HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewDeciding to defer or to review is just as much of a decision as one to go ahead or not to go ahead, because it means that nothing is happening. The Typhoon factory at Warton is…18 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that this debate would be much easier if the Committee on Climate Change had produced a year-by-year estimate of the costs of getting to net…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy hon. Friend says that she does not want to undermine our commercial relationship with China. I do. China is carrying out genocide of the Uyghurs. It is an appalling country—or,…29 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe right hon. Member is making a case on shifting sand, which seems to boil down to one of people not having had time to consider the issue. First, this reform has been in two…15 Oct 2024