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HANSARDRail Station Accessibility13. What recent steps he has taken to improve accessibility at railway stations.18 Jul 2019HANSARDRail Station AccessibilityI thank my constituency neighbour for her response. Many MPs across the House met the Office of Rail and Road this week. We were delighted to hear that it fed into the Williams…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. A village school is the heart of that community. As villages have lost other services, the school is often the only bedrock in a village;…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Neil O’Brien) on securing this important debate on small and…17 Jul 2019HANSARDRelationship Education in SchoolsI find it somewhat disappointing that most of the ire has been focused on the Government—who have updated the relationship guidance—and not solely on the people who protest…16 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCChannel 4 is a public sector broadcaster and receives subsidies, as my hon. Friend mentioned, but Channel 4 outbid the BBC for one of its own programmes, “The Great British Bake…15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCThe point that I want to make is not so much about Gary Lineker; it is just the fact that the BBC operates in a commercial environment. If it does not pay its talent a commercial…15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCThe hon. Gentleman, who I know worked for the BBC, makes a good point. I agree that the BBC is a public good, but there are other public goods that one can think of where we…15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Wilson. I congratulate all the petitioners who have made this debate happen. I declare an interest as the chair of the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCI certainly do not know something that the hon. Lady does not know. We made a manifesto commitment that now puts us in a difficult position, if the BBC is going to take away the…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI understand the hon. Lady’s point, because when I visited Northern Ireland I received a few choice emails from residents suggesting that I go back to where I came from. The…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI rise to speak in favour of amendment 9, the details of which have just been explained by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson); of new clause 10, tabled…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI will take one intervention, given that I have made so many myself.09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy right hon. Friend, who chairs the Select Committee, is making an excellent speech. The judgment of the Supreme Court—the case was lost on a technicality—made it quite clear…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI said that I would take only one intervention, if the right hon. Gentleman does not mind. I say this, particularly to Members on these Conservative Benches: there might be…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillIf that is so, why did Lady Hale say in the Supreme Court, when looking at whether this is incompatible legally, that Parliament, not the Northern Ireland Assembly, has three…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillDoes my hon. Friend recognise that treaty obligations are a matter for Parliament, so this is not actually an issue about devolution? The Supreme Court has made that point, too.09 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsIs it acceptable to be in a party that has always left office with unemployment higher than when it entered office, or is it acceptable to be in a party that has delivered record…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsIt is a pleasure to be the last, I think, of the Back-Bench speakers today on the important issue of the spending of the Department for Work and Pensions and its estimates. That…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsWell, we can argue about statistics, but try this one. [ Interruption. ] The hon. Lady wants to throw one at me, but then will not let me respond with one, which I find slightly…02 Jul 2019