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HANSARD Cancer CareI call the Opposition spokesperson, Feryal Clark.14 Mar 2023HANSARD Cancer CareBefore I call Nicola Richards to wind up, I want to offer my personal condolences from the Chair. I thank and commend you for touching on the matter. To all of us—or most of…14 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI will make this point, and then I will give way. We are all aware of the Bible story about Daniel daring to pray and being put in jail—07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillOf course I will give way to the Minister.07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI want to make this point. I will give way later. I think that Members need to stop and seriously ask themselves whether that is the sort of law that they wish to pass. The…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI will conclude now, Madam Deputy Speaker. I agree with the point that the hon. Member has made. The arrest of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was atrocious. It sends out a terrible message…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI commend the hon. Gentleman for tabling this amendment. Does he agree that the Government could do one thing today: they could indicate clearly that this measure does not apply…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThe gospel of Matthew is a wonderful gospel—as a son of the manse, I know a little bit about this—but the reference I made was to Daniel, who was praying privately in his home. I…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI thank the hon. Member for giving way. The issue of “for or against abortion” is really not what we are debating here today, but I want to know, loud and clear, whether the hon.…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillWill the hon. Member give way?07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am going to make this point. I promise I will give way after that. The hon. Member for Ealing Central and Acton (Dr Huq) stated very clearly that praying was not proper in…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI look forward to the Minister joining me in the Lobby this evening. Whenever we walk into the Palace of Westminster, we walk beneath a massive portrait of Moses by Benjamin West.…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI commend the way in which the hon. Member for Northampton South (Andrew Lewer) spoke to the amendments; I think that he served the House extremely well. Let me begin by saying…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point. Is it not the case that this Bill removes from the police the right to use something that we expect from them: discretion? It…07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I place on the record my thanks and gratitude to the Department, and to the Secretary of State in particular, for his visit to Wrightbus and for this morning’s announcement of…02 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolMay I, too, add my sincere comments to those of others on the attempted murder of DCI Caldwell? He and his family are known personally to me. I thank the Prime Minister for his…27 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI hate to come back to this point, but article 6 of the protocol states that there should be unfettered access to the UK internal market. Twice so far in this debate I have raised…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillWould my right hon. Friend agree that the issue is not only about the laws? A raft of regulations is coming upon Northern Ireland daily and impacting on our principles and the…22 Feb 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureAt the outset of this debate, the question was rightly posed, “Are we ready?” The emphatic answer is, “No, we are not.” We are not ready for the EV revolution that is fast coming,…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThis is an important issue. On Monday, my right hon. Friend, along with a number of Members from across the House, was able to attend the “Taste of Northern Ireland” event held in…22 Feb 2023