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HANSARDThe Coroner ServiceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. My huge congratulations to the Chair of the Justice Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst…28 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThey pulled it because they were going to get hammered in the House of Lords. On Cart JR, the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) seemed to imply that somehow an ouster clause is…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI am grateful to all right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed today. It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter). He asked if he should be…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI have to be honest with the hon. and learned Lady: it is very kind of her to ask me to write to her, because that is what I would have suggested in my answer anyway. Speaking to…26 Oct 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsThe hon. Member is kind. I hope he will answer my intervention rather than re-intervene on me; I found that very odd earlier. Is it better in principle that people receive £20…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsThe hon. Member is courteous in giving way, but his proposal would cost £6 billion. Which tax would he raise to pay for that?15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch). This is not a decision anybody or any Government take lightly. Members in all parts of the House are right to…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend and neighbour, who is making an excellent speech. She is right to highlight the resilience of the universal credit system, but on the point…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax Creditsrose—15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsThat was quite an odd moment because, as the hon. Gentleman will have noticed, I intervened on the shadow Secretary of State and, slightly cheekily, he then intervened on me, in a…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax Creditsrose—15 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. We now know from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation that the chance of 12 to 15-year-olds ending up in intensive care with covid is two in a million. Given…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Electricity Network Grid ChargesThe offshore transmission review, as the Minister knows, means a lot to my constituents because they strongly support net zero. Offshore wind has been an amazing achievement in…08 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryIf the hon. Gentleman wishes to intervene and defend that, he is more than welcome to the chance. He will not defend it; well, there is a surprise. [ Interruption. ] Come on then,…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI was going to conclude, but I cannot resist my right hon. Friend; he spoke so well earlier, so as a prize I will let him intervene on me.07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryMy right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I hope he will be writing to our brilliant new Health Secretary to make that point to him. Let me conclude by saying this. We ask…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public Inquiryrose—07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Could you advise me, as you did my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie), how I correct the record? I…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI have the greatest respect for the right hon. Gentleman and I understand why he is bringing this debate forward, but he must realise that we have just had a week where his own…07 Jul 2021