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HANSARD Valedictory DebateMay I first express my sadness that you, Madam Deputy Speaker, are also standing down from the coterie of Essex MPs? I thank you for your part in recognising the talents of a…24 May 2024HANSARD Valedictory DebateA revelation—I thank my right hon. Friend. It has been absolutely superb. I will miss this place, and I say thank you to everyone who has served—in the broadest way—this House.24 May 2024HANSARD Valedictory DebateYou are not going to make me cry. I thank my hon. Friend, and I do think we need to change whom we elect as candidates. For a number of reasons, I hope I am replaced by a woman in…24 May 2024HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—17 Jul 2023HANSARDPoints of Orderindicated assent.17 Jul 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I was one of those who was thrown off the Committee. I had been asked by the House to join it, and I did the right thing in reviewing…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023On a point of order, Mr Pritchard. I was nominated to this Committee and I was prepared to be part of it. I was asked to absent myself from the Committee, and I refused because I…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023rose —17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023On a point of order, Mr Pritchard. Members have quite rightly asked for information, and additional information has been put out, but I received additional information when I was…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023Not true. Mr Pritchard, you clearly would not intentionally mislead the House or the Committee, but I was at the Vote Office to get all the paperwork. They asked me: “Would you…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023On a point of order, Mr Pritchard.17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023No, I am asking Mr Pritchard to take a point of order. I am not asking to intervene on the Minister; I am making a point of order.17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023Thank you, Mr Pritchard. My understanding is that I probed you on when we would restart, and you said it would be after the Divisions. A Division is still continuing. The Whips…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend the Member for Devizes is here, Mr Pritchard. He had the floor when we closed. You said, Mr Pritchard, that we would restart when things finished. I apologise for…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way?17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023The list of goods seems quite general, and I was wondering whether there were more specifics. It refers to “restricted goods, for example invasive alien species or ozone depleting…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023rose—17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023I did not really understand the grace period, although I read about it. Does it refer to Brexit and the pre-protocol period, or is it something slightly more technical dealing…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023No, Mr Pritchard. There are four or five people standing. When you said “want to hear the shadow Minister”, I was shaking my head, because I did not want to hear the shadow…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023rose—17 Jul 2023