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HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?05 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?28 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure that the whole House will want to join me in wishing a very happy Thanksgiving day to all our American friends and family, and a happy big birthday today to the Clerk:…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI associate hon. Members on the Opposition side of the House with the comments made about Lord Prescott’s death. I am delighted to hear that the House administration is aiming to…21 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House present the forthcoming business?14 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you very much indeed, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that the whole House will want to join me in wishing a very happy birthday today to His Majesty the King. The last few…14 Nov 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his excellent speech. I want to make a simple point, which is that we are naturally respectful of evolution in nature because we see that it…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Billrose—15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it is always good to have a mention of Bagehot in any constitutional debate. Bagehot draws the distinction between the dignified and…15 Oct 2024HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme10. What progress he has made on delivering the global combat air programme.14 Oct 2024HANSARDGlobal Combat Air ProgrammeI apologise if I was hypnotised by your gaze, Mr Speaker. I worry about the Government’s grip on strategy all together. First, they have given away the Chagos islands before the…14 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityCan the Secretary of State give me some comfort that the money that was allocated for the action plan for the River Wye will be retained, even if not necessarily for the purposes…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityI would add one thing to what the shadow Secretary of State is brilliantly saying: this is a matter for farmers in Herefordshire as much as for those elsewhere. Ross-on-Wye, a…08 Oct 2024HANSARDOffice for StudentsI am delighted to hear the right hon. Lady talk about engines of growth and opportunity, because that is exactly what universities are when they are well run. In my county we have…09 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh Streets RegenerationI congratulate the Secretary of State on her recent reappointment, and also on her dancing skills. The stronger towns fund has been extremely successful in Hereford, and the…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Defence Personnel Data BreachThe Secretary of State has been clear about the serious nature of the breach; he has said so several times from the Dispatch Box. He has also said that the contractor failed to…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceMy right hon. Friend has compellingly described the current situation as moving from post-war to pre-war. Does he share my concern that the people of this country, as a whole, are…07 May 2024HANSARD Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]If I may quickly respond, given that this Bill has had a remarkably untroubled passage through both Houses to date and that both Houses are informed by enormous amounts of…01 May 2024HANSARD Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]If I may say so, that is a remarkably weak criticism. As the hon. Member acknowledges, the Bill has been developed—I say this with a degree of ownership—over a considerable period…01 May 2024HANSARD Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I would be very interested, with regard to the latter new clause, if the hon. Lady could explain why she feels—or what feedback or evidence she has to think—that the safety…01 May 2024