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HANSARDSmokefree England: Covid-19 and PHE AbolitionThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will certainly endeavour to get that right. In 2018, there was an explosion of new video on demand services, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime,…12 Nov 2020HANSARD Pat FinucaneMay I first congratulate you, Ms Bardell, on being elevated to your new position? I wish you well and know that you will do the job extremely well. I thank the hon. Member for…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Supported Accommodation: HMOsThis is a very important issue. For me, the big issues are vulnerable people and supported accommodation. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that for something to be classified as…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Remembrance, UK Armed Forces and SocietyIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax). May I say how much I have enjoyed the contributions from all right hon. and hon. Members today? It has…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Remembrance, UK Armed Forces and SocietyThe Minister refers to what happened in Afghanistan—the letters and things that went there. Seven years ago, I had the opportunity to represent my party in Afghanistan in meeting…11 Nov 2020HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Merchant Shipping)I would like a point clarified. The Minister referred to Northern Ireland and the protocol, and to the change and differences that there will be between there and the mainland.…10 Nov 2020HANSARDExiting the European Union (Agriculture)I would welcome the Minister to my constituency. One of his former members of staff came from my constituency as well. It will be a double opportunity for him to visit the town of…10 Nov 2020HANSARDObesity: Covid-19I thank all hon. Members for their contributions. I thank the shadow spokesperson and I thank the Minister in particular. I love the statement of a combined national effort; I…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. Is it not good to see the nation regain at least a smile in relation to the potential for a vaccine? That has to be good news for…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 VaccineI congratulate the hon. Member for North Herefordshire (Bill Wiggin) on setting the scene so well. I am very supportive of his comments and recognise the need to get a covid…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 VaccineI am sorry for intervening, but I am concerned that those who are in good health but who happen to have a fairly deep pocket financially may think they can access this vaccine. It…10 Nov 2020HANSARDExiting the European Union (Agriculture)I thank the Minister for his explanation of where we are. Food and feed safety is vital to Northern Ireland’s important agri-sector, and for my constituency in particular the…10 Nov 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: Covid-19 DeploymentI thank the Minister for his responses and put on the record my thanks to the Army and its personnel for what they do across my constituency and elsewhere. The British Army and…10 Nov 2020HANSARDObesity: Covid-19I beg to move, That this House has considered obesity and the covid-19 outbreak. This issue has come to my attention so many times over the past few months—I am highly aware of…10 Nov 2020HANSARDObesity: Covid-19I was having Chinese takeaway five nights a week with two bottles of Coke. It was not the way to live life, but I had a very sweet tooth. Until about a year before I realised I…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Support for SMEs: Covid-19May I say what a pleasure it is to follow the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell)? She is a friend and we have been involved in many debates similar to this one. I…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillYou almost caught me unawares, Madam Deputy Speaker—I thought that the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Gareth Davies) would be about. I broadly support what is in the Bill,…09 Nov 2020HANSARDFuture of Financial ServicesMay I thank the Chancellor for his statement and for bringing very often to this Chamber some good news? He is absolutely right about the financial and professional services work…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefI am very pleased to see how many people have arrived in the Chamber: there is a common denominator that brings us together. I congratulate the right hon. Lady on bringing this…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillI stand corrected, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I will use my best endeavours to do that. Sometimes I get carried away in the emotion of the debate—it is a very emotional debate, of…09 Nov 2020