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HANSARDNHS Pensions: TaxationWill the Chief Secretary accept that such changes to the pensions process make it seem not worth while for consultants to do overtime, as they are taxed at a high rate multiple…08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillWe have be honest about the position in Northern Ireland and look at the facts. Nationalist people and nationalist parties do want the Irish language Act. The Unionist people we…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Precious Metal MarketsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. I sought his permission to make an intervention beforehand. Does he agree that there is a real need to safeguard…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister dismissed accusations of Christian persecution in Pakistan, claiming that any examples are only individual incidents that do not constitute…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Local Roads: Funding and MaintenanceI commend the hon. Lady for the report, which included input from my hon. Friend the Member for South Antrim (Paul Girvan), and the Government have set aside additional money to…04 Jul 2019HANSARDUnduly Lenient Sentence SchemeDoes the Solicitor General believe this scheme is effective enough? We see that, of 943 applications under the scheme in 2017, only 143 were successful in seeing a change to a…04 Jul 2019HANSARDSuperfast Broadband: Rural AreasThe Minister will be aware that, under the confidence and supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist party, the Government have set aside some hundreds of millions of pounds…04 Jul 2019HANSARDForced Displacement in AfricaI fully agree with the hon. Gentleman. Does he recognise that within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland there are many communities who wish to help,…04 Jul 2019HANSARDForced Displacement in AfricaI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on having secured the debate. What consideration has the International Development Committee given to displaced people of Christian faith across…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingOn 4 June, in making the case for holding this debate to the Backbench Business Committee, the basic justification set out by the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford (Nick…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Serco Justice SystemI thank the Minister for his responses to questions. Can he outline what discussions he has had with the Ministry of Defence, to ensure that the MOD will get service provision at…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI am sorry; my speech is subject to a time limit. Professor Weale commented: “There is simply no point in the committee offering reasoned positions if they are ignored by…04 Jul 2019HANSARDIstanbul Convention and Northern Ireland Law on Domestic AbuseDoes the Minister of State acknowledge that the fact that every two minutes there is a phone call to abuse charities regarding domestic abuse means that it must top the agenda…03 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Dentists: CumbriaThe hon. Gentleman refers to his constituency, but the problems occur across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Does he agree that the lack of dentists in…03 Jul 2019HANSARDRed Squirrels: Potential ExtinctionI congratulate the hon. Lady on bringing forward this matter, which I spoke to her about last night. I am very pleased that in my constituency of Strangford—particularly in Mount…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingYes, I absolutely agree. I do not think that anybody in the House today, or probably outside it, disagrees with what he has said. Continuity would not be what we want; it is…03 Jul 2019HANSARDCounter-Daesh UpdateI welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and thank him for his comprehensive update. The defeat of Daesh in Syria is good news, but there have been indications that Daesh is…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds). I congratulate the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb), who…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Schools in WinchesterI sought the hon. Gentleman’s permission to intervene and talked to him about the matter that he is bringing to the House. Does he agree that the Government need to refocus on the…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Religious Slaughter of Farm AnimalsI spoke to the hon. Gentleman beforehand to get his thoughts about what he was going to say. In my council area of Ards, there was an abattoir that carried out some of the ritual…02 Jul 2019