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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActWe are waiting for the result of the Division but, in a cordial spirit, I am sure colleagues across the House will want to congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI very much look forward to listening to the speech that the hon. Gentleman might make in the course of the debate, and he knows that he can always look to me and very much expect…25 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for VeteransIt has been gently pointed out to me—not that one wishes to be pedantic, merely correct—that one might not be able to pair something, particularly when there are four. A grouping,…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. I will not seek to arbitrate on the matter of what people regard as the position of the BBC on Brexit, because…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI did not realise that the right hon. Gentleman was proposing to raise his point of order now; I thought that he was going to do so later. Nevertheless, he is seized by the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillColleagues, thank you. Thank you, also, to all present in the Palace of Westminster today who have joined in that very proper display of respect. Proceedings interrupted (Standing…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeStrictly speaking, Government make a judgment about whether they can provide an answer. It is not a matter of order on which the Chair can adjudicate. That said, if I understood…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillIs the hon. Gentleman suggesting—if so, it will be a first—that he is now a fully signed up practitioner of the third way?22 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionIndeed, the shake of the head from the Minister on the Treasury Bench, which will be recorded in the Official Report , testifies to the correctness of my interpretation. May I…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillAs a result of that exchange, we have been deprived for a number of minutes of the mellifluous tones of the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies), but I suspect that there will…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryI call Emily Thornberry.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryJust blurt it out—ask the question. One sentence, for the record.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryOrder. At this stage, the shadow Foreign Secretary simply asks for a statement from the Minister—just a sentence.22 Mar 2019HANSARDPrayersI ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryThat is magnanimity personified. Charm and good grace have characterised the hon. Gentleman since first he entered the House in 1997. That is very good of him. I call Dame Louise…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Gaza Border Deaths: UNHRC InquiryI call Stephen Twigg.22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeJust before I call the Minister to address the House, let me say that the whole House should join in united expressions of good wishes to her as she celebrates her birthday.…22 Mar 2019HANSARD European Council: Article 50 ExtensionIt would. Whether such will be forthcoming, I do not know, but the hon. Gentleman’s point of order contained three propositions—or at any rate, two assertions and a proposition.…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillWith this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 3— Report on awareness of how to participate in elections as an overseas elector — ‘(1) The Minister for the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeIt certainly is a time to make that clear, and I imagine that the proposition that the hon. Gentleman has just put to me in the Chair would be endorsed by every single Member of…22 Mar 2019