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HANSARD Business of the HouseOrder. Resume your seat, Leader of the House. My response sets out the constitutional position that has applied to Members of the House of Commons over generations, and I cannot…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOrder. Just before I call the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd), I hope the whole House, and everybody present in the Palace of Westminster, will want to join me in…21 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland Assembly ElectionI will call the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) now, but I am sensitive to the needs of all those who have flights to catch; I will bear that very…21 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell, very well. The matter will have to rest there. I simply say to the shadow Secretary of State that I might well have been intrigued to read the speech anyway, but in light of…21 Mar 2019HANSARDTrain Operating Companies: SanctionsSurplus excitement is undesirable. The Minister has an exciting enough life as it is, gadding about the country on a variety of different train services, and we are indebted to…21 Mar 2019HANSARDCycling and WalkingI am genuinely grateful to the Minister. One learns something new every day, and I am now better informed.21 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell done, Minister—very brief!21 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell, the Secretary of State appears to wish to say something. [Interruption.] Order. We are not going to continue the debate. If the Secretary of State wishes to correct the…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Point of OrderI tried to explain to the right hon. Gentleman before that I will deal with these matters in the particular when there is a substantive matter for me to consider. Let me…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOrder. Let us grow up. Do grow up, for goodness’ sake. This is not a matter of party political hackery. Let us have some seriousness of purpose and mutual respect. The hon. Member…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for what she said in response to that very powerful inquiry from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson). I have said it…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you.21 Mar 2019HANSARDWelsh Railway NetworkOrder. Although the hon. Gentleman represents Cleethorpes, which if memory serves me correctly is in north-east Lincolnshire, he is also a noted parliamentary celebrity in that he…21 Mar 2019HANSARDWelsh Railway NetworkThat is truly a trainspotter’s contribution.21 Mar 2019HANSARD Point of OrderI am not going to comment on that, but I am always grateful to the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh). He referred to newspapers. I really do not take any…21 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. The short answer to him is that, if I understand it correctly—and I believe that I do—the time for that matter is…20 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. This has been an afternoon in which colleagues have volunteered more personal information than is customary.20 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderWell, it is not for me to endorse or, indeed, to repudiate the right hon. Gentleman’s suggestion. The hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts) is clearly a much…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionIt is commonplace for such debates to take place the following day, but it is by no means required that they should do so. I have on a previous occasion, because of the…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, of which I did not have advance notice, about which I do not complain; I am simply signalling that my response to what…20 Mar 2019