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HANSARDTopical QuestionsOrder. We are running very late. One sentence questions.19 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementI would like to make a statement about security and access to the parliamentary estate. It is likely that there will be a strike of parliamentary security staff this Wednesday 20…19 Mar 2019HANSARDUK Space IndustryI say to the Minister, who is a serious academic, that I have had the great joy of giving a lecture at the university. It is an admirable institution and they are very hospitable,…19 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOrder. I am sorry, but the questions and answers are just too long. I am trying to help the House, but what we want is a brief question and a brief answer, not a speech.19 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry to disappoint the large number of colleagues remaining, but on the principle that one should encourage an up and coming young Member at the conclusion of proceedings, I…19 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am genuinely sorry to disappoint remaining colleagues, but demand has exceeded supply, as is so often the case at Question Time.19 Mar 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation Victims: Criminal RecordsBefore I call the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) to ask her urgent question and the Minister to respond, I must advise right hon. and hon. Members that under the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation Victims: Criminal RecordsLast, but not least, and never forgotten, Mr John Mann.19 Mar 2019HANSARD Clydesdale Bank and SMEsBefore I call the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) to ask her urgent question and the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to respond, I must again advise…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI am not aware that anything disorderly has taken place, and I must begin by advising the right hon. Lady that I am not privy to these matters. I know that she is customarily…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderThe debate end time is displayed on the clocks at the table in front of the Clerks. I am sure that we can look at the practicality of that end time being displayed more widely.…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI am most grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order and for the terms in which, entirely characteristically, he expressed it. There were quite a lot of…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI see absolutely no reason why that should not be done and every reason why it should be. I am deeply obliged to the hon. Gentleman. As he rightly says, this Friday is a sitting…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. Colleagues, for the second day running, I am obliged to turn to “Erskine May”—namely, page 309, with which colleagues, I feel…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture)With the leave of the House, we will debate motions 2 to 5 together.19 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture)With this, we shall consider the following motions: That the draft Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this…19 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementI wish to make a statement to the House. There has been much speculation over the past week about the possibility of the Government bringing before the House a motion on Brexit…18 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her point of order. I will reflect carefully on what she said to me. She is an extremely experienced and seasoned parliamentarian and, of…18 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementI am always grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I have often reminded the House, and I say this for the benefit of those attending to our proceedings, that I first came to know…18 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementWhat I have to say to the right hon. Lady is threefold. First, there was already present in the Chamber—before the arrival of the Leader of the House whom we welcome to our…18 Mar 2019