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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are very short of time. One-sentence questions will suffice.12 Mar 2019HANSARDImprisonment of OffendersThe hon. Gentleman’s question has been grouped. His opportunity is here. His moment is now. Let us hear the sonorous tones of the hon. Gentleman.12 Mar 2019HANSARDFemale Genital Mutilation: ProsecutionThe voice of Faversham and Mid Kent, rather than of Mid Faversham and Kent; I call Helen Whately.12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThe hon. Gentleman chairs an important Select Committee in this place, the International Trade Committee. His brow was furrowed, he had a look of great seriousness and I thought…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActForgive me, but I think the hon. Lady has foxed me. I apologise to her, because I am sure her point was an extremely good and clear one, but it was not clear to me immediately.…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThe answer is that there are terms of debate for tomorrow and for Thursday, but that is not necessarily the end of the debate. In fact, I think I can say with almost complete…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIf it is helpful, I can inform the House that I understand that the Government’s motion for tomorrow’s debate has now been tabled. Colleagues who are thinking of tabling…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI appreciate that that is not the answer the hon. Lady wants, but it is the answer she is getting tonight. I understand entirely where she is coming from, but these matters can…12 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderNo, I was not thinking of one thing rather than another, but it is perfectly possible that there could be urgent questions. As colleagues know, urgent question applications are…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) and the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) for their points of order. I am reluctant at…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderCertainly that statement will be the last of any statements today, but the right hon. Gentleman is quite right in expecting that it will not simply follow after the second…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderTaking the last point first, I am happy to agree with the hon. Gentleman and to confirm that it is certainly not my view that it is desirable to proceed on the basis of manuscript…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderWell, I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I think that that is, I will not say above or below my pay grade, but on a different remuneration scale—let me put it like…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI do not particularly want to get into the matter of contempt today. We have had the matter of contempt raised previously, and of course a motion was passed by the House on that…11 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness without DebateI think that I heard it the second time—not as loudly as the first, but it will suffice. Procedure Committee Motion made, That Dan Carden be discharged from the Procedure…11 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness without DebateOrder. I was going to put the Question, but the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin)—just as in our Essex University days—was such an eager beaver that he was ahead of…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThe short answer is that if someone inadvertently gives incorrect information to the House, it is a matter of honour for that Member to take the opportunity to correct the record…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionMy understanding—there was some earlier huddled consultation about this matter between me and the Clerks at the Table—is that the documents were laid at 10.58 pm. I say that for…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that confirmation. I have also been advised by the senior Clerk at the Table—aided, abetted and reinforced by another…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThey are Government documents, so really it is for the Government to make that arrangement, but I see the Minister for the Cabinet Office champing at the bit, so let us hear from…11 Mar 2019