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HANSARDFree SchoolsThree questions truncated into one.11 Mar 2019HANSARDSixth Form CurriculumOrder. Please stop issuing instructions to withdraw. The statement from the Minister was borderline, because there can be no accusation of anything other than honesty in the…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool StandardsThe hon. Member for Harborough (Neil O’Brien) is a jolly lucky fella to get in at Question Time, as he withdrew his own question. He is a very busy fella, with many commitments…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 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Northern IrelandOrder. I am sensitive to the fact that this issue is of enormous, and for some consuming, importance. I therefore want to let the question run, but colleagues must ask short…07 Mar 2019HANSARDSports CoverageLet me join in the congratulations to Megan Williams, the senior parliamentary assistant to the hon. Member for Solihull (Julian Knight). I am aware, courtesy of a letter from her…07 Mar 2019HANSARDRural BroadbandOrder. The Minister’s responsibility is for the UK Government’s policy. She has no responsibility for the policy of the Scottish Government—a fact of which I am sure she is fully…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. Let me say to him, for the avoidance of doubt, that there was nothing in procedural terms disorderly about his…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderThe hon. Gentleman is ever solicitous towards the House, protective of its interests, and periodically keen to secure its attention for what I might describe as a helpful public…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOrder. I probably ought to say that is not the norm to take points of order at this stage, but in deference to what I would describe as the celebrity status of the hon. Gentleman,…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOh, a grasshopper. All I can say is that thereafter, his career went from strength to strength, and he certainly did not seem to take umbrage. The right hon. Gentleman is in…07 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeThe Minister’s answers are comprehensive, and that comprehensive character of answer and her commitment to the House are hugely appreciated. However, may I gently say to her that…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Points of OrderThe Attorney General did indeed raise that matter, and he delivered his point in his usual magnificent baritone and with considerable eloquence. There was nothing improper in…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseJust before the Leader of the House responds, I thank her very much, as will other colleagues, for what she said about World Book Day, and I report that my daughter has today gone…07 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUOrder. We are running late, but I am willing to accommodate colleagues. I know that the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock), notwithstanding any advance text…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Northern IrelandWell! I hope everybody heard that. In the interests of the accessibility of our proceedings—in case anybody did not hear it—the right hon. and learned Gentleman referred to Cox’s…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsOrder. There is a very discordant noise from Opposition Back Benchers. The question has been asked—and, broadly speaking, heard—and the answer will be heard.06 Mar 2019HANSARDUN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against WomenOrder. Colleagues, we are joined for Prime Minister’s questions today—I know that the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) will be keenly interested in this announcement,…06 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness CommunityNo reason to doubt that at all.06 Mar 2019HANSARDStormont House Agreement: LegacyOrder. I very much hope that the hon. Member for Barnsley Central is not indisposed. It is most irregular to beetle out of the Chamber before the exchanges on the question have…06 Mar 2019