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HANSARDBusiness without DebateDoes the right hon. Gentleman really wish to raise a point of order? Oh, very well.27 Feb 2019HANSARDJourney Times: Chepstow to GloucestershireI call Ian C. Lucas.27 Feb 2019HANSARDJourney Times: Chepstow to GloucestershireOrder. The hon. Gentleman must resume his seat. He is a fine man and Slough is a very good place, but it is a long way from Chepstow or Gloucestershire. If the inquiry consists of…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsOrder. This is a matter of the utmost sensitivity. I respect that, and that is why I am allowing the hon. Lady to go way beyond the normal length, but she must now put a question…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUWe are extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman.27 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness without DebateThe short answer to the right hon. Gentleman, whose curiosity is legendary, is that there would be nothing to stop Members seeking to do so. I simply posit to the right hon.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUWe come now to amendment (c) in the name of the right hon. Member for Meriden (Dame Caroline Spelman).27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUOrder. A further nine right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye, and I am keen to accommodate them. I would simply say that interventions are perfectly orderly, but…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUWe are quite extraordinarily grateful to the Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee.27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUOrder. Before I call the right hon. Member for Meriden (Dame Caroline Spelman), I have now to announce the results of today’s deferred Divisions. In respect of the question on the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUWell, it has been 63 minutes. The Minister for the Cabinet Office is known for the intellectual approach that he adopts, which includes analysis in copious detail of propositions…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUOrder. Just before the right hon. Gentleman starts on this important process of critical analysis, to which we all look forward with eager anticipation, I simply point out to him…27 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, the answer to which, in essence, is twofold. First, the procedure for the treatment of supply and appropriations Bills…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI have provisionally selected the following amendments in the following order: (a) in the name of Leader of the Opposition, the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy…27 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Economic SupportThe question was a rhetorical one; it requires no answer, and indeed it would be inappropriate, as the Secretary of State knows.27 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Economic SupportThe voice of Ogmore will be heard, but I see a great phalanx of men standing and only one female Member. Jo Stevens must be heard!27 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Economic SupportIrrespective of membership of or departure from the European Union, with which matter we would not want to involve him in any way.27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirOrder. Could I just very gently say, and I say it in a convivial spirit to the hon. Gentleman, that the erudition of his inquiry was equalled only by its length, and that has been…27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirOpposition Members’ concern, I say to the Minister, is for the knee muscles of Government Back Benchers buoying up and down in eager expectation of their opportunity to be called.27 Feb 2019HANSARDJammu and KashmirMy profuse apologies to the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker), on whose every word, as he knows, I ordinarily hang. My attention was momentarily distracted, and I apologise to…27 Feb 2019