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HANSARDTopical QuestionsOrder. I apologise to disappointed remaining colleagues. This part of Question Time was scheduled to run for seven minutes, and I have run it for 15. I say as gently as possible…07 Feb 2019HANSARDBritish Businesses Investing OverseasI do not know whether the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham (Rehman Chishti) has observed that there is an opportunity for him now. He takes a grave risk if he waits for…07 Feb 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOrder. I thank the Leader of the House both for her opening statement and for her response to the shadow Leader of the House. I think the position is clear, but this is of course…07 Feb 2019HANSARDNew Trade Agreements: Human RightsOrder. It is open to the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) to seek to shoehorn Question 9 into the question with which we are dealing now. It is not obligatory, but his…07 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman says his constituents have a particular view about the Secretary of State; that is quite possible. The Secretary of State’s constituents might have a particular…07 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOrder. Before we move on, as Humphrey Bogart said, “I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners, I don’t like them myself”, but just because the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr…07 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsI call the Minister.06 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe right hon. Gentleman is a bit like me; he likes to have the last word. [ Interruption . ] The hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) is a precious delicacy in the House, and…06 Feb 2019HANSARDVoter ID Pilot SchemesLet me say to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) that the Cumbrian steak and kidney pie, the merits of which he commended to me, was of the highest quality.06 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsOrder. If the hon. Gentleman sought my advice, I would have provided it. He was doing extremely well, but he should have cut it off about 25 words earlier.06 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) is a notable celebrity, not merely in Islington but here in this House.06 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsOrder. There is a lot of wild gesticulation and very animated expressions, and people looking at me pleadingly. It is very difficult to hear what is being said. I was trying to…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI think the idea of further debate is fermenting in the mind of the leader of the Scottish National party as we speak. I am not sure that there is any “further to”, but I am in a…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderDeeply wounded, apparently. Well, then I am sorry for the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone). Whatever views he has and expresses, as far as I am concerned, as he knows, I…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderTo be frank, as Speaker I do not really mind what it is that the President of the European Council has said, because it is not a matter that concerns me. I hope that the hon. and…06 Feb 2019HANSARD Social SecurityWith this it will be convenient to discuss the following motion: That the draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, which…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderIt seems to be very much a phone-carrying day. Very well.06 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am not responsible for the statements of the President of the European Council, and I did not know—I was not hitherto conscious—that the hon. Gentleman was notably sensitive,…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThat is not a matter for the Chair, but the right hon. Gentleman has made his point with force and clarity. If the Minister for the Cabinet Office wishes to respond, he can. He is…06 Feb 2019HANSARD Social SecurityWith the leave of the House, we will debate motions 2 and 3 together.06 Feb 2019