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HANSARDTopical QuestionsOr perhaps not by her leader but by any leader.07 Oct 2019HANSARDTerminally Ill PeopleI call the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris); I am very grateful to him for proffering me a very effective throat remedy on Thursday.07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesMay I now appeal to colleagues for single-sentence questions without preamble? I do not want speeches. We have four other urgent questions, so short inquiries would help.07 Oct 2019HANSARDTerminally Ill PeopleGiven that the hon. Gentleman chairs the all-party parliamentary group for terminal illness, I call Drew Hendry.07 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyIndeed.07 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyThe right hon. Member for East Devon (Sir Hugo Swire) justifiably feels great pride in his protégé—the person whom, in fact, I might describe as his mentee. The mentoring skills…07 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyThat was rather unseemly. It has to be said that the Minister is being utterly courteous in his responses and it would behove Members to dignify the occasion with attentiveness to…07 Oct 2019HANSARDEmployment: Young PeopleAh yes, I shall be having a cup of tea or coffee with the mum of the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman) this week, so doubtless we shall compare notes on his…07 Oct 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Identity VerificationThe hon. Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) can legitimately shoehorn his Question 19 into this exchange.07 Oct 2019HANSARDChild PovertyThere was a discernible world-weariness in the Minister’s reference to this question having been answered several times already. I simply remind those observing our proceedings…07 Oct 2019HANSARD No-deal Brexit: Schedule of TariffsAh, the competing claims of Edinburgh, Strangford and West Dunbartonshire. What a taxing choice. I call Deidre Brock.07 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) is being addressed by her leader, which is a very solemn matter. Nevertheless, I intrude, in the hope that she still wishes…07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesIf I were charitable, I would say that the right hon. Gentleman turned 58 on 26 September, but I am afraid that I must not mislead the House. [ Interruption. ] I call Chris Bryant.07 Oct 2019HANSARD No-deal Brexit: Schedule of TariffsOrder. I reiterate what I said at the start of this exchange, which is that people who arrived after it began should not stand and expect to be called— [ Interruption. ] No, no.…07 Oct 2019HANSARDOperation Midland Independent ReportBefore I call the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) to ask his urgent question, I must inform the House that I have been advised that Carl Beech has appealed…07 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyThe hon. Gentleman loses no opportunity. Why will it not be a surprise to right hon. and hon. Members to be reminded that his successful business career was as an estate agent? […07 Oct 2019HANSARD No-deal Brexit: Schedule of TariffsVery deft, if I may say so. Some of us might think, on the basis of personal experience, that there is an unmatched wisdom in Nancy Pelosi, but there you go.07 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesThat may well be true but I hope that the right hon. Lady, who is not too delicate a flower, can bear the almost unendurable pain of the criticism of the Minister with such…07 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyWe come now to the next urgent question. At the risk of embarrassing him, the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) tells me that this is…07 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI call Toby Perkins. [Interruption.] I did not call a Conservative Member because I know that the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins) is normally paying the closest…07 Oct 2019