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HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThere was a very unattractive rant fest taking place between hon. Members on opposite sides of the House, gesticulating aggressively at each other. It is a very undesirable state…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationOrder. I say to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner) that, as a result of my prodigious efforts last week, audiences in New York, Boston and Zurich are now…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationOrder. The House must come to order. We have a lot of business to transact: there is a further urgent question and there are no fewer, I say for the benefit of those observing,…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationOrder.25 Sept 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementColleagues, welcome back to our place of work. The UK Supreme Court ruled yesterday that “Parliament has not been prorogued” and that the Speaker of the House of Commons and the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerI think the position is pretty clear, to be honest. Overall responsibility lies with the most senior Minister. I do not think that the Minister for the Cabinet Office would…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateThat point is duly noted. It is a very serious point. I do not want to add to it, but suffice it to say that although I do not know the Cox family anything like as well as the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI agree with that.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateIn all parts of the House, that seems to be an entirely uncontroversial observation with which I readily agree.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI will reflect carefully on the point of order just raised by the Leader of the Opposition. I am very open to convening a meeting of senior colleagues for the purpose of a…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI have known the hon. Lady since she entered the House in 2005, and we have worked together on a number of matters in the past. Rather than issue a lengthy reply now, I would like…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOh, don’t worry about me. I can more than hack it. We are a bit longer here than the Prime Minister and I were on the tennis court, but never mind.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOf course I completely understand that the Prime Minister will offer his own answers, short or long, as he thinks fit. I just innocently make the observation, en passant, that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder. May I ask the hon. Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes), before calling him, whether he can confirm—if he can, that is fine—that he has been here since 6.30 without…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI think the moment has arrived for the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East, whose noisy activities I was remarking upon in a number of cities around the world last week. We so…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI am most grateful to the Prime Minister. The hon. Lady has said what she said, but the Prime Minister— [ Interruption. ] Order. The Prime Minister, from the Dispatch Box and with…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder. [Interruption.] Order. [Interruption.] Order. I appeal to the House as a whole to debate these issues calmly. I can see the gesticulation from colleagues, and I am not—…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder. I appeal to colleagues in all parts of the House to calm down. Let us have the exchanges. Everybody must speak in terms that he or she thinks fit, but I know we are all…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI did my best to help the right hon. Gentleman—go on, blurt out the last sentence, man!25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder. [ Interruption. ] The right hon. Gentleman persisted, but he was entitled to be fully heard. I hope he is content.25 Sept 2019