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HANSARD Thomas CookI will take remaining questioners if they have a short sentence each, but if it is longer I am afraid I will have to cut it off.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookDoes it appertain to what has just been said?25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookIs it a continuation of the exchanges?25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookIn my experience, the hon. Member for Stafford is a notably well-behaved fellow, so I am sure he will confine himself to a single sentence.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookThe Secretary of State will be aware that the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones) is a distinguished former Transport Minister. Indeed, I well recall that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Hacker HouseDoes it appertain to these exchanges?25 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerHe was an hon. Friend, and I very much hope he still is.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI thank the Attorney General for responding. It is a matter of extreme sensitivity and it is incredibly important that we are sensitive to the wider implications and…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationIt is open to the Attorney General to respond if he wishes, although he is not obliged to do so.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationIf the point of order relates to the matter of which we have just treated, I will take it.25 Sept 2019HANSARD 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: ProrogationExtreme brevity is now required. Single-sentence questions, please, without preamble. I call Lady Hermon.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI think, but I am not sure, that the Attorney General is seeking to help the hon. Gentleman.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationOrder. I do not normally offer stylistic advice to the Attorney General, but his tendency to perambulate while orating is disagreeable to the House. He should face the House with…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationOrder. If the Attorney General could resume his seat momentarily, I should be deeply obliged to him. The Attorney General has a distinctive and resonant baritone, which is well…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 Prime Minister's UpdateI must say to the hon. Lady, and I hope she will forgive me, that having heard the last remark she made, I did not hear any such statement made in the Chamber today. If such a…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the House“Measured” is a relative term, and I say in the friendliest possible spirit to the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart), whose elegant constructions favour…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI would rather not deal with that now on the Floor of the House. I am well aware of IPSO and well aware of complaints that have been made to it from time to time, and colleagues…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 2019