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HANSARDPoints of OrderI know that the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey) will be very proud of what I have just said about his wife, and he is looking even happier than he otherwise…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Prorogation (Disclosure of Communications)I know that the House will join me in empathising with and showering congratulations for his forbearance upon the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve), who…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Prorogation (Disclosure of Communications)A very large number of Members are standing in support of the right hon. and learned Gentleman. I note that the very, very loud expression of opposition from the hon. Member for…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThat is extraordinarily eloquent and generous. I do not want to comment on anything the right hon. Gentleman has said about me but I want instead to endorse in triplicate what he…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)We now come to the motion in the name of Mr Dominic Grieve and others, to be moved under Standing Order No. 24. I remind the House that a paper with the terms of the motion has…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)The House is scheduled to return on 14 October and the hon. Gentleman knows for what purpose we will resume—for the Gracious Address and the opening of the new Session—but the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Order. The point of order trumps the attempted intervention even of an illustrious Law Officer.09 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure that if I did not call a retired headteacher, I would be subject to the most condign punishment imaginable. I call Thelma Walker.09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)I hope it is a point of order, not a point of frustration.09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the right hon. Gentleman. That was characteristically generous and gracious of him. At the risk of inflicting some damage upon his otherwise flourishing political career,…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman; he is a conviction politician, and that deserves respect.09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)Order. I apologise for having to interrupt the Prime Minister. I will take these points of order, but I hope that they are genuine. The Prime Minister will then proceed with his…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. He was, of course, a talented Minister but I have always thought, because I know that his career came to a premature end, that he…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the hon. Lady. Put simply, I have been very lucky. If you do for a living something that causes you to jump out of bed in the morning looking forward to the day ahead,…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)No, no. Nothing further is required. That is the charge that the hon. Lady is levelling, but it is not a fatal charge. It has to be said that not only is it not a fatal charge,…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)I cannot confirm anything of the sort. The expression “plenty of time” is an evaluative statement and it is obviously a view that the hon. Lady holds and she is entitled to it,…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)I am not privy to the Government’s thoughts on these matters. It would be perfectly open for a member of the Executive branch to respond to the hon. Lady if he or she so wished,…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)I hope the right hon. Lady will forgive me, but I was immersed—there is no point in my pretending otherwise—in a Socratic dialogue with an hon. Gentleman, as the Chair sometimes…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)The time when the hon. Lady’s constituents, and, more widely, the electorate of Scotland, might be in a position to register their views in the way she suggests could well be not…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)The hon. Gentleman began his attempted point of order by inquiring how he could register his anger, and he has of course now done so. It is on the record and it will be reproduced…09 Sept 2019