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HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)What an invidious choice. I call Dr Rosena Allin-Khan.09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThank you.09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman; he is a conviction politician, and that deserves respect.09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe hon. Gentleman speaks from personal experience as a parliamentarian who is always ready to speak truth to power. I identify with him. What he says, not least in the light of…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I seek a right hon. or hon. Member on the Government Benches, but it is not immediately obvious that any wishes to contribute. [ Laughter. ] I do not see why that is a source of…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 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for what he said. I regard him as a quite exceptional parliamentarian, so to receive a tribute from him means a great deal to me, and…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderBless you, Barry, for what you have said. [ Interruption. ] Will hon. Members forgive me? I call Mr Dominic Grieve.09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and his antennae are keenly attuned to the debate. There is a fine dividing line, and the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin)…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the right hon. Lady for what she said, and for all the good fellowship that she and I have enjoyed over the 22 years I have been in the House with her.09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderWe must proceed before too long, but I do apologise very sincerely to the right hon. Gentleman—the leader of the third party in this House—for failing to see him at an earlier…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said. I want to observe—others will bear testimony to this, in the light of what he has just said— that the right hon. Gentleman…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI call my very loyal and brilliant next-door neighbour of over 20 years in constituency terms, Mr David Lidington.09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThank you.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 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThank you. I just say to the right hon. Gentleman, the Leader of the Opposition, that he is very much more experienced and senior than I, but I think that as Back Benchers in our…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI am sorry, but I have to resort to my usual advice to quizzical Members in these circumstances: persist, persist, persist. Write, seek a meeting, and press again and again and…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 OrderThank you. As everybody here knows, Jo was very special, and she will remain in our hearts for as long as we live.09 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have called a distinguished headteacher to speak, so I must call a distinguished nurse. I call Anne Milton.09 Sept 2019