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HANSARDTopical QuestionsTwo Members have been standing for some time, and I am keen to accommodate them. I feel sure they will agree that a sentence each seems fair.23 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionWell, if she does not blow it, it may well be that nobody else will blow the trumpet. It is perfectly right that we offer her the warmest congratulations on that new…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionAnd more. There is plenty of scope.23 Apr 2019HANSARD South-Eastern Rail FranchiseI have been attending to my duties in the Chair, so I cannot comment on what restrictions on access to or egress from the estate have applied, either as a matter of policy or on…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaI thank the Foreign Secretary, the shadow Foreign Secretary, and all colleagues who have spoken in the course of these exchanges both for what they said and for the way in which…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaColleagues, in respectful memory of the 321 people slaughtered in the appalling Easter Sunday terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, including eight British citizens, and of the…23 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOrder. We must move on.23 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaColleagues, thank you.23 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionOh, many congratulations to the right hon. Lady.23 Apr 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe short answer to the hon. Gentleman is that I have had no intimation from the Government that they plan to bring this Session to a close. I have had no indication at all of an…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Arrest of Julian AssangeThe hon. Gentleman has found his own salvation, and he has done so with very good grace and an admirable sense of humour in relation to what is a serious matter. He is doing his…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Arrest of Julian AssangePerhaps I could be forgiven for saying, in the gentlest and most understated of spirits, that having known the right hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning) for a good…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Arrest of Julian AssangeAnd on, because he is a persistent terrier of a parliamentarian. That UQ served an important public purpose, and the right hon. Gentleman deserves great credit for bringing it to…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Arrest of Julian AssangeYes. [ Interruption. ] It has been suggested that the right hon. Gentleman is more a persistent Rottweiler than a persistent terrier.11 Apr 2019HANSARD East Midlands Rail FranchiseOrder. I am keen to accommodate colleagues, but we have the business question to follow and thereafter another statement, and after that the Prime Minister’s statement. There is a…11 Apr 2019HANSARDMusic Education in SchoolsThe hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) is not merely committed to music; I think people should be aware that he is a distinguished member of MP4—the parliamentary rock…11 Apr 2019HANSARDVisitors to the UKGo to Clacton man, for goodness’ sake.11 Apr 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThat is a perfectly reasonable inquiry. My understanding—I think it is also in conformity with what has happened in the past—is that we would simply roll forward by a week.…11 Apr 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderMy counsel to the hon. Gentleman, whom I am not seeking to contradict or to argue with, is that if he feels as he does, it is open to him to vote against motion 1 when it is…11 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilI feel sure that the commuters of Chislehurst were greatly encouraged to be accompanied on their journey by the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill).11 Apr 2019