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HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsI agree that first past the post creates a clear link that sometimes proportional representation systems do not. As we committed in our manifesto to retaining first past the post…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsI will not, given the time. I want to allow time for the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Angela Smith) who secured the debate. The first-past-the-post system is well…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsThank you, Mr Evans. I will make sure to follow your guidance and leave a minute at the end. I thank hon. Members, particularly the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Lancaster…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsEveryone has a choice as to how they use their vote. Even under the alternative vote system, which the Liberal Democrats argued for in the referendum seven years ago, people would…23 Apr 2019HANSARD BruneiWhen the right to choose who you love and to be who you are is taken away, other rights, including the right to believe in and follow your own God, quickly follow in being taken…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am conscious that you will, of course, bring this debate to a close at 5 o’clock, Mr Speaker. I will be voting against the business of the House motion. We hear that we are in a…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is making an interesting speech. This procedure has been used in the past for legislation on Northern Ireland or even the Emergency Powers (Defence) Bill in…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)Let us be candid: we are here because there are those in this House who do not want Brexit to go ahead, who voted against the withdrawal agreement—to be fair, that is a principled…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I hope that my hon. Friend will forgive me for turning my back on him while responding to his intervention. I need to address the House, rather than face him directly. The English…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I thank my hon. Friend for his, as always, thoughtful intervention. I suspect many of us would not particularly want to rush to help them, shall we say, pay a lower rate of tax in…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)Absolutely. Members who do not want no deal and keep coming to the Chamber and telling us, “No to no deal”—a great soundbite, but not a solution—need the withdrawal agreement to…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I have always been clear that 63% of my constituents voted for us to leave in the referendum, and ultimately we have to have no deal as a fall-back if all else fails. If…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)If my hon. Friend just gives me a moment, I will finish responding to his previous intervention before I take another one. We would still have to keep that access, and that is why…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I am conscious that I could probably expand this debate widely into legal services and the impact potentially from the recognition of judgments between different jurisdictions. A…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I will give way again in a moment. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman wants to offer a point of clarification. That outcome would not really be about delivering any real benefits…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. We can all look back over the past three years and suggest that there were things that we might have done differently or changed. “If?…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I will give way in a moment. We want to be able to benefit from a single market online, given that it does not matter if someone buys from Tewkesbury or Texas—or North Dorset, for…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection)I will give way briefly, but I am conscious of time.02 Apr 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes a strong point. We should not just assume that once a DoLS is in place it will be there for life. For some people, it may apply during a particular period of…02 Apr 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I accept the point. However, the hon. Lady’s example is not just about standards being ignored, because there was a raft of, bluntly, criminal behaviour and abuse. If we were…02 Apr 2019