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HANSARD Business of the HouseAnd enacted.05 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionI will correct myself and say that the Prime Minister was allegedly sacked for lying twice, and the public—04 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Electionindicated dissent.04 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionWhat the Prime Minister has put to us is clearly a poisoned chalice. He is like the schoolroom clown, who thinks that he can offer us something while dancing around and blabbering…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. As you are aware, the Government were found to be in breach of the arms export regime by the Court of Appeal. The Government have applied to the…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentI rise today to talk about the academisation of two schools in my constituency: Moulsecoomb primary school and Peacehaven community school. They are at opposite ends of my…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.25 Jul 2019HANSARD Youth ServicesA lot of this report is about either reinventing the wheel or looking back into the past and seeing what we can learn from the positive things. Always, while going forward we must…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Youth ServicesHave you got a job yet, Ben?24 Jul 2019HANSARD Youth ServicesI thank the Minister for her kind words about our meeting. I welcome the fact that the Government have agreed to review the statutory guidelines and how councils are fulfilling…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Youth ServicesI thank the Minister for this debate. I rise as the chair of the all-party group on youth affairs who produced this report with my vice-chair the hon. Member for Mansfield (Ben…24 Jul 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]We’ve all experienced it haven’t we? We have all phoned up a Government helpline, waiting hours on hold while listening to crummy music. When we see our phone bill afterwards, it…23 Jul 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]rose—23 Jul 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [ Lords ]Thank you, Sir Gary. I am sorry for catching your eye a bit late. The point of amendment 1 is to spell out in the text of the Bill that there is the ability to change pathways of…23 Jul 2019HANSARDCounter-Daesh UpdateI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my trips to north-eastern Syria on the behalf of the Kurdish authorities. I want to ask about the…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I suggest that Members read “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” about the importance of the comma? The problem with the spoken word…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActHave you read the material?25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI thank the Minister for describing the people who have objections as being at the real fringes. The difficulty is that if there is a requirement on headteachers to consult, and…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActWill he give way?25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI totally agree. It is even more important that a Member of Parliament, and I would not want to tell anyone how to do their job, should not go and plonk themselves down on one…25 Jun 2019