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HANSARD Business of the HouseAccording to Wikipedia, the Leader of the House has an unusually shaped seat, but like many of our seats, it contains a good music festival. The pipeline to good music festivals…24 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceMy hon. Friend is telling tragic stories about the impact on real patients of what is happening in the NHS. Other families who are suffering are those often with children who have…23 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe right hon. Gentleman has been very generous in giving way. There have been some press reports that the SNP is abandoning the idea of having a second referendum, but in the…22 Oct 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. As you will recall, on Saturday afternoon, I was the Member who made the point that the Leader of the House should have been making an…21 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Should the Leader of the House not have sought to make an emergency business statement, if that was what his intention was, so that we…19 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsThe Secretary of State pointed out that some hon. Members have voted against a Brexit deal since the referendum, including the Prime Minister, who did so twice. Why do the…19 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Further to the point I made in my earlier point of order, in respect of which you kindly ruled that this matter should have been dealt…19 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIf the Leader of the House is so confident that the revised text on Brexit that he referred to earlier is such a good deal, why does he not bring forward measures to make sure…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt was yesterday.17 Oct 2019HANSARD Tata Steelworks: NewportIs the Minister saying that he will go back to his colleagues and recommend that the UK steel council meets, as my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden) has…08 Oct 2019HANSARD US Troop Withdrawal from Northern SyriaThe Minister is assiduous and sincere, but does he understand that hearts sink in all parts of the House when he uses phrases such as any incursion might only be “modest in…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Tata Steelworks: NewportOn a point of order, Mr Hanson, this kind of debate is supposed to be a conversation between the Minister and the Member who secured it. There are five minutes left in the debate;…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI commend the Leader of the House for agreeing to meet all Members. I have always found that, if any Minister refuses to meet a Member, a diet of 10 written parliamentary…26 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)On that point, if the right hon. and learned Gentleman is successful and the Government are obliged to supply these papers, is he confident that the current Prime Minister and the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Thank you, Mr Speaker. Is it a point of order or a point of information to point out that the Prime Minister’s special adviser, Dominic Cummings, asked to examine the private text…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)On a point of order, Mr Speaker—09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)I am certainly not a lawyer, but general knowledge leads me to ask: is what the Government are doing here not, in effect, the equivalent, in American terms, of taking the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDStrength of the UnionIs it not the case that the real nationalist party in this Chamber now, after last night’s events, is the Tory party, which is rapidly turning into the right-wing English…04 Sept 2019HANSARDArtist VisasWhat the hon. Gentleman says is absolutely right. Is it not also the case that not only are the restrictions draconian, but the Home Office deliberately runs its visa programme as…04 Sept 2019HANSARDArtist VisasI congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate. Is it not the case that in the music industry, for example, many UK touring artists are not very wealthy? Often…04 Sept 2019