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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI did not agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) when he was a member of the Oxford University Conservative association, but I agree with him when he…06 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Performing ArtsMay I recommend to the Minister the RSC production of “As You Like It” that my brother is appearing in at Stratford-on-Avon? As part of the preparations for leaving the EU, the EU…23 May 2019HANSARD Arthritis and EmploymentI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate on a very important subject. Like many Members, I have constituents and family members who are affected by arthritis.…21 May 2019HANSARDEbola Outbreak: DRCMy constituent Ben Thomas came to talk to me about this on Saturday. The combination of this terrible disease, in an area with 18 million people dominated by separate groups, as…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionTo follow up on the excellent point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle), in many of these instances, as with my constituents, we are…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on the work they have done on behalf of the all-party parliamentary group on…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionLike my hon. Friend, I thought that my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) might have been called next, as the co-chair of the all-party group—I think that is…20 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate the new Minister and thank him for agreeing to meet me and my constituent this afternoon, so early in his tenure. What assessment has he made of the chances of the…14 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sMy hon. Friend accurately describes what is often the modus operandi of this Conservative Government. The hon. Member for North Devon also said that the BBC had agreed to continue…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sAs I said, the hon. Gentleman is entitled to make that argument but is not entitled to palm the decision off on the BBC. That is the essence of our point. My old university…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sNot for the moment. The Government could have put in their manifesto that they intended to outsource to the BBC—an organisation that is not democratically accountable—a concession…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sWe have had a very good debate with some excellent contributions from the Back Benches. Like other hon. Members, I wish to declare an interest at the outset, which is that…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sWe also know what actually happened in relation to the free television licence concession. Basically, as I will say later in my remarks, the BBC hierarchy were taken into a…08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sWill the Minister give way?08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sNo we did not!08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sIn principle, should a multimillionaire receive free treatment on the NHS?08 May 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sI am acting on Mr Speaker’s instructions, because I wish to point out to the Minister and the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont), who I do not think…08 May 2019HANSARDTimpson Review of School ExclusionI was the Minister for behaviour and exclusions when the statistics show that the figures started falling after 2007, and continued to fall. I am afraid that those figures came…07 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we have a debate on Yemen? My constituent Luke Symons is being held captive by the Houthis in Sana’a. Despite the efforts of the Foreign Secretary, the United Nations and…02 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we debate the power of science? Astronomers have achieved an accurate image of a black hole, which is a region in space-time with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing…11 Apr 2019