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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Actrose —25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilDoes not everything the Prime Minister has said today indicate that she still believes that no deal is better than any deal other than her own? Does she understand that this House…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman; he is being extremely generous. I cannot see how any deal can proceed without a public vote at the end of the process, given the…25 Mar 2019HANSARDServices for People with AutismMay I, too, congratulate the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan), who, sadly, cannot be here because of that family situation, on her speech? I also…21 Mar 2019HANSARDServices for People with AutismI absolutely join my hon. Friend in congratulating Cardiff airport on that. Going through an airport, with its security and everything that comes along with it, is a stressful…21 Mar 2019HANSARDServices for People with AutismI welcome the APPG’s inquiry, and, in particular, the fact that it will look into the way in which adults with autism interact with the criminal justice system. I think that is an…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI have raised previously with the Foreign Secretary the case of Luke Symons, a constituent of mine being held captive in Yemen. There is some hope that the International Committee…21 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActYou voted for article 50—12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActNo, but your spokesman did.12 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. As I have always understood it, our system is based on Cabinet government. Does what we have now heard mean that the Government will be…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThis afternoon, the Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Worcester (Mr Walker), who came to make a statement in response to the urgent…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I do not want to over-egg the point, but it is important for what Ministers say to the Chamber from the Dispatch Box to be accurate, and for there…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesIt is customary on these occasions for the House to complain that the Government have sent the monkey and not the organ grinder, but on this occasion we have not even got the…11 Mar 2019HANSARDFree TV Licences: Over-75sThe Secretary of State is right: it is in statute. We opposed it, and right now the National Pensioners Convention is protesting outside DCMS—not outside the BBC. That is because…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Northern IrelandToo many.07 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is nice that the Leader of the House talks about World Book Day, but 700 libraries have closed since 2010 under this Government. May we have a debate about that, because…07 Mar 2019HANSARDSingle-use Plastic WasteMy 10-year-old constituent Emily Haines wrote to me about this issue, and she assured me she had not just copied and pasted. Indeed, when I wrote back to her by hand, her father…05 Mar 2019HANSARDSt David’s DayMy hon. Friend is right; that victory did unite the country. Does he wonder, as I do, whether it united the Ministers in the Wales Office? It would be interesting to know who the…28 Feb 2019HANSARDSt David’s DayI thank my hon. Friend for introducing the debate and for the tribute she is paying to Paul Flynn. Does she agree that Paul would be appalled about the situation for young…28 Feb 2019HANSARDHolocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill (First sitting)I thank everyone who has spoken, including my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham. I also thank my hon. Friends the Members for Bassetlaw and for Ilford North, who are here in…27 Feb 2019