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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent Luke Symons has been held for some considerable time as a captive in Sana’a, and his family feel that the Foreign Office is not doing enough. Will the Minister…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House for their remarks about our friend Paul Flynn. He would have had something to say about the business of the…21 Feb 2019HANSARDUK Nationals returning from SyriaNot all UK nationals trying to return from warzones in the middle east have been consorting with terrorists; some are trapped there through no fault of their own. Will the Home…18 Feb 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I knew Paul long before he was a Member of Parliament, when he was a county councillor in Gwent in the 1980s. I would just like to add…18 Feb 2019HANSARDSeaborne FreightThe hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O’Hara) has been very unfair; I am sure the Secretary of State is handling this to the best of his ability. The Secretary of State was…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate on Facebook? This week we learned that the brilliant political comedian Matt Forde had his ads banned from Facebook because his show is called “Brexit through…07 Feb 2019HANSARDGWR and Network PerformanceOn the point about new trains, does my hon. Friend find it staggering that the trains that have been commissioned for use on the line are in some cases worse than the old 125s,…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe already know from the Prime Minister that the business on 14 February will be further votes on Brexit. May I just say to the Leader of the House that Valentine’s day is a bad…31 Jan 2019HANSARDMusic EducationThe Government’s recent funding announcement on music education will barely cover the pay increase for people who teach music. Since 2011, more than 1,200 music teacher jobs have…31 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I also asked whether the Minister could tell us about the likelihood that countries that are party to the Council of Europe ECTT would choose to use its provisions? If she needs…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. It is Independent Venue Week. Such venues are the research and development to a £4.5 billion music industry, but a third of them have closed in the past decade. Why is the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Before the Minister concludes, paragraph 7.3 of the explanatory memorandum states that the instrument will remedy the deficiency by amending the Communications Act 2003 “to…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon, especially in the light of your recent eminent elevation elsewhere, about which I have been told not to go into any…29 Jan 2019HANSARD Town of Culture AwardIt is welcome that the Minister is reviewing the competition criteria. When does he expect to report back on his conclusions?23 Jan 2019HANSARD Town of Culture AwardThere is not a lot of time left, but I remind the Minister that he will not need long to say, “Yes,” in response to this debate. I endorse the proposal by my right hon. Friend the…23 Jan 2019HANSARDYemenI thank the Foreign Secretary for what he said before Christmas about my constituent Jackie Morgan’s daughter, Safia, who was kidnapped from Cardiff and taken to Yemen in the…22 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House does not need mindfulness; she should just carry on reading “Winnie-the-Pooh”. For when she sends her card—signed, “Love, Andrea”—to you, Mr Speaker, I…17 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In my 17 years in the House, including two years as a Government Whip, I found out one thing, which is that if Members act as a Whip’s…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActThe referendum in 2016 was an event that I assumed would be followed by the new Prime Minister reaching out to the losing side across party boundaries to obtain its acceptance of…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the EUMay I plead with the Prime Minister to mind her language? She used a term in her statement to say that people’s opinions would represent a “subversion of our democracy”, which is…14 Jan 2019