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HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionI do not know whether the House wants a debate, so I will be very brief. I was going to join in if other people were going to debate. Thank you for encouraging me, Mr Speaker—no…04 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019I genuinely welcome my right hon. Friend to his appointment and congratulate him on it, and I sincerely wish him every success in carrying out his extremely important duties. I…04 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitIt seems to me that the Prime Minister’s extraordinary knockabout performance today merely confirms his obvious strategy, which is to set conditions that make no deal inevitable,…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)With great respect, I would love to debate with my right hon. Friend, and I often have, but my speech will get longer and longer once I give way. As Mr Speaker has not put me…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)Mr Speaker, you are very generous to me. I will try to be extremely brief. The right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford) has just enabled me to be briefer,…03 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)I was astonished to hear my right hon. Friend agree that we would be perfectly all right to proceed on WTO rules. Does he accept that WTO rules will require the European Union to…03 Sept 2019HANSARDHostile State ActivityI do apologise to the House. It was once the only way that I entered this Chamber.15 Jul 2019HANSARDDetainee Mistreatment: Judge-led Inquiry(Urgent Question): To ask the Prime Minister if she will make good on her Government’s commitment, made over a year ago, to bring to the House within 60 days their view on…15 Jul 2019HANSARDDetainee Mistreatment: Judge-led InquiryYou have asked the most penetrating question, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister for finally producing some indication of when we might…15 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Conservative party has frequently won the trust of the public over recent generations because of its reputation for economic competence and responsibility. Those qualities…19 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseGovernments pursue policies for which they have a parliamentary majority. I am going to be brief, so I shall not widen what I think is the very important broader constitutional…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI entirely understand and appreciate my right hon. Friend’s tactics in trying to address procedural and textual points in the motion, rather than addressing the main point, which…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the Houserose—12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseMr Speaker, I am sorry that I surprised you. I am not sure that I wrote in beforehand, but I shall endeavour to be brief. I intend to be brief because there are not many…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI will when I have finished my first point. This cannot bring down the Government. Of course, if the Government are defeated, it will be open to someone to bring a motion of…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI will give way, but I am about to finish the procedural point. In fact, when we were in opposition, David Cameron asked me to chair a committee to advise him on a lot of…12 Jun 2019HANSARDInterim NHS People PlanI welcome the Minister’s announcement that the Government are giving higher priority still to the recruitment and retention of staff in the NHS. It is an undeniable fact that…05 Jun 2019HANSARD European CouncilMay I urge my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to stick to her commitment to lead the country through to the conclusion of the Brexit process, and to ignore some of the…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019My hon. and learned Friend is chopping about with various dates that he would prefer, and he keeps making the obvious point that article 50 can come to an end if and when we have…09 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe hon. Gentleman is correct in saying that we would have to produce a reason for wanting an extension, but does he agree that the reason that would command wide support here is…03 Apr 2019