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HANSARDDraft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019I had not planned on intervening, but I was listening carefully to the sensible questions asked by the hon. Member for Bassetlaw. On his first point about how this benefits his…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI share the concern of the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley) and the Minister about the fact that it appears that at least 19 patients had “do not…15 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill (Thirtieth sitting)I had not intended to speak, but, as ever, the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton has provoked me. On the point that the hon. Member for Glasgow East mentioned about how long it…24 Apr 2019HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill (Thirtieth sitting)I will endeavour to speak briefly. It is a great pleasure to be here at our 30th meeting. I have been to many of them—not all of them. I will happily support the motion moved by…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend makes a good point. I note from the indicative votes on Monday that, again, the motion on a confirmatory vote was supported by fewer people than the Cabinet’s…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI completely agree, but my major point was that I do not like the process whereby we do not consider Bills properly and then expect the Lords to do all the scrutiny. Certainly,…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI accept some of the arguments that the hon. Gentleman makes. I have not been a member of this Government; I have not served as a Minister under this Prime Minister. Certainly…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI note very carefully what the hon. Lady says. I have opposed the Cabinet’s withdrawal agreement and political declaration twice because I think the backstop is a fundamental…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe right hon. Gentleman is confirming that. I think that at Labour conferences compositing is a verb. There is an implicit assumption that, by gluing the motions together, we…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseNo, I fundamentally disagree, for this reason. I will give the hon. Lady a couple of examples. First, I suspect that there are many people—I do not know this, but it is my…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIndeed, but given that a number of Members of this House have made it quite clear that they do not want to deliver the result of the last referendum, I am not sure that a fair…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI agree. My hon. Friend mentions Northern Ireland. I listened carefully to the point made by the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon). Measures on Northern Ireland security…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), who set out his case very well. I will talk first about the business of the House motion, before…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI have listened to my right hon. Friend. I will not spend too much longer on this issue, because I will then be straying into a debate on the Bill. Having just looked at the Bill…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend shakes her head, so we do not have that intelligence. My understanding is that an attempt similar to this one will take place in the other place. It might not…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI had not heard that specific piece of information, but even if it is not the case, if the Bill does go through the other place very rapidly, in effect a Bill with significant…03 Apr 2019HANSARDdraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019rose —26 Mar 2019HANSARDdraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I promise I will desist shortly, Mr Paisley. The problem is that if we are in a permanent customs union and are no longer in the European Union, we will have no say over the…26 Mar 2019HANSARDdraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The hon. Gentleman just made a point about the Labour party’s policy. If we were to have a permanent customs union with the European Union, would a Labour Government be able to…26 Mar 2019HANSARDdraft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will keep my remarks focused on this Committee. Is not the reason why we are considering this statutory instrument that the European Statutory Instruments Committee, which…26 Mar 2019