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HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationThe hon. Gentleman is right. We stood on many other manifesto proposals that have not seen the light of day. I gently suggest to the Minister, my good friend and near neighbour,…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationAs the House will know, my constituency of Arundel and South Downs is the most beautiful in England— 250 square miles of Sussex countryside, with no large towns but only small…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationThe hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. There are, of course, wider environmental objections; those might be addressed separately by suitable, strong regulation. My concern…28 Mar 2019HANSARD World TB DayMy hon. Friend makes a good point, but I do not blame pharmaceutical companies, because I think this is a clear case of market failure. The fact is that the demand for better TB…27 Mar 2019HANSARD World TB DayI strongly agree with the hon. Gentleman. I commend the work he does on the all-party parliamentary group on global tuberculosis, which I have the honour to co-chair with my…27 Mar 2019HANSARD World TB DayI beg to move, That this House has considered World TB Day and the efforts to end tuberculosis globally. I am delighted to be able to introduce this debate. It was World TB Day on…27 Mar 2019HANSARD World TB DayThis is an interesting debate, but I disagree with my hon. Friend. The drugs are not in the pipeline, because the return on investment for these companies is insufficient in the…27 Mar 2019HANSARD World TB DaySorry!27 Mar 2019HANSARD World TB DayI am grateful for the Minister’s response, which reiterated the UK Government’s commitment. I thank all hon. Members for their contributions today and for their commitment to…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWorld TB Day is on 24 March. Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest disease; it still kills 1.7 million people a year globally, which is more than AIDS and malaria combined. There…14 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy hon. Friend quite brilliantly anticipates my very next sentence. Ultimately, we have a political judgment to make, not a legal judgment. Is the theoretical, highly unlikely…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI will support the deal tonight, as I did before. I welcome the further agreement that was struck in Strasbourg in relation to the backstop. We now have far greater legal…12 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingYes, I have already said so. We all recognise that there are areas of the country where needs, and therefore spending needs, are much greater. My point is that all schools need a…04 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingI have been a Member of this House for 14 years. Interestingly, for the first decade school funding was not especially an issue in my constituency. The debates that we had with…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEqual Rights CoalitionI thank the Minister for that answer. It is good news that the UK is taking over this role, but the Equal Rights Coalition is in its infancy and needs more work to ensure that the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionFirst it was a people’s vote, and now it is a confirmatory vote. Are not hon. Members using these euphemisms because, in reality, their proposal is for a second referendum and, by…26 Feb 2019HANSARDEqual Rights Coalition9. What plans he has for the UK in its role as co-chair of the Equal Rights Coalition in 2019-20.26 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUIs there not a precedent in the EU for member states that have been unable to ratify a treaty because of a democratic decision taken in their own country to go back to the EU and…12 Feb 2019HANSARDRough SleepingThey are exactly the kinds of vulnerable people who the Depaul Nightstop service is helping in half of local authorities. Would the Minister agree to meet Depaul, and perhaps…07 Feb 2019HANSARDRough SleepingThank you very much, Mr Sharma. If hon. Members have not already been, I recommend that they walk a few hundred yards down Millbank to see the exhibition of Don McCullin’s…07 Feb 2019