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HANSARD CoronavirusAs cases escalate, and we have to assume they probably will, even a well-prepared NHS will become stretched, with health professionals likely to be affected. Self-help will become…03 Mar 2020HANSARD Airport ExpansionI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. India and China have 320 new airports planned for the next 10 years, yet here we are once again with…02 Mar 2020HANSARD CoronavirusI pay tribute to the Secretary of State at this very difficult time. His statement was very measured. He mentions four means: containment, delay, research and mitigation.…26 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point about domestic supply chains. I am not an interventionist in supply chains and the UK economy in the same way that his party is, so I…03 Feb 2020HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2019It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I just have some observations about where we are going with these measures. I fully agree that for…03 Feb 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillObviously the hon. Gentleman takes a great interest in Scotland. This is a debate about England, but I think there should be a serious debate in every part of the country about…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI am delighted to see you in your place, Mr Deputy Speaker; it is the first time we have been in the Chamber together since you were elected—congratulations to you. I am pleased…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. How much do trusts spend on recruitment consultants? There is a whole panoply of expenditure on other things that the NHS, as a very big…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyI thank the hon. Lady for securing this powerful and important debate. She has made the point that it is often elderly, retired people who enjoy such vehicles, but quite a big…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyI thank the Minister for being generous. The heart of the nonsense is that the Euro 6 engines, which many of these vehicles will now have, are low on particulates. Let us put CO 2…21 Jan 2020HANSARDTributes to the SpeakerMr Speaker, this is a very special day for you. I was not going to speak, but I want to put on record a couple of my times with you. As I mentioned to you on shaking your hand…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (Luke Graham) on securing the debate. We came to a bit of a joint decision that it should happen around the…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingThat is a topic for a wider debate, which I have often considered. The UK tax code does not have 17,000 pages; it has been rather well expanded to 22,000 pages. When we compare…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingI would go against that. I think my hon. Friend will find that the digital trail is more likely to be there than the old paper trail. It is rather like my hon. Friend’s tweet from…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that we have cast aside many traditions over the last few years and that this place has got rid of what we hold dear? If we are to have a debate about…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMy hon. Friend is making the most excellent points about the drawbacks of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, which he was opposed to. Does he think that there is a salutary lesson…29 Oct 2019HANSARDThe EconomyWill my right hon. Friend give way?24 Oct 2019HANSARDThe EconomyI refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Let us contrast where we are today with the background we inherited in 2010. We have unemployment down…24 Oct 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill and Extension LetterMay I just say on the Floor of the House now that I have zero respect—absolutely no respect—for the Benn surrender Act? I have no respect for the means by which it was brought to…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Irish Border: Customs ArrangementsDoes the Minister agree that this whole Northern Ireland-Republic border issue is confected nonsense designed to derail Brexit? Has he considered the Jameson lorry that goes from…01 Oct 2019