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HANSARD GCHQ CentenaryI agree entirely with everything that my hon. Friend has said, endorse it and give my profound thanks to those people. They do us honour all over the world; many countries depend…11 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationMy hon. Friend has been a fantastic champion for West Sussex schools. I endorse his suggestion for a challenge fund. It is an extremely good idea and I hope that it makes some…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI congratulate my right hon. Friend, on behalf of all of us, on the excellent work he does as Chairman of the Select Committee. Talking of princesses, will he pause for a moment…01 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisons and ProbationI welcome my hon. and learned Friend to his job, to which I hope he brings the same tremendous skills as he brought to his previous job as Solicitor General. He was kind to listen…14 May 2019HANSARDEducationDoes my hon. Friend agree that, generally speaking, the rule the Government should adopt, given the unfortunate decision that this country has taken to leave the European Union…09 May 2019HANSARDBest Practice17. What progress he is making on the dissemination of best practice throughout the NHS.07 May 2019HANSARDBest PracticeThank you very much, Mr Speaker, for getting this far down the list of questions. I know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has a serious ambition to try to drive…07 May 2019HANSARDTuition Fees: EU StudentsDoes my hon. Friend agree that, generally speaking, the rule the Government should adopt, given the unfortunate decision that this country has taken to leave the European Union…29 Apr 2019HANSARDLanguage Teaching7. What steps his Department is taking to increase language teaching in schools.29 Apr 2019HANSARDLanguage TeachingGiven that catastrophic mistake by the Labour party, I commend my right hon. Friend and his colleagues for the proportion of pupils taking a language GCSE increasing from 40% to…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Change PolicyFirst, I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her outstanding record in her Department, on which I also congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber…23 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilDoes my right hon. Friend agree that there are many other very important issues facing the European Union—including, for the moment, the United Kingdom—particularly in respect of…11 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that part of the shame of this process is that the Government could ever have underestimated the impossibility of unpicking 46 years of close…09 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillOn a point of order, Sir Lindsay. In the spirit of the new regime of bringing the whole House together on these difficult matters, and while you are waiting to get these…03 Apr 2019HANSARDRules-based International OrderIs it not a matter of the greatest regret that our most important ally, the United States, is in clear contravention of United Nations Security Council resolution 497 by…02 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend and join him in paying tribute to an obviously very distinguished civil servant. One has to wonder what she has done to earn such a poisoned chalice.…28 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.28 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMr Speaker, I will not long delay the House. I congratulate the hon. Member for North East Fife (Stephen Gethins) on making some very interesting points, many of which I find…25 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI will not, because many others want to speak. I hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive me. All of us know that many of our constituents are understandably extremely angry that…25 Mar 2019HANSARDDark MoneyThis matter really is first-order business for the Government. Our electoral system has always been something of which this country has been proud. I urge my hon. Friend to push…13 Mar 2019