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HANSARD Independent Expert PanelI am sorry to introduce a slightly discordant note in the debate. It started with the Leader of the House saying that he was sure that the Committee will be meeting soon. At £700…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Independent Expert PanelVery much so. Such people are used to engaging with people and having to make decisions. We could have a senior nursing officer in an accident and emergency department or a senior…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Independent Expert PanelIndeed. We could have people who have gone into those roles, often later in life, with a range of life experience, as opposed to people who have gone from elite school to elite…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementThe right hon. Lady is right in one respect, but we have had many debates recently on trade deals. Indeed, we had a veto on those trade deals between the EU and other partners,…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateIs my right hon. Friend as surprised as I am that, given the huge success of our excellent technical operators, a Government Minister has not used the expression “world-beating”?…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Could you clarify whether it is 100 Members voting or 100 Members voting in the Aye Lobby?24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateDoes my right hon. Friend, like me, wonder a little at the paradox that we have here today? The Leader of the House has often waxed lyrical about the need for Members of…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateIs it not utterly disrespectful for the Leader of the House and the Cabinet to disregard the House’s Committees, whose members are elected by both parties and whose Chairs are…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThis is also a discourtesy because some Members of the House had considerable objections to the make-up of that particular body. They wanted to ask questions, for example, about…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateHas not my right hon. Friend exposed another flaw in this, which is the argument made by some Conservative Members that, “Well, you’ll have to go and get a sick note”? But if…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Persecution of AhmadisI congratulate the hon. Member on bringing this important issue into the public demain. He mentioned the large community who are established here, but will he also mention the…23 Nov 2020HANSARD Persecution of AhmadisThe Minister has rightly drawn the attention of the House to the appalling incidents that take place at the extremes of the spectrum, but are there not also lower-level…23 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated ReviewIf this boost for defence spending is the first fruits of the departure of Dominic Cummings, it is most welcome, especially in ensuring that we can continue to work effectively…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Sport Sector: Financial SupportI welcome this package and congratulate the Minister on securing it from the Treasury. However, we all recognise that it cannot last forever, so does he accept that we need a…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseSurely, in reality, the most important issue facing the country and this House is the renewal or otherwise of the lockdown, so I am surprised and slightly concerned that it is not…19 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYesterday in the covid-19 debate, the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill), revealed: “When the pandemic…12 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillThe right hon. Lady wants equality. Did she not move the amendment that said that Ynys Môn should stand alone, even though it would be much smaller than the quota?10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillIt may not be fair, but it is perfectly accurate. The reality is that in neither country has there been a shred of evidence of fraud in postal voting or personation at the ballot…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillThe hon. Gentleman referred to the Venice Commission and the OSCE, and that came up during our deliberations. They said: “The maximum admissible departure from the distribution…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillI think the hon. Gentleman will find that in Slough it was Conservative party members who were convicted, but we can always check that. There has been very, very little evidence…10 Nov 2020