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HANSARDCommittee on StandardsI presume the Government will win the vote tonight, especially if the Government Whip uses his pocketful full of proxy votes, but frankly it is a pretty shabby day. The Leader of…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillI would just point out to my hon. Friend that when a council is not sure who is living at a particular address, or if it knows that someone has moved, it will send the form to…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillNational insurance already has a national database—that is inherent to the system. That information would not be distributed to every local authority; information would be…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillBut surely the electoral registers are held by the local electoral registration officers and the local councils, and if they are provided with that information, they can…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillUnfortunately, now that the Lord Chancellor is, rightly or wrongly, in the House of Commons, can they not be subjected to political pressures? Indeed, has a previous Lord…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies Billrose—10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillI join others in paying tribute to and sending condolences to the Minister for the Constitution and Devolution, the hon. Member for Norwich North (Chloe Smith). There is, however,…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillThat is absolutely wrong. It is an offence not to return the electoral registration form. The fact that councils do not enforce that and do not think it is worth it may be another…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillIt is absolutely, certainly not. It is actually a criminal offence not to return a registration form.10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillExactly right. Moving on to constituency size, the right hon. Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke) rightly points out the disparities between seats in the Leeds area.…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillThe right hon. Lady’s example of Rhondda does not hold, I am afraid, because the allocation of seats to Wales will be based on the number of registered electors. Therefore, there…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Billrose—23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillLike others, I congratulate the hon. Member on bringing forward this very important Bill. He touches on something very important: the link between these crimes and other…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillMy hon. Friend rightly mentions microchipping. It appears that there has been very limited enforcement of that by the police. Does she agree that the Home Office ought to give…23 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAcross the country, the hospitality, sports and leisure industries and their millions of workers are facing closures and restrictions, despite very little evidence being provided…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19To enable us to get a picture, could the Secretary of State tell us what percentage of people up to 25 suffer from the condition?22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19In business questions today, the Leader of the House brushed off my suggestion of a specific debate in which the Government could present their evidence that the closures in and…22 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. Under the cover of covid, the Department has been pushing councils to bypass normal procedures in order to rush in anti-car road-blocking measures. Two fine examples are on…22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19I am sorry to press the point, but it is a question of roughly what percentage is affected not of those who contract the disease, but of the overall cohort.22 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsThere is a huge principle to be debated here. At the heart of it is the false dichotomy posed again by the Secretary of State today between hospitality and the economy and jobs,…13 Oct 2020