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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI accept that today we have to focus on Leicester, but perhaps I can revert to the general. Will the Secretary of State, during the recess, prepare a national plan for recovery to…16 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillIs the hon. Gentleman saying that Parliament has been ridiculous for almost the whole of its existence? What was wrong with Parliament being involved in the final stage?14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy hon. Friend is getting to the nub of the issue. The reason why the Government failed to put the past two Boundary Commission reviews to the House of Commons was that their…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillYou got it wrong! I said “a necessary”, not “unnecessary”.14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI shall certainly try, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can we be frank? Boundary changes are a real nuisance, but a necessary nuisance. We all accept that they have to happen, even though…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillWhy did it come up with that in the first place when it was clearly such a dumb proposal? Parliament was the necessary corrective to this. It said: “This doesn’t work”, and by the…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI am glad that the hon. Gentleman read the Committee reports, but I am not sure he read my comments. I read out the OSCE’s recommendation that “the maximum admissible departure…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillCan the hon. Lady see the logical inconsistency? Had the provisions of the Bill about automaticity gone through, there would not have been any way of stopping that; they would…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillWill the right hon. Lady give way?14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) attributed a statement to me that is not actually what I said. I therefore seek the…14 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI realise that the Chancellor had a lot on his plate yesterday, but unfortunately there seemed to be no announcements regarding the green potential of hydrogen. The UK is well…09 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateIn his reply to the right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood), the Chancellor said that leaving the EU gave us the opportunity to reform our procurement regulations, so will…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for getting things moving on the disclosure and barring scheme. It was also good to hear him belatedly adopting the policy of jobs, jobs, jobs, but does…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe way the disclosure and barring scheme is operating is damaging and discriminatory. When I raised the matter with the Prime Minister last week, I got the usual Home Office guff…01 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)That is rather my point—exactly. With a wider area of appreciation, it is possible to take account of that. It becomes much more difficult the narrower it is. It also comes down…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)Thank you, Sir David. I am sure that like me you were trying to cut your way through all the contradictions and inconsistencies that were in the right hon. Gentleman’s…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)Or even John Spellar.30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)Would the hon. Gentleman consider the possibility that it is because we have been through a couple of boundary commission recommendations, and found how inadequate and badly based…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)There is something I fail to understand in this argument. Is Ynys Môn not connected by a bridge that was built around 100 years ago and is readily used all the time? How is it…30 Jun 2020