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HANSARD Citizens’ Assemblies and Local Democracyrose—16 Apr 2024HANSARD Citizens’ Assemblies and Local DemocracyThe Minister rightly says that the essence of exercises such as citizens’ assemblies is that they will deal with a narrow issue. The Government then have to choose between…16 Apr 2024HANSARD Citizens’ Assemblies and Local DemocracyWill my hon. Friend give way?16 Apr 2024HANSARD Citizens’ Assemblies and Local DemocracyDid they use this in the recent referendum?16 Apr 2024HANSARD Citizens’ Assemblies and Local DemocracyThe Minister is identifying another part of the problem. First, Governments have to govern broadly and make trade-offs all the time. Secondly, those who attend citizens’…16 Apr 2024HANSARD Citizens’ Assemblies and Local DemocracyEssentially, having a few people in a citizens’ assembly does not involve the public. The public will get involved this year in a general election; that is how the public get…16 Apr 2024HANSARDArmed Forces ReadinessThe Minister rightly points to the ability to sustain fighting. He knows that an exercise conducted with the Americans showed that the British Army would run out of munitions…25 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillWell, we are a broad church—if Members on the Government Benches wish to join the cause of socialism, I welcome them. My hon. Friend is absolutely right; some issues divide us on…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that contribution, and for the work she has been undertaking on this issue, quite apart from the Bill. She is absolutely right. Other countries,…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI will just finish my comments to the right hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) before I take an intervention from my hon. Friend from Bebington. The right hon. Member for…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI thank the right hon. Lady for coming in today, particularly because there are even more important elections taking place in her part of the country. She and I might take a…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillIt is fascinating that some Conservative Members want to defend not only this completely outdated and barbaric practice of trophy hunting, but the procedure by which a few…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am not sure their knees could take it, but that is a further matter. I absolutely take the point that the hon. Gentleman makes, and he is right about expanding the scope so that…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI make no apologies for being regularly re-elected to this place over a number of decades. I am sure that my hon. Friend speaks effectively for his constituents in Ellesmere Port,…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. Vastly excessive numbers, such as in certain parts of this country where there are problems with deer, have an impact on woodland…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman, who sits with me on the British-American Parliamentary Group; we are joint officers. I consider him a parliamentary friend. I thank him for…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI absolutely agree. My hon. Friend has been campaigning on this in Bristol and here in Parliament for many years, from the days when we worked in the Whips Office. She makes a…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes that point strongly and stresses once again the all-party support for the measure.22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI will just make a little progress, because I mentioned one of the campaigning organisations and if I take interventions before I mention the others, they might think I am leaving…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The negative impact on the species as a whole has to be considered, especially, as my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy)…22 Mar 2024