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HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for that excellent question. She has long pursued these issues as the former Chair of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport; I know she is…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. This Government have been clear that, in support of our world-leading global university sector, we want to end the culture wars…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent question. I am very familiar with that issue, as Post Office Ltd has also closed the historic Spring Gardens post office in Manchester…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend, who I know has been a doughty campaigner on health issues, issues around hospice funding and other issues over many years, and I thank her for bringing…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI, too, welcome everybody back for the new term. I knew that my announcing the recess dates would be the big news of this morning. I am pleased to be able to help everybody with…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 9 September is as follows: Monday 9 September—Consideration of a motion to approve the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 3)…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Member for that question. I am absolutely delighted to point her to the fact that, with the Water (Special Measures) Bill in the other place, we are introducing…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises another important question, which I know has been raised in these sessions and elsewhere on a number of occasions. E-bikes are fast moving—excuse the pun;…05 Sept 2024HANSARD European Scrutiny CommitteeI am not going to give way, because we are all at the end of a long day and many of us are looking forward to our European holidays. I know that that is where the hon. Gentleman…30 Jul 2024HANSARD European Scrutiny CommitteeI thank the hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Richard Tice) for his contribution. I look forward to watching him race with his towel to the sun lounger—I am sure he will be…30 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman makes a really important point. The sense of identity that many people get from the counties that they come from should continue to be celebrated and nourished.…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Code of Conduct and Modernisation CommitteeThe hon. Lady makes a really good point. Absolutely, this is about conflicts of interest and conflicts of attention. As I have made clear, and will further make clear in my…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Code of Conduct and Modernisation CommitteeI beg to move, That, with effect from 25 October 2024, paragraph 2 of Chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules relating to the conduct of Members be amended to leave out: “a) advice on…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI join my hon. Friend in thanking John again, who has sat through business questions one last time as a Doorkeeper. My hon. Friend raises an important issue about supporting…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome my hon. Friend to her place. She and I were involved in Young Labour together—only a few years ago, I feel—so it is great to see her finally in this place where she…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome my hon. Friend to her place, and I am sorry to hear of the tragic circumstances in her constituency. This Government are committed to tackling issues around firearms—not…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a very important matter. Building new schools, and meeting schools’ needs in her local area, is absolutely critical to this Government’s mission of making…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am afraid that local bus services are woeful in most parts of the country because, in many cases, they are privately run and desperately…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseDerby North sounds like a thoroughly lovely place to visit, and I look forward to doing so at some point soon. My hon. Friend has made a strong case, and I think that the issue of…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am really sorry to hear that the school in my hon. Friend’s constituency is in such a state of disrepair. I am afraid it is a familiar story. Our schools estate is in a very…25 Jul 2024