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HANSARDPrime Minister’s Visit to IndiaI start by wishing all my constituents in Warwick and Leamington a happy Vaisakhi. The trade deal would have been an extremely important matter for the Prime Minister to take…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraineThe hon. Lady, like me, is relatively new to this place. Was she as surprised and disappointed as I was to read in the weekend press that previous Defence Secretaries such as…26 Apr 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Carry-over)What a palaver! This is less a carry-over motion and more of a carry on, if I may say so—“Carry On Regardless” being probably the most apt title. Let us call it a year: it is 358…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI thank the Father of the House for his intervention and I accept the point he makes, but I am not entirely sure that the Prime Minister has fully accepted that he has misled this…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I am actually going to come on to that point. The first offence was in summer 2020, and by then in Warwickshire alone we had already…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He is absolutely right. This notion of trust is so fragile and so precious. For those who were around in the 2000s, in the run-up to…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI think the hon. Member may be deviating from the subject and I do want to keep to the motion itself, but I understand the point he is making. The defences being used to defend…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesListening to this debate, I am reminded of the Conservative party leadership election during the summer of 2019. I was surprised that a number of my constituents approached me to…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Planning and Development: Women’s SafetyThe Minister is generous in giving way, and I hear what he is saying. Perhaps he could meet me to discuss this, but I have very upset, angry and distraught people, particularly…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Planning and Development: Women’s SafetyI thank the Minister for giving way and I congratulate the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) on securing the debate. It is important, and it has made me think…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateThe public will be appalled by the Prime Minister’s statement, because not only did he make a statement to the nation virtually every night during the pandemic, but the Government…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Homes for Ukraine SchemeThe Secretary of State has said that if it were left to the individual sponsor and the refugees, the process would be a whole lot quicker. However, Kateryna and 11-year-old Vadym…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House grant time for us to have a debate about the delivery of not only housing but infrastructure, and the timeliness of that delivery? I am sure that in…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Chancellor is so out of touch, he is contactless. The public believe that the— [ Interruption. ]30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ11. You will forgive me, Mr Speaker, if I start by saying that, given the Prime Minister’s preferences for fantasy castles and Peppa Pig, he is welcome to come and visit Zog…30 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevWhy should he? Why does he need actually to speak in the House of Lords? He has the power, the status and the influence, and, may I say, the protection that that peerage affords…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI do indeed agree with my hon. Friend. Just last week I mentioned the bunga bunga parties, which I think we should know a great deal more about. My hon. Friend the Member for…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran). I would dearly love to speak at length about some of the Conservative party’s many friends…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI thank the Minister for giving way a second time; he is being generous. I am sure we all agree how critical transparency is to our democracy. Would that in part of the process…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevI sometimes think that the Minister must be the Derek Underwood of the Front Bench in that he is the nightwatchman defending the indefensible. As my hon. Friend the Member for…29 Mar 2022