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HANSARDStandards in Public LifeThe hon. Member and several others keep referring to chaps at the top. It is the Conservative party that has had two female Prime Ministers. On the hon. Lady’s point about the…07 Jun 2022HANSARDPlatinum Jubilee Civic Honours CompetitionI am pleased to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has commanded that city status has been granted to Bangor, Colchester, Doncaster, Douglas, Dunfermline, Milton Keynes, Stanley…23 May 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords AppointmentsOn behalf of Her Majesty’s Government, I am laying today before Parliament a set of documents (HC 204) in response to the Humble Address motion of the House of Commons passed on…12 May 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI cannot comment on the particulars that the hon. Lady mentions because, of course, the matter is under police investigation, so she presupposes a state of affairs that I cannot…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesNo, I do not think so. I will close my speech by reiterating what the Prime Minister said yesterday: this Government’s focus is and always will be “to deliver on the priorities of…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThe hon. Gentleman’s question is not worthy of a response. He knows full well the difference between a deliberate and an inadvertent situation—it happens every day of the week.…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThat is not part of this debate, and it is not part of my function here. The hon. Gentleman wishes to make political points, but this is a matter of principle, as the House knows.…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesMay I start by saying that today is, of course, Her Majesty the Queen’s 96th birthday? I know that the whole House will wish to join me in wishing Her Majesty many happy returns.…21 Apr 2022HANSARDContaminated Blood Products: Sir Robert Francis Report on Compensation for Those AffectedIt is extremely important that all those who have suffered so terribly can get the answers that they have spent decades waiting for. The hon. Lady knows that it was my right hon.…31 Mar 2022HANSARDContaminated Blood Products: Sir Robert Francis Report on Compensation for Those AffectedSir Robert Francis delivered his report to me on 14 March, and I will carefully consider his findings and recommendations. It is my intention to publish the compensation framework…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Public InquiryThe timing of the statutory inquiry’s various stages is, under the Inquiries Act 2005, a matter for its independent chair to determine.31 Mar 2022HANSARDCabinet OfficeIn the past seven years, Russian companies have raised £8 billion on UK markets. [Official Report, 1 March 2022, Vol. 709, c. 954.] Letter of correction from the Minister for the…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Public InquiryI do not accept the contention that there has been any loss of evidence. Baroness Hallett has confirmed that her investigation will begin once the terms of reference are…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Public InquiryWhat the Government are doing is following the statutory provisions of the Inquiries Act 2005, which, as the hon. Lady will recall, was passed by a Labour Government. The Act says…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCabinet OfficeIn the past seven years, Russian companies have raised $8 billion on UK markets.31 Mar 2022HANSARDCivil Contingencies Act: 2022 Post-Implementation ReviewI am pleased to inform the House that a comprehensive report, the “2022 Post Implementation Review of the Civil Contingencies Act” has today been laid before Parliament. This will…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevWell, I will invite the House to draw its own conclusion. [ Interruption. ]29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevNo, I do not accept what the hon. Gentleman says. In fact, the noble Lord who is the subject of this debate is not a Conservative party donor and never has been, so the hon.…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevIf I may, I will just finish this thought. Let us not forget that the commission of which we are speaking is independent, expert, advisory, and cross-party, with Labour, Liberal…29 Mar 2022HANSARDAppointment of Lord LebedevIt has been mentioned that Lord Lebedev has been tweeting this afternoon, and I understand that he has tweeted in the past few minutes that the Leader of the Opposition…29 Mar 2022