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HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThe editor of The Sun has not contacted me personally, so I was not aware of that, but I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for enlightening not just me but the whole Chamber.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his recent victory. As ever, he makes a very sensible point.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThat is one of the key points. Thursday is the traditional day, but it is indeed important to ensure that the civil service is up and running in Northern Ireland, and that is the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI will take your comments very seriously, Dame Rosie, and bring my remarks to a close shortly. My hon. Friend makes a very interesting point. I have not received information…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThat was a rather longer intervention than some of my right hon. Friend’s interventions, but he makes a very good point. During the campaign, we will no longer be Members of…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMy hon. Friend was trying to remember who made the point about Sundays and the potential difficulties involved in holding an election on a Monday. It was my hon. Friend the Member…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am going to make a change in tack from the previous three speakers and actually speak to some of the amendments that have been tabled. However, I first want to pick up on the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThe hon. Lady makes an interesting point. I had not considered that but I do not think that it is a distinguishing feature, when voting on this measure, between whether the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention, because I had not considered that point before. It is a live issue, given that polling stations have to open early in…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThe pub is the hub—I have heard that somewhere before—and why should not it be used as a polling station? I often hold surgeries in different pubs across the constituency of Mid…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend. Evidence shows that 70% of students cast their vote in their hometown in any event. It seems to me to make no difference whether it is…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillAgain, I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention; as ever, he is thoughtful and he has made a considered point. Although those two issues have just been pointed out to…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMy hon. Friend is reinforcing my primary point about why I believe that the Thursday should be preferred: it is the traditional day. I do not have the precise figures, but I am…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsHeatric is a business in my constituency that is leading in clean energy, for example, carbon capture and storage, but it can do more. What more can the Department do to support…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI want to make two very brief points. First, on workers’ rights, one does not have to be a member of the European Union to protect workers’ rights. Rights in this country already…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Harry DunnNo one can fail to be moved by the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Harry Dunn. The Foreign Secretary has carefully set out what steps he has undertaken and plans to…21 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesThe election would have been on either the Monday or the Tuesday of this week, and there would have been no Queen’s Speech this week. If the Opposition had their way, they could…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesContrary to the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran), does my hon. Friend welcome the fact that schools and education have been put front and centre? I can quote…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesIt is a pleasure to take part in this Queen’s Speech debate and to follow the hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer). I listened to her very carefully,…16 Oct 2019HANSARDUnregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-oldsHas my hon. Friend come across Home for Good, a fostering and adoption charity, and its five-star campaign, which is looking not for five-star accommodation for young people, but…15 Oct 2019