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HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI am pleased that the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley) took us back to the position pertaining to March last year, because that is a very important piece of…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI very much share the hon. and learned Lady’s analysis of the work of openDemocracy and the Good Law Project. On the subject of emails that are only now coming into the public…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryFor the record, I agree with a lot of what the hon. Gentleman says with regard to the social contract, but if his analysis is that we are genuinely out of the end of the emergency…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryActually no: it is not an either/or. I think it is eminently possible to have a quick and dirty analysis. In fact, given that we may be looking at further waves, vaccine…07 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Billindicated dissent.06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillSurely the biggest difference, though, between the situation today and that facing Edward Heath in the 1970s is the amount, the nature and the regulation of the spending of money.…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Billrose—06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIf, as the Minister says, this is about the point at which the Prime Minister can command the confidence of the House, surely that is something that can only be determined by this…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way because this is perhaps where we see the significance of clause 3. If there is to be nothing in this Bill or no decision that…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillPresumably in that case, as with the OECD report on Scottish education, the SNP would just not publish the report until after the election.06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillNo, we cannot. That is the self-evident answer to that question. I am fairly confident that conversations will be had by, as it were, the support teams on either side on a highly…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI hesitate to intervene, but the record should show that the particular motion to which the hon. Gentleman refers from 2013 was not one that committed the country to deploying…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillLet me just say that the pattern of campaigning across the constituencies represented in this House is far from uniform. I spent a significant amount of time in Chesham and…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe hon. Gentleman touches on points that the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) raised at the very end of his speech. I was part of the process of discussion and eventually…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am delighted to have the opportunity to make a contribution to the debate. I am sorry that the Minister for the Constitution and Devolution, the hon. Member for Norwich North…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI often say that the spending decisions that were taken—although, when they were implemented, they were actually the same as the ones that Alistair Darling had put in his last…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe point is that, as I said, it was a necessary modernisation; we are undoing something that, 10 or 11 years ago, was a necessary modernisation. The Chancellor of the Duchy of…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillWill the hon. Lady give way?06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillOn this point of certainty, surely all parties are entitled to certainty about the date on which the long period for electoral expenses starts to run. Under the current…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court BillThe hon. Lady is making a very good case on this point. Does she agree that there is a serious danger of a chilling effect? The people who are referred to by Government Members…05 Jul 2021