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HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateThe hon. Gentleman praises the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson), whose analysis of this I thought was fairly sound. What part of that analysis would the hon.…04 Jun 2020HANSARD House Business during the PandemicI seek leave to propose that the House debate a specific and important matter requiring urgent consideration, namely the conduct of House business during the covid-19 pandemic. I…04 Jun 2020HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateIt is interesting to reflect that if anyone had suggested a year ago that we would embark on a debate on Brexit by lamenting the lack of time and debate we had spent on it in…04 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicThe Leader of the House, in introducing the debate, suggested that we should deal in some facts, so for the benefit of the record, I want to state a few facts of my own. In order…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicEighteen.02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicThe principle in this House is that votes follow voices. The Leader of the House is telling us that tomorrow he will bring a motion to allow those who are medically not able to be…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong Kong National Security Legislation: UK ResponseMay I particularly welcome the commitment in relation to BNO passport holders? The Foreign Secretary has heard me make that plea on many occasions in the past. He will be aware,…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI am not going to spend 30 hours a week travelling. Not only is it logistically challenging, but it would be downright irresponsible for me to return to my community now. So I am…02 Jun 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessThank you for allowing this urgent question, Mr Speaker. I do not want this debate today to be all about Members of Parliament. Let us remember what has brought us to this point.…20 May 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun Recess(Urgent question): To ask the Leader of the House if he will make a statement on the conduct of business after the Whitsun recess and if he will bring forward the necessary…20 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsThis morning’s figures for the claimant count show an alarming rise in the number of people in receipt of out-of-work benefits, and we expect that future figures will be still…19 May 2020HANSARD Coronavirus and Care HomesThis being Mental Health Awareness Week, can we spend some time considering and reflecting on the mental health impact that the coronavirus pandemic will have on the frontline…19 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19I do not always agree with the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone), but what he said about the need for the Government to show proper respect to Parliament and to this House…12 May 2020HANSARD Hybrid Proceedings (Extension of Temporary Orders)To pick up the point about our constituents’ expectations, I suggest that the constituents we all represent will expect us to order our business in a way that allows us all to…12 May 2020HANSARDSino-British Joint DeclarationBeijing’s top political office in Hong Kong recently referred to pro-democracy protesters as a “political virus” and declared itself as being entitled to interfere in Hong Kong as…11 May 2020HANSARDSino-British Joint DeclarationWhat assessment he has made of the effect on the Sino-British joint declaration of recent actions by the Chinese Government in Hong Kong.11 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am in Orkney, where I have been receiving reports from category 2 key workers who have self-referred for a covid test through the gov.uk website and been directed to testing…05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Repatriation of UK NationalsMay I take the Minister back to the two positions stated last week by Sir Simon McDonald? These are not differences of nuance; they are two fundamentally different positions. Will…29 Apr 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI think we all understand that, as the Chancellor said, these schemes were designed at pace, but I have to tell him that here in the northern isles our economy is predominantly…27 Apr 2020HANSARD Finance BillThank you very much for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a great pleasure to be able to join you from a mere 718 miles away. In the normal course of things, the purpose of…27 Apr 2020