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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI wonder whether the Leader of the House would agree that one of the most innovative and successful innovations in recent times was the creation of a Children’s Commissioner,…03 Oct 2019HANSARDCompliance with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019The Minister is a popular man in the House. We all know that some Members are more popular than others, and some less so. Indeed, a junior Minister has just left the Chamber…26 Sept 2019HANSARD International Climate ActionMay I urge the Secretary of State, who is a persuasive woman, to persuade every Member of Parliament—Lords and Commons—to read Professor Steve Jones’s compelling new book, “Here…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI came into the Chamber today thinking I felt sorry for the Attorney General—I did!—but every word he has uttered today shows no shame, no shame at all. The fact is that this…25 Sept 2019HANSARDFunding Increases for Schools: TimetableCould I suggest to the right hon. Gentleman that it does not cost any money at all to save children’s lives in a measles epidemic by making every school see a certificate of MMR…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)As the right hon. and learned Gentleman knows, I have been in this House for 40 years. I have never heard of a more serious allegation against a Government: misleading this House…09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I remember that when I first met you I went home to my wife and said, “I’ve met this really bumptious, self-opinionated, right-wing,…09 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2I will try to be brief, Mr Speaker. I have always been against this. I was reviled by Ministers when I said that the cost would end up at £100 billion. I wanted the investment in…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Building SafetyIs the Secretary of State aware that what my firefighters in West Yorkshire want is to be able to do the job? They want the training, the resources, the time and the…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Girls’ EducationI welcome the Secretary of State and this G7 initiative. Does he accept that this is not just about Governments? Why do we not involve more legislators around the world, working…05 Sept 2019HANSARDVisa-free TravelIs the ministerial team aware that my constituency of Huddersfield, where I come from, is, like that of the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Craig Whittaker), the centre and heart…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House has a big family, as I have. There is a woman in Tehran who cannot see her husband and cannot see her little daughter. While the House is not sitting, will…05 Sept 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: GibraltarIs the Minister not aware that whether it is Gibraltar, Hong Kong or Zimbabwe, people are struggling for the rights that they thought they had and that they find common cause with…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitFirst, I apologise to the Prime Minister because I did explode a little when he said something about loyalty and I thought about the loyalty that was sometimes deficient when we…03 Sept 2019HANSARDBehaviour on Social MediaCan I urge the right hon. Lady to make sure that all the bishops—we seem to have a lot of them in the Church of England now—lead this campaign? I am sure that Rose, our wonderful…25 Jul 2019HANSARDForestry Investment Zones: EnglandThe Minister knows that the Tory Administration in the 18th and 19th centuries stole the public land from the people. That is the truth of the matter. The enclosure Acts were a…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his new job? We will watch his performance with great interest. Can we rely on the hon. Gentleman to be a champion for justice for everyone,…25 Jul 2019HANSARDBritish SteelAs chair of the all-party manufacturing group of MPs, may I remind the Secretary of State, whom I have a lot of time for, that it is essential we have steel in this country? I…24 Jul 2019HANSARDVulnerable Older PeopleI have also just heard the news that we have a new Prime Minister. I am thinking of the man who stands outside with a sign saying that the end of the world is nigh. The fact of…23 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I am not going to shout at the Secretary of State this morning, but I will say to him that Huddersfield is a typical town, and a lovely place in which to live and work. Given…23 Jul 2019