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HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual Businessesrose —27 Jun 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesThe hon. Gentleman and I are bitter opponents over the UK’s future in Europe, but we sometimes put that to one side. We are working together on a new initiative called FairLife—he…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesI do not usually stand up for the Financial Conduct Authority, but is it not in the interesting position where the rise of digital currencies, crowdfunding and all the new…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House is getting on my right side this morning. As chairman of the John Clare Trust, I was delighted to hear him quoting John Clare’s poetry. My favourite poem,…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesIt gives me great pleasure to follow that rather enlightened speech by my friend, the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker). As I said in my earlier intervention, we work together on…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent start to what I am sure is going to be a great speech, but may I suggest to him that co-ops are, in fact, dangerous? They undermine the…27 Jun 2019HANSARDNo Deal: NHSMay I remind the Secretary of State that this is not just about medicines, although that is important enough, but also about staff? Is he aware of how many distressed loyal…27 Jun 2019HANSARDHong KongThe Foreign Secretary may not know that at the time two parliamentary delegations went to Hong Kong to check how the declaration had been accepted by local people. I was on one of…25 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilThe Prime Minister knows that we live in an uncertain and dangerous world at the moment, with China and Russia, and threats from Iran. She has reported on the attitude of the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDFree ChildcareMr Speaker, this is the limited edition Beatles “Magical Mystery Tour” tie, which is very appropriate at this stage in our parliamentary life. May I say to the Minister that I do…24 Jun 2019HANSARDFood Producers: Overseas MarketingThis just shows what a barmy army we have on the Government Front Bench. To want more beef to be produced and shipped thousands of miles to China shows that they have not learned…20 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) recently joined me as a trustee of the John Clare Trust. I welcome the Leader of the House’s comments on…20 Jun 2019HANSARDCathedrals: Contribution to Local EconomiesHaving a cathedral city is a very fine thing, but will the right hon. Lady explain the arcane procedures through which a town can get a cathedral? Many places that I would call…20 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceThe right hon. Lady is making an excellent point, as did the previous speaker, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Ellie Reeves), but both are MPs quite close…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceMy hon. Friend, because of his family history, knows about this subject better than almost anybody I know. I was a friend of his father and I am still a friend of his mother, who…13 Jun 2019HANSARDSudanThe last I heard, the brave men and women working in international aid agencies such as the International Rescue Committee were still operating on the ground. Are we in contact…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceI thank the right hon. Lady for giving way again; she is being very kind. She has paid a lot of tributes, but I hope she does not mind me saying that she has missed one. Having…13 Jun 2019HANSARDEast Coast Main Line: New TrainsI hope that history will be kind about the right hon. Gentleman’s contribution to transport in our country. These trains were promised last December, and they are still not…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceI think that my hon. Friend knows that I fully support what she is saying, having brought up a very large family when the hours here were pretty terrible. Before she finishes,…13 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliament as a WorkplaceIt is fundamental, though, is it not? We start at 2.30 pm on a Monday because people have to get here from Scotland and the north of England, flying, using rail and so on, and…13 Jun 2019