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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very proud that I supported the millennium dome, which became the O2 and is a great success. The other night, I heard Elbow play there. Will the Secretary of State help me…23 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Performing ArtsI have a personal interest in that my daughter is a poet and playwright, and my son is an actor and scriptwriter. They thought they were being brought up as citizens of Europe,…23 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I add my congratulations to Philippa, who is retiring? I have known her for all her career here. She is a wonderful woman because she can combine ruthless efficiency with…23 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionIs the Prime Minister aware that I sincerely want to help her get a good deal through this House—but could she help me? My good, common-sense folk in Huddersfield, who are very…22 May 2019HANSARDFuel Duty FreezeThat was a very, very complacent answer to a very important question. Is it not a fact that the house is on fire? We want a radical tax like the one Mrs Thatcher introduced with…21 May 2019HANSARDIranian Military Action: DeterrenceMay I welcome the Secretary of State to her new job? Some of us will miss her at the Department for International Development, where she really ploughed her own furrow and was…20 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Will the Secretary of State assure me that he has read the major piece of research led by King’s College London and Sheffield University, alongside universities across Europe,…16 May 2019HANSARD Investigation of VeteransOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.16 May 2019HANSARD Investigation of VeteransAm I right thinking, Mr Speaker, that you take points of order after statements?16 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseBack in 2010, the present Prime Minister told her party conference that she did not want the Tory party to be regarded as the nasty party. I do not know whether that miracle has…16 May 2019HANSARDSupport for FarmersThe Minister will know that food processing is very much related to farming, and it is our biggest manufacturing sector. Has he talked to that sector? Does he not realise that…16 May 2019HANSARDNHSThe nurses are all going home!16 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ7. The Prime Minister is now well aware that I have had the privilege of serving the people of Huddersfield for 40 years, but is she aware that when I came into this House I was…15 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceVictims.14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceI was lucky enough to have had my undergraduate and postgraduate education at the London School of Economics, whose motto is “To know the causes of things”. A few weeks ago, I had…14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceHow do we know how many times the Crown Prosecution Service does not prosecute because it thinks it will not be able to get a conviction because of the use of automatism?14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceMay I make a cynical point? A road traffic academic expert pointed out to me that it is ironic that the number of cases in which people plead automatism has risen almost exactly…14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceOn that point, I said that in Sweden there is an absolutely high-class specialist unit that examines every death on the road, whereas in England and Wales the fact is that there…14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that a real problem with medical evidence, if there is no charge, is that it is difficult for the victims ever to understand what the medical reason…14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceThe hon. Gentleman is right, but I am trying to get the balance right. There are so few successful prosecutions for rape and there is an increasing tendency worldwide to use this…14 May 2019