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HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillMy hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Dr Offord) has been involved in a bit of a battle over the years, particularly about dogs, and I am not sure where we are with that at the…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI agree with everything my hon. Friend has said. This is not an opportunity to have a go at the Front-Bench spokesman, the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner), because as…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI may well take up the offer. We are talking about the terrible crimes that are committed, one of which has been spoken about already. The wonderful brief from the House of…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillThat is wonderful. Now that we have had a clear decision after the general election on 12 December, and we have a majority, we must deliver on our manifesto commitments. To get…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI do, and I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend in his endeavours. Research shows that tougher prison sentences do act as a deterrent to would-be perpetrators and can help to…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillWell, I am not sorry. In fact, one of my hon. Friends just suggested that I should have a logo on my face mask. They have been ordered, and they will be available to colleagues…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillIf Patti Boulaye were a Member of Parliament, she would probably try to burst into song with the Etta James version of “At Last”. At last we are doing something on this issue—at…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI absolutely agree. My hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter) said in an earlier intervention that he is a justice of the peace and mentioned how frustrating…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillMy hon. Friend has just well and truly put his foot in it, because of course no animal, in any circumstance, is allowed on the parliamentary estate. I am afraid that my hon.…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillIs my hon. Friend seeking to intervene, or is he just uncomfortable?23 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on the support given to fairground and showground operators? Their livelihoods have been devastated by the restrictions placed on…22 Oct 2020HANSARDPet TheftI am very embarrassed, Mr Robertson, that at the start of the debate I prevailed on colleagues to make short speeches; they have been so brief, there will now be very long…19 Oct 2020HANSARD ImmigrationAs this is only the third week since we have resumed our sittings in Westminster Hall, I remind hon. Members of the new procedures. We now have call lists, and we have just one…19 Oct 2020HANSARDPet TheftI remind hon. Members, if they have not participated in one of these resumed Westminster Hall sittings, that we now have call lists, which are available. I am chairing the first…19 Oct 2020HANSARDPet TheftIf hon. Members speak for between four and five minutes, everyone will be called. I call Mr Jim Shannon.19 Oct 2020HANSARD ImmigrationOrder. If that was an intervention, I must say to the hon. Member that it was quite a long intervention and it did not seem to have a question to it, so could he come to his…19 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on the treatment of people suffering with endometriosis? On the 19th of this month, the all-party Parliamentary group on…15 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Disability-Inclusive ResponseThe hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Dr Cameron) has done the House a great service by allowing us to debate these issues concerning disabled people, but…15 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]The Report stage of this Bill is an historic moment for our country—one that I have long sought to see. As someone who voted no in the first referendum and leave in the second…13 Oct 2020HANSARDSpecial Schools: Covid-19What steps his Department is taking to support special schools during the covid-19 outbreak.12 Oct 2020