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HANSARDEuropean Parliament Elections: Candidate IntimidationAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, we have been consulting on creating a new electoral offence of intimidating candidates and campaigners. As far as the staff are concerned, any…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Parliament Elections: Candidate IntimidationThe Government will work closely with the police and electoral administrators to tackle any reports or allegations of intimidation, as we do in the run-up to all elections.24 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the young woman to whom the hon. Gentleman refers spoke for her generation. All of us who go into schools and colleges in our constituencies know how the issue of climate…24 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I start by welcoming my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) to his new ministerial role, and by wishing my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich North (Chloe Smith)…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Parliament Elections: Candidate IntimidationI think I was very clear in my earlier comments that there is a profound responsibility on politicians, particularly political leaders, of any party to show moderation and…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to join my hon. Friend in welcoming the Open Doors pilot in his constituency. We very much welcome bids from places such as Longton town centre for this fund. My right…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI have been asked to reply on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, who is today in Belfast attending the funeral of Lyra McKee. This was a brutal, cowardly murder of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI would draw a distinction. I regard both issues that the right hon. Lady raises as important, but I do not think those murderers in Derry were motivated by any thoughts about the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI very much welcome both the tone and the words of the right hon. Lady. I also share in her tribute to Billy McNeill, who died on Monday. He made no fewer than 790 appearances for…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Parliament Elections: Candidate IntimidationIt would indeed be the Government’s hope that, even now, we could agree and ratify the withdrawal agreement and give effect to it, which would make it possible for these elections…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsJust two short years ago, the right hon. Lady said that we should “welcome the American President…We have to work with him.” I wonder whether something has changed about the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs my right hon. Friend the Environment Secretary said yesterday, there is clearly more that needs to be done. All of us who are of an age to be here would probably recognise that…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe problem with that proposal is that, so far, whenever the idea of a second referendum has been brought before the House there has been a majority against it. I do not think the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI appreciate that the right hon. Lady has not been in the room at times—I think she is now being described as being in the “outer inner circle” around the Labour leadership—but I…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I would have expected, my hon. Friend rightly champions both the produce of his constituency and the needs of businesses there. We have established a two-year pilot that…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am going to wait to see what the advice is, and I am sure that the House could want to do that, as well as to learn from the Government directly what their decisions are going…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Government are very clear indeed that we do not agree with a second referendum, and we have voted against a second referendum. All of us recall telling our electors in 2016…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI told the right hon. Lady in my previous answer that a £20 million budget had already been earmarked for this work. Whatever she may be reading in the newspapers about…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to endorse my hon. Friend’s tribute to the fire and rescue service in his constituency and to support his words encouraging members of the public to co-operate fully…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI completely understand the concern, particularly among hard-working civil servants in Cumbernauld who expected to be reassigned. There is now a difference in the way in which…24 Apr 2019