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HANSARD Holocaust Memorial Billrose—22 May 2024HANSARD Holocaust Memorial BillI just wanted to point out that I was listening to my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) carefully, and thought that he made an absolutely brilliant…22 May 2024HANSARD Holocaust Memorial BillWill the Minister give way?22 May 2024HANSARDLow Traffic NeighbourhoodsThe hon. Lady says that, but the self-same council that is keen on these low-traffic neighbourhoods has cut the number of buses in my constituency. It has kept most of them in…20 May 2024HANSARDLow Traffic NeighbourhoodsI am glad the hon. Lady asked me that question because, before the Lib Dems took charge of the Bath and North East Somerset Council, I was working with the previous council on the…20 May 2024HANSARDLow Traffic NeighbourhoodsMay I begin by saying what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Harris, and by thanking you for understanding that I will not be able to stay till the end? I…20 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI am saying that it would be ineffective because a right hon. or hon. Member would simply maintain the right to turn up. There would be no power to arrest that person when turning…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionWill my hon. Friend give way very briefly?13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI accept and believe that it is important that we have some means of protecting people in this House. This is something that we have been trying to do, and the introduction of the…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionThe right hon. Gentleman says that a Member agreeing not to come in is the same as banning a Member from coming in. That is clearly not true. It would not take very long to turn…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman: any exclusion must be a decision of the whole House. That is our most ancient constitutional right. The idea that it can be stopped by…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionIt is because we have become confused about the limits of exclusive cognisance. The House has exclusive cognisance about its own affairs, but acting as the whole House. Look at…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI think the amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills) is more constitutional—although still far from perfect—because whether to exclude under…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionMy point was that this should be done properly. The hon. Lady makes a compelling case for arrest, but only if it is done in a proper and constitutional manner.13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionWill the Leader of the House give way?13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionOn exclusive cognisance, as was established in the Bradlaugh case, this House has the right to determine its own procedures, but it has never had the right to delegate the…13 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)However many hours we spend debating this, is the fundamental problem not that the aim is to do this by motion, rather than by legislation, and that any exclusion of a Member…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)I do not think that what the motion aims to do is wrong, but I am concerned that we are using Standing Orders as a means of determining who can attend the House. We have never…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)The motion before the House today suggests that Standing Order No. 41A, on deferred Divisions, shall not apply. I wonder whether my hon. Friend thinks it is wise to put before the…08 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Bank of England has said that quantitative tightening is not an official part of its monetary policy targeting, yet it is at risk of costing, fiscally, £179 billion in losses…07 May 2024