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HANSARD Participation in DebatesI hope Hansard got a bit more of that than I did, but I think I got the fundamental point. We have made the right provisions to ensure that people can come to the House and can…16 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt has been discredited only in the minds of those who never wished to give any credit to it in the first place. It is a great scheme. It is an important scheme, and I am afraid…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe plan, as my right hon Friend knows, is that we will move back to a local system on 2 December, but it is certainly worth passing on her point to my right hon. Friend, and I…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI commend my hon. Friend for his campaigning on a range of health issues. He is a credit to this House and I am always happy to see him at business questions supporting these…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Father of the House, my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley), also alluded to this issue. It is a matter that the Government take extremely…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI would say that reasonable adjustments have been made, because extremely clinically vulnerable MPs are able to contribute. They are able to have a proxy vote, so their vote can…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his opening comments, and I would remind the House and Members here this morning that if I ever can be helpful in facilitating answers…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady always raises the most important points at business questions and I am grateful to her for raising that because, across the whole House, there is concern about the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises an issue of which I am aware, not least because my constituency is a former mining area. There is a disused coal tip in the constituency that has become…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt would be a great pleasure to have a debate praising the Government for the amazing support we have provided to local councils during the pandemic—taxpayers’ money—with £3…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWoke-washing sounds extremely painful, and I hope we will be woke-dry-cleaned pretty quickly, so that we get rid of the wokeness. I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s question,…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe towns fund, to which the hon. Lady refers, is a really good way of helping high streets to improve and of ensuring their viability, and it is available up and down the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhat do you want me to say?12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI actually gave evidence to the Cumberlege report, as I think the hon. Lady knows, on the question of Primodos, so I have an interest in the response to that very important…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am not sure that I can freelance and support Burnley’s bid, but I wish my hon. Friend every success with it and commend him for being such a dedicated campaigner for his…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI agree that nobody in this House should feel unsafe. Mr Speaker himself, as a Deputy Speaker—the Chairman of Ways and Means—ran a very effective procedure of ensuring that…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseExams will go ahead next summer, as they are the fairest and most appropriate way to measure a pupil’s attainments. We are ensuring that students now have more time to prepare for…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs the MP for the countryside surrounding Bath, I am only too aware of the problem, and, indeed, of the congestion in the city represented by the hon. Member. The council, under…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe all have great sympathy for those people who have been excluded. We all have constituents in that situation, and it is important to raise their cases. Inevitably, even though…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe right hon. Gentleman must be absolutely delighted, therefore, that we have left the European Union and will end the transition period on 31 December, because once we are out…12 Nov 2020