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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises a sad and important case and an issue that should concern us all. I will happily undertake what he has asked me to do and raise this issue with the…09 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIran is not necessarily the most friendly regime to the United Kingdom, and we have to look at our relationship with Iran in the round, but I will happily take up the hon. Lady’s…09 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend makes his case as always with passion and energy. One of the manifold advantages of leaving the European Union is that we will be able to make these types of laws…09 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn general terms, I would reiterate the points I have made about the support that the Government have provided for all industries. My hon. Friend is not alone in having…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 6 July will include: Monday 6 July—Remaining stages of the Domestic Abuse Bill. Tuesday 7 July—Estimates day (1st allotted day). There will be…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is right that, in the current circumstances, there have not been as many Backbench Business debates as there would otherwise have been. Westminster Hall, where…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe right hon. Lady is always so difficult to follow because she so often ends with sad news. The news from my hon. Friend the Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman) was the saddest.…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is quite incapable of keeping quiet, even for a moment. His agitation and his degree of excitement may be slightly theatrical on this occasion. On the ISC, as…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis is a very important point, and I know that many Members are concerned about it. The Government recognise the huge contribution the arts and culture sector makes, not only to…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI completely endorse what my hon. Friend has just said. We should be enormously proud of the great figures of our history. I am tempted to run through some of them, but we will…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this important question. The Government have given unprecedented support to businesses. Obviously, questions arise in relation to areas…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is so right, and it is a bit sorrowful, isn’t it, that the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) titters when we are thanking people who have done their duty? I…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that there have been delays in the progress of legislation, though we are getting back on track, and we have lots of Bill Committees now up and…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYes. My hon. Friend makes a very good point. There is a wonderful Flanders and Swann song about the old railway stations that were closed by Beeching, and it includes, of course,…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI never realised that our separatist friends would model themselves on an Ealing comedy. It seems to have become “Passport to Pimlico”. There are no internal borders in the United…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs the hon. Member for Rhondda will remember, in the film “Passport to Pimlico” Pimlico was thought to have belonged to the Duke of Burgundy or some such, and therefore had become…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for highlighting his early-day motion to me in advance. He raises an interesting and important subject that is worthy of fuller…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs I said earlier, the Cumberlege review will be extremely important. I already mentioned the efforts of the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) in that regard. I…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that small businesses are the heart of the economy. They are the engine and the creators of new jobs. The Government have done a lot to support…02 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseGussie Fink-Nottle is indeed fictional, and he was not really arrested in the fountains in Trafalgar Square when he thought that there were newts there after boat race night. It…02 Jul 2020