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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend knows how to play the cistern—he is doing it extremely well—and he will soon, I hope, be flushed with success, because I can assure him that this does remain…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI spent decades in the City and you could always find some silly analyst to write some silly report and the FT to report it.25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his question. The constituents of Bolsover, and Shirebrook in particular, are incredibly fortunate to have such an assiduous and capable campaigner…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat is a matter for the House of Commons Commission. However, the hon. Gentleman should be proud to be back. It is wonderful that this House is back and doing its duty in getting…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think very few right hon. and hon. Members miss cricket as much as I do. All my tickets to watch various test matches over the course of the year and my visits to Taunton have…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think the changes that are being made have the great virtue that they do not involve compulsion, but they are advice. In their good wisdom, the British people can determine what…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his excellent question, because I think there is a very easy answer in pubs, and that is that people should go back to drinking a yard of ale.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that point. People taking fire into areas that will be particularly damaged by wildfires are deeply irresponsible, and there are…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and commend him for being such an ardent champion of his constituents’ concerns about leasehold mis-selling. His is a model…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for giving me notice of her question, which allows me to give, I hope, a better answer. I join her in sending condolences to the family. Knife crime is a…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this point, and as a former leader of Westminster City Council, she knows how important it is. I am not convinced that extending the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseNo.25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis sounds a very serious matter of which I must confess I was not previously aware. I will take it up on behalf of the hon. Lady with the Home Secretary, who will be in front of…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseTe Deum laudamus, Mr Speaker. My right hon. Friend is right to be concerned about things not all opening up at once and to wish to raise this on the Floor of the House, but the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseEvery death from the coronavirus, whether it is in South Korea or the United Kingdom, is a tragedy, and the sadness for the families affected is very great and very real. However,…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question, leaving aside his jibe about Essex county cricket. I commend him for his stalwart representation of the people of Ipswich in this…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to raise this important question, which has been raised with many of us by our constituents. The NHS has begun to restore services that were rightly…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think everyone welcomes the reopening of pubs. People have been locked in for quite long enough and they want to go and have a drink, which is a jolly good thing and should be…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I hope he will join me in welcoming the Prime Minister’s and the Education Secretary’s confirmation of a catch-up plan to help headteachers…25 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think they are two sides of the same coin. One can do good work in the world while also promoting the British national interest, and one should not be ashamed of the British…25 Jun 2020