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HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is a very distinguished predecessor in this role and did a great deal of the work to ensure that people understand the problems that the Palace faces. With…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseIt may be helpful if I give the hon. Gentleman the latest update on Luke Symons that I have from the Foreign Office. Officials are in touch with his family, but we have no…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend represents a constituency that relies heavily on the tourism industry, and this is a particularly difficult time. The strategy for reopening the country is…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe House is always grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his commitment to persecuted minorities and for trying to ensure that their persecution is known around the globe and that…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a crucial point. We have put in place clear and strict guidance on social distancing, and I believe that our elected officials have a responsibility to see…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to disagree with the hon. Lady, interesting though it is to observe the guitar that is behind her, given the fascination that we have in being nosey about where people…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseTo take the last point first, voting was carried out using parliamentary passes very effectively last night and with a proxy scheme that means that people can be present in the…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 22 June will include: Monday 22 June—Second Reading of the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [ Lords ]. Tuesday 23 June—Remaining stages…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI agree with the right hon. Lady that the whole House sends its condolences to Dame Vera Lynn’s family. She sang uplifting tunes that ensured the nation’s morale was good at a…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman asks about the estimates days. I will bring forward business in the normal way. We have, as he will know in terms of Backbench business more generally, been…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right that there are great opportunities to be had from the restoration of powers from the continent to the United Kingdom. She and her predecessor have both…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseIndeed, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”. My hon. Friend makes her point extremely well. As we have heard previously, these are matters of…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising an important point that will be of concern to others in the House. There are Transport questions on 2 July, but I suggest that she…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseAgain, this is a point of the greatest importance, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question about support for coastal communities. He is a true champion of his…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI think the whole House will have heard what the hon. Gentleman had to say and the emotion with which he said it, and the effect this must have on his constituents. It is hard to…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point. It is always important that we have as full an understanding of our history as possible. By understanding our history, we avoid…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. Finding enough PPE is an international challenge that many countries are facing, and I commend his constituents for their vital…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I belatedly wish you many happy returns for yesterday, Mr Speaker? I hope it was duly celebrated across the land. The business for the week commencing 15 June will include:…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I begin at the end? Yes indeed, that will be a proper occasion on which to celebrate the Queen’s official birthday and an extraordinary period of decades of service to the…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend, as so often, comes to the heart of the matter. I am surprised that he has not raised Stonehenge, which is known for being the site, or thought to have been…11 Jun 2020