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HANSARD Business of the HouseCelebrating birthdays is becoming a theme, which we should try to bring up at all business questions. My birthday happens to be shared with Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, so we…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 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 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 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 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicMy hon. Friend makes an extraordinarily good point. The right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland asked for an emergency debate; perhaps others will ask for emergency debates on…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI am entirely in agreement. We must lead by example because we are leaders in our community.08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicThe right hon. Gentleman makes a point with which I have a great deal of sympathy. I would remind right hon. and hon. Members that the formal advice from the Government is that…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicThe hon. Gentleman has now made two interventions, so I wonder why he is suddenly so concerned about other people’s interventions. I can see that we should perhaps have a Standing…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicThe hon. Gentleman allows me to pay tribute to Marianne Cwynarski, who is in charge of these affairs for the House. She has worked incredibly hard to ensure that the people who…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicEven the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland, who applied for and received this debate, has said that it was a sub-optimal system, and that has been the view of the…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI give way to my neighbour, the Member for Bath.08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicIt would be a particular pleasure to give way to the hon. Lady.08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI listened with great interest to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), who is a distinguished Member of this House and former holder of office in the…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on that, which is one reason why I argue that we should try to lead by example. People who have been at the frontline have been working…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI think the hon. Lady is not looking fully at what shielded MPs will be able to do. They will be able to have a proxy and to participate in the interrogative parts of Parliament’s…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is an assiduous attender of Parliament and very thoughtful in his contributions. Where I disagree with him is in my understanding of what…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicSnails do not go anything like as fast as we went in that queue, and I really do not think Members should be too smart to feel that they cannot queue when our constituents are. I…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicMy hon. Friend makes a good point. There is a great deal going on in the world and, thanks to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland, we are debating ourselves—a subject…08 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse Business during the PandemicI am grateful to my hon. Friend, because that is a crucial point. Even with the social distancing requirements and a Chamber that is not as full as it would otherwise be, we have…08 Jun 2020