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HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI was just about to talk about Members intervening time and again, so it is the perfect time for me to give way to the hon. Gentleman.02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicThe ancient right to attend Parliament goes back to 1340, and, as the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) pointed out, this is something that has been used against the Crown in…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicMy hon. Friend is right. Every Member does have the right to vote. Members accepted that these measures would be temporary—that they would continue until they expired. One has to…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicMy hon. Friend puts it extremely well. Lots of people are going back to work, and we have a role, as leaders within the country and within the community, to do that.02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI think the system of catching Mr Speaker’s eye is a preferable system, but needs must, because we can have only 50 Members in the Chamber at any one point. However, this is a…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the points that he has made. I assure him that the Government will listen carefully to any ideas that come forth from the Procedure Committee…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI think the right hon. Lady makes entirely the wrong point. Parliament meets to represent the nation as a whole. We come here together not as ambassadors representing various…02 Jun 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessThe point that the hon. Lady makes is a serious one, and it is being considered by my office and by the House more generally. Discussions will continue over Whitsun to try to work…20 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a point that will affect many of us in many constituencies. As the Chancellor explained to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, the effect of the…20 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis issue has indeed been raised in the House before and is something that the Government are aware of. I will take it up with the Department for Transport so that a fuller…20 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI completely endorse what the right hon. Lady said about Epilepsy Week and mental health: we do indeed need to look out for each other, particularly at a time of lockdown, when…20 May 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who has experience as a former Leader of the House and knows and understands how this place ought to work. The measures that we are using…20 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 1 June will include: Monday 1 June—The House will not be sitting. Tuesday 2 June—Second reading of the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill.…20 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s reference to the support the Government have given. I really think that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has managed to be stunningly…20 May 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessI will continue, as will others across the House, to listen to and reflect on the views of hon. and right hon. Members from across the House. Yesterday afternoon, the Procedure…20 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is, of course, a separatist, and he gives the game away when he refers to “even greater ridicule”, because he does not wish this Parliament to be the Parliament…20 May 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessWhat is being proposed for the House is completely in line with what is being proposed by the Government generally; it is a question of working through the five tests and of those…20 May 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessMay I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to the remarks I made some moments ago when I said that I would like to reassure those Members with underlying health conditions who have…20 May 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessI think the issue is that members of staff of MPs do not need to come in. They clearly can carry on working from home. There is no change there, and numbers coming on to the…20 May 2020HANSARD Liaison (Membership)I beg to move, That – (1) With effect for the current Parliament, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of select committees), the Members elected by the House or…20 May 2020