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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseNot all have six children, either, which I am very lucky and fortunate to have. I absolutely understand, therefore, child caring responsibilities—all my children are quite young.…20 May 2020HANSARD Liaison (Membership)We are having an election; there may be a Division—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 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 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 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 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 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 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful for the points made by my hon. Friend from, I assume, his wonderful constituency, which I visited for a Conservative tea last year, when we were still able to move…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 Liaison (Membership)Within this House, one always knows that it is a weak argument when it is overstated, and I have to say that I have never heard a more overstated argument than that which we have…20 May 2020HANSARD Liaison (Membership)Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I turn to the amendment in the name of the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) and others. It seeks to limit the…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 RecessThe point made by the right hon. Gentleman about Prime Minister’s questions is fundamentally trivial and beneath him, and therefore I shall ignore it. I am very sorry that he does…20 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI said yesterday—carefully—that I did not expect to bring forward further virtual Parliament motions. It is important not to forget the word “expect”, because things could change.…13 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI am always grateful to the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee, and I understand it is difficult for his Committee at the moment, with no time available for his debates.…13 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, as the hon. Gentleman crackled through the ether, he was hard to hear, and it was hard to be clear what he was saying. His complaint was that we in the Chamber had an…13 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He knows that we had to make the changes to the business this week because of the interest in the covid-19 debate. But he is also…13 May 2020