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HANSARD Business StatementI am not entirely sure about the counting ability of Liberal Democrats, but it is always a right of members of the public to lobby MPs when the House is sitting. It is one we…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementThis depends upon events, as I have already said.15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementWith regard to language, I have just been called pot by Mr Kettle, so I do not think I will worry about that unduly. With regard to the motion that I have announced to take place…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementMy right hon. Friend makes an absolutely valid point. It was of course the surrender Act that set the date of 19 October for its coming into force and that is why events may have…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementIf the right hon. Gentleman had not set a foolish date in his surrender Act, there would not be this problem.15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementThe report was meant to have been laid on 14 October, so I can only apologise if it is not in the Vote Office. That will be looked into immediately after I have sat down. With…15 Oct 2019HANSARDLegislative ProgrammeFollowing yesterday’s state opening of Parliament, and for the convenience of the House, I am listing the Bills which were announced yesterday: Agriculture Bill Animal Welfare…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementMadam Deputy Speaker, with permission, I should like to make a short announcement regarding additional business for consideration tomorrow. At the conclusion of tomorrow’s debate…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementI entered the record books for Parliament when I said that while no one was allowed to indulge in the floccinaucinihilipilification of our own judges, one was allowed to do so…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementI always thought one was in the habit of drawing a bath, rather than running a bath, and I am sure that the House would be most capable of drawing a bath. To come to the hon.…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementI thought that in my previous answer, I was pointing out the blindingly obvious to one hon. Member. I shall now do so to a right hon. Member: the Act sets the 19th as the deadline…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementThe hon. Gentleman heckles, elegantly and loudly as always, saying that today is Tuesday— I know today is Tuesday, and it will be followed by Wednesday and a European Council on…15 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI have raised questions in the House about other drugs, and I would encourage my right hon. Friend to use the facilities of the House to press his point. Mr Speaker, you kindly…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman makes a point that has to be looked into. Every possible facility should be given to those who are terminally ill and every pathway should be cleared for them…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am glad to see that your voice is in good working order, unlike poor Mr Speaker. The allocation of funding is always done properly and there are…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for that question. As she knows, there is a simplified procedure for amending laws that are found by the Supreme Court to be incompatible with the…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAll answers are straight answers; they are sometimes simply not the answers that people want. These are two very separate concepts. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises an important point. The situation is one that many of us have seen in our constituency surgeries, and I know that the Department for Work and Pensions is…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI did actually speak to the Lord Chancellor about this matter earlier today and have an answer that, if I may, I will read out because I hope it provides the equivalent of a…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWere I his constituent, I would find going to visit my hon. Friend extremely reassuring. It is hard to think of anybody who could be a better advocate for his constituents in his…03 Oct 2019