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HANSARD Business of the HouseI am getting slightly repetitive at this stage, but I think the best opportunity would be during the Queen's Speech, once we have a new Session of Parliament and when there is…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe principle that constituencies should have the same number of electors is a very good and important one.26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that very sad case. Obviously, it is important that we have clean air. The Government have an ambitious policy to improve the…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI make an exception for the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, which, for geographical reasons, has slightly fewer constituents, but they are some of the finest people in this…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThat is an enormously and characteristically helpful intervention from the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee. Members will have heard that 2.30 tomorrow is the deadline…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI have so much sympathy with what my right hon. Friend says. Dementia hits families particularly hard. Sometimes it hits the carers much more than the individual who is suffering…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI take everything that my hon. Friend says with the greatest seriousness. She is the most wonderful campaigner and aims to make the lives of people in this country better by…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs I understand it, the Chancellor will take questions on Tuesday, and it is normal for a three-day rota to be set. [ Interruption. ] Will it be Monday? It will be available in…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI do share the hon. Lady’s concern about the quality of exchanges and the embarrassment of those on the Opposition Benches who saw their leader having his Neil Kinnock moment…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear of the job losses in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. It is always a blow to the individuals concerned when businesses fail. It seems that really serious…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very sympathetic to what my hon. Friend says. The statutory instrument is prepared but is being considered and will be introduced if there is a suitable opportunity.26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseStickler though I am —[Interruption.] Pardon? [Interruption.]26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe general point on private Members’ Bills is that, if we get to a new Session, there will be more Fridays, a new ballot and the opportunity for Members to bring forward their…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseYes, yes and yes.26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing me to make this statement at a slightly unusual time to facilitate the Division, which makes the business I am going to read out rather more…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady says, quite correctly, that this is no way to run a Parliament, which is why we should have a general election as soon as possible. If only Labour Members would vote…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. It has to be said that this Parliament has passed more private Members’ Bills than any since 2003; 13 have gone to Royal Assent and…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI agree with the hon. Gentleman that temperate language is often to be encouraged. He mentioned bilocation. I think Padre Pio, not that long ago canonised, was famed for his…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAnything that my right hon. Friend says is likely to be an excellent idea, so I have a great deal of sympathy for her request for a debate, but I am afraid that I will once again…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThis issue must be treated with enormous seriousness, and a 52-year sentence indicates the brutality and horror of what must have happened to the hon. Gentleman’s constituent. For…26 Sept 2019