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HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend raises an important point. It would be wrong of me to pre-empt what I will say tomorrow, but I encourage him to keep his hopes up.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe issue the hon. Lady raises is of the greatest importance and I will happily take it up again with the Home Office, further to the response that I have already sent her. She is…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman may raise these matters in many ways. Details of how to apply for Adjournment debates have been posted on the Annunciator and he could apply for one of those.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very sorry that the hon. Gentleman did not manage to understand the Prime Minister; that is unfortunate. The point of a Queen’s speech is for setting out the Government’s…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful for the spirit in which the hon. Lady has put her question. It is important to the Manchester economy that the conference goes ahead, and it is a concern for the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am always careful about stepping into your territory, Mr Speaker, when it comes to what is orderly and what is not orderly, but an amendment to a motion cannot change the law.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI think that the hon. Lady has overstated her position. That Bill was going to be a major part of the Queen’s Speech. It is a Bill to which the Government are deeply committed,…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that very important point. It is an unprecedented offer. It is available for a limited time only. It is like one of those offers in…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the distinguished Chair of the Backbench Business Committee for his very polite request. It is obviously sensible and we will work with him through the normal…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, and it seems that there was some confusion over forests. He is of course the Member for the Forest of Dean, and my right hon. Friend the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady says from a sedentary position that it is general knowledge. Just because something has been in the newspapers, it does not make it general knowledge. It was…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for all the work he has done to try to bring people together and to seek compromise. It is worth saying that it will not be possible to…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Prime Minister said earlier that the hon. Gentleman normally makes sensible points. This is the second time today when he has not. That is the most fatuous point I have heard.…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseUnfortunately, I have to keep the hon. Gentleman in suspense, but I can reassure him that there will be an exciting announcement tomorrow, in a statement from me, and all will be…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for making that point. It is a matter of great concern to the Government, who want to see the Northern Ireland Executive re-formed…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI know that the hon. Gentleman has suffered personally from skin cancer and I reinforce what he is trying to do to ensure that more people know about it, so there is greater…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, I am afraid that your successor will have an uphill task. Moderate language lasted precisely 21 minutes before the hon. Gentleman got up and managed to reduce the…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe first half of that question referred to jokes, and the second half was wrong.05 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is a very serious issue, and I share the hon. Gentleman’s concern regarding the persecution of Christians across the world. We should do whatever we can—indeed, the…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOh, of course it is not a political fix! No Government would ever behave like that.05 Sept 2019