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HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker—[Hon. Members: “Resign!”] It’s a bit early! Monday 2 September—The House will not be sitting. Tuesday 3 September—Proceedings in Committee and remaining…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the shadow Leader of the House for her incisive list of questions and, indeed, for the suggestion that I replace nanny with the staff in the Leader of the House’s office.…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs I rise, my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom), the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has arrived to sit…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI may be the fifth Leader of the House since the hon. Gentleman took up his post, but from what I hear it seems that his question is the same regardless, so it does not make any…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseNo, no. The hon. Gentleman is a very good parliamentary historian, but 1265 is when the burgesses came from the towns, as he knows perfectly well. Anyway, on restoration and…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is well aware of how to obtain debates in this place, through the Backbench Business Committee and Adjournment debates. Mr Speaker was kind enough to give me…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his fine work as Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee? I may have received a generous promotion from the Prime Minister, but I…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He reminds me to pay tribute, too, to the retiring Serjeant at Arms, who is a very distinguished figure. He is also absolutely right to…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI may be a better recruiting sergeant for the Liberal Democrats than the right hon. Gentleman, but I fear that that may not be a very difficult task. With regard to Northern…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful for that question, because before I was bound by collective responsibility, I wrote the foreword to a paper encouraging the Government to do exactly what the…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s question. She was herself a very distinguished shadow Leader of the House and she is somebody I have great admiration for in her appreciation for…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am well aware of that important issue and I will pass it on to the relevant Minister.25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI share my right hon. Friend’s admiration for the late Pope Pius IX. In terms of this House, what it represents and the symbolism of this building, what our Victorian predecessors…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is an issue of the greatest importance. These terrible events move anybody who hears about them. The death of a 15-year-old through a criminal act is invariably tragic. I…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThat is a very important question. I threw my hat into the ring last time and it was thrown back at me very firmly. It is really important that our Select Committees have Chairmen…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady is indeed right. This year, about 50,000 disadvantaged children in 11 local authority areas will be offered free meals and activities over the summer holidays,…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend may want to raise that question with the Prime Minister, who is making a statement later and who is the person who will advise Her Majesty on when the next Session…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThese cases are absolutely terrible. I think I mentioned earlier an application to the Backbench Business Committee on this matter. The hon. Lady and the hon. Member for…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I share his view that it is jolly good news that we have an Administration who are committed to leaving the European Union, which…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWas it not Disraeli who said that London taxis were the “gondolas of London”? I share that view. We are very lucky to have the taxi drivers that we have. I think that the shop…25 Jul 2019