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HANSARD 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 HouseMay I wish the hon. Lady very many happy returns of the day? I understand that it is an auspicious day today. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will be making a statement.…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThose kippers, I can assure the hon. Lady, were absolutely delicious. They were eaten by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister with gusto, showing his characteristic support for…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am frightfully sorry, Mr Speaker. I didn’t hear a word.25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI understand that my hon. Friend is likely to be called later in the general debate on matters to be raised before the forthcoming Adjournment. It will be a golden opportunity to…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseYou and I know perfectly well, Mr Speaker, that this constitution of ours, this precious vessel of our constitution, is bound by conventions, and it is overwhelmingly important…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words. He is right to raise this issue. GP practices provide a vital service to our local communities. We will continue to build on the recent…25 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman knows that there are usual channels for finding time. Ministers ask for time for things to come forward, and these things have to slot into the overall…25 Jul 2019