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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs it happens, I have often thought that the greater the openness the more understanding there is from other sides. This inadvertent mistake sounds to have been rather beneficial.03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe right hon. Lady cannot expect me to speak in favour of abortifacients.03 Feb 2022HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Members’ Code of Conduct ReviewI am grateful to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) and the Committee on Standards for their assiduous work in conducting a review of the Members’ code of conduct. I am…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseFirst of all, this Government is made up of a collection of the finest, best apples that has ever been seen anywhere in the world. They are the Beauty of Bath, the Cox’s Orange…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this point on behalf of his constituents. It has been raised before by other Members, and I have been following it up with the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is so right to raise this important and concerning issue, which will be of importance to Members across the House. The Online Safety Bill will ensure that big…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt will not surprise my hon. Friend that I will make no attempt to defend that type of delay. Members have a constitutional right to hold the Government to account and to get…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYes. The Commission was told that we could define how to meet lesser requirements at a fraction of the cost of the essential scheme. It has got far too expensive, it is taking far…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her work to foster culture change in the House of Commons and in the setting up of the ICGS, which would not have happened in the form in…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for Government policy in relation to Ukraine. Her Majesty’s Government have made it absolutely clear that should a further…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is very straightforward: legislative reform orders, which went to the Regulatory Reform Committee, are going to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee instead,…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman must ask the Leader of the Opposition why he gave an apology.03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful, as always, to the hon. Gentleman. I have done quite well so far this Session in providing him with the debates he has asked for when he has given me long notice; I…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseSadly, I do not have an Aston Martin, although I think they are particularly beautiful and elegant cars. His constituent therefore has my greatest sympathy as he finds this…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI commit to the hon. Gentleman that, in my regular correspondence with Ministers after business questions, I will take this up with the Minister for Defence People and Veterans…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI agree with my hon. Friend that education and skills have a vital role to play in levelling up the country. Like him, I welcome yesterday’s announcement of the White Paper by my…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOf course I agree with the hon. Lady. She is right to raise a matter of this importance in the House.03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI did indeed visit. I got to try some of Margaret’s famous vanilla custards at the Tunstall indoor market and she gave me supplies to eat on the train back to London.…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend raises some very important points. The Commission has asked that the figures be made available to all Members as soon as possible. The figures now range from…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I congratulate the Threehills Community Supermarket in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency and him on the work that he has clearly done to support it? The issue relates to the…03 Feb 2022