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HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend has raised the point so very effectively. Japanese knotweed is the most common of four invasive knotweed plant species in the UK, and landowners have an obligation…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. This House and the other place are both here to protect the freedoms of this nation and of the individuals within it, but also to…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityI beg to move, That, in pursuance of paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009, Ms Theresa Middleton CBE be appointed as a lay member of the Speaker’s…12 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs always, I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. Clearly, when local journals run with such stories, they create concern among people who are most unlikely to be…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point, and I have already set out what the Government have been doing in our disability strategy. I think it is better to deal with the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Government are committed to ensuring that disabled people have the support that they need. It is worth pointing out that since 2013 we have reduced the disability employment…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLevelling-up funding is allocated to help level up. Great things are happening: £4.8 billion in the levelling-up fund is being spent to help regenerate town centres and high…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this question. Just before the 2017 general election I was on the Treasury Committee, and I lobbied the then Chairman for an inquiry…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI invariably agree with my right hon. Friend, but not on this issue. As we all know, time was unified across the United Kingdom with the coming of the railways, otherwise my…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI refer the hon. Lady to the answer that I gave some moments ago.06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very grateful to my hon. Friend. Fly-tipping is an absolute blight on society. It is illegal and there are penalties for it. Obviously, the primary responsibility lies with…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Government are committed to a ban on trophy hunting, which was a manifesto commitment. I will therefore ensure that my right hon. Friend’s comments are passed on to the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI remind the House that the SNP Government have decided to take a different route. They do not believe in trusting people to make decisions for themselves. They believe in…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thought genuinely that the needle had got stuck on the last bit of the question. I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman does not like doing his job, that he wishes to enjoy himself…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am going to come back to the jury system in, I hope, giving some reassurance to my hon. Friend, because it is an ancient right and a great protector of freedom. That does not…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for the approach she is taking to this. I cannot on Thursday mornings give off-the-cuff commitments to private Members’ Bills, but I think I can say that the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn a spirit of good will on Epiphany, may I say how much I agree with the hon. Gentleman? I cannot promise a debate, but we should certainly celebrate people who either through…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs always, I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who campaigns tirelessly on this issue. India is a great friend of this country; it is an important and powerful ally, but I…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI can give an answer very directly: Her Majesty’s Government have no intention of riding roughshod over the devolved settlement.06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYes, of course—that is not a promise of a debate—but am I not right in thinking that the A5 goes along one of the old Roman roads? Therefore, it has been important to our history…06 Jan 2022