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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt would be a joy to go back to Wellingborough. I have been to my hon. Friend’s constituency before; if I come, I hope he will invite me to speak to his local Conservative…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. I am a monarchist. I think that monarchism is essential to our country, and I think that republicanism is a most unpleasant activity.…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is a tireless campaigner, and he is quite right to support small businesses. There is often very good service from small businesses, and one can help the local…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am in considerable agreement with the hon. Lady. It is so important that children are in school. This is very often a question of the way we look at the figures. As I understand…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is a real pleasure, and I am grateful to the hon. Lady. I would love to congratulate Sheffield Wednesday on their community efforts, which are a reminder of the importance of…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAgain, I am grateful to the hon. Lady because I know what a burden it is for parents to have to buy the new strip every year. The club keeping its strip will be welcomed by fans…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat is exactly the sort of thing where raising it in Parliament ought to solve the problem. I will take this up with the Home Office if the hon. Gentleman will send me more…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. As I was saying about the online harms Bill, it is often useful to have prelegislative scrutiny, particularly for Bills that need…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think it is clear that external meetings that relate to Government business are minuted and that is routine civil service practice. But I think the hon. Gentleman has received…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe right hon. Gentleman has asked the Prime Minister and is now asking me. He has asked the organ grinder, and I do not quite know why he has come to the monkey. None the less,…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is not the first to raise at business questions the importance of heritage steam to local history and culture. Over the summer I had the pleasure of being shown…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI congratulate the hon. Lady on the work that she has done on Primodos. I was also a member of her all-party parliamentary group, and I saw at first hand the incredible work that…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIf the hon. Lady passes the details to my office, I will make sure they are taken up with the Home Office. There is a hotline, or there certainly used to be a hotline, for MPs to…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI congratulate the hon. Lady on her support for Coventry’s NHS workers and for the charitable work that is going on there. I thought that she was going to ask me to wear a…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is a delight that my hon. Friend is happy. I thought it was quite something when the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) was happy, but if my hon. Friend…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is so right to remind us of the 83rd anniversary of the Kindertransport, which was a wonderful humanitarian approach that crucially ensured there were safe routes…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOf course it is important to support children, and to support families, which is what the Government have been doing with a number of schemes. Children who live in working…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend makes appeals that are always heard, and can sometimes be assured of falling on fertile ground. I hope I will be able to reassure him that this matter is at…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI will do my best to give the hon. Gentleman a private indication as soon as I possibly can about when there will be new Backbench Business debates. I note his support for the…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderMadam Deputy Speaker, I was absolutely clear that I think it is good and thoroughly beneficial when people go back to work, including in the DWP. I did not mention Scots law; that…02 Dec 2021