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HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023Further to that point of order, Mr Pritchard. I think that point of order is fundamental because without the papers, how can people consider this legislation properly? All that…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023The Chair does not have the authority to order my right hon. Friend to withdraw in Committee. The Speaker has that authority on the Floor of the House; the Chairman of a Committee…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023On a point of order, Mr Pritchard. As you know perfectly well, the rules in Committee are very different from the rules of the House. If you as Chairman are not happy with the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023Further to that point of order, Mr Pritchard, it seems to me that these issues raise serious matters of privilege, which obviously have to be referred to Mr Speaker confidentially…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat can the Government do about the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the police chasing drivers who have correctly sent in their forms after they have disposed of a…13 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportIt would be an honour, delight, joy to give way.10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportThe hon. Lady kindly leads me to what I was going to say next. I had absolutely no desire to impugn the integrity of individual members of the Committee, some of whom I hold in…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportMany Members of this House have faced issues with security. I do not believe that criticising the actions of a Committee has that effect. If the hon. Gentleman really takes that…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI was pointing out that, from a reading of paragraph 15, what I said is seen as part of a sustained attempt to undermine and challenge the impartiality of the Chairman in the very…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportThere are some issues with this report, beginning, as it happens, with its title referring to a “Co-ordinated campaign of interference”. As was raised by my right hon. Friend the…10 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wonder what conversations the Lord Chancellor can have with the Chief Coroner about the poor performance of the Somerset coroner’s office, where the waiting time went up from 23…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWith the prospect of the Victoria Tower being refurbished on the exterior, will my right hon. Friend assure me that the interior will be done at the same time? I have heard that…22 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris Johnsonrose —19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI am sorry to interrupt my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). The hon. Member for Rhondda (Sir Chris Bryant) is absolutely right—we must maintain exclusive…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris Johnsonindicated dissent .19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI will not give way. Let us come to paragraph 14, on a special report, because this is important. Paragraph 194 cites the 1978 resolution of this House that its “penal…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI wonder whether the right hon. and learned Lady could say something of her own position in relation to the precedent set by a judicial Committee of the House of Lords, when a…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonIt is perfectly reasonable to challenge the views of Select Committees of this House. It is neither eccentric nor, indeed, rare, so I should like to start with some of the things…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and I refer him further to paragraph 182, on the line to take. Mr Johnson, as Prime Minister, was advised before Prime Minister’s questions…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonI said it very publicly, and it is a matter of record that I said it. I assumed people were aware, and people clearly are aware of what is said publicly. I will come to paragraph…19 Jun 2023