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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises an important point that I think all of us are coming across as constituency MPs—access to GPs, face to face, on the telephone, or on Zoom or similar services.…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises something that has been of concern. Steps have been taken to help people with energy bills, including contributing £140 to the energy bills of 2.2 million…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis is an issue that the Government take seriously, and it has been considered by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The Digital,…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThere has been a great deal of pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill to ensure that it is widely understood and accepted. The Bill is technical in nature. Not a single amendment…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue again. It has been a problem for some of my own constituents too, and I have therefore raised it at a constituency level…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her questions. May I begin with the issue of cricket? As somebody who has followed cricket since his childhood, I think I can say that this is a…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMadam Deputy Speaker, I am tempted to say that applications for debates do not go flooding in to the Backbench Business Committee because Members receive such full answers in…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt may be helpful if I set out what the Government have done in this area. There is a £500 million household support fund so that local authorities can help those on the lowest…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. We have in some years had a debate around Armistice Day, where it has been possible to record the contribution of a range of people…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a point of which many of us in this House were unaware. I see the difficulty that there is for blue-light drivers, who are likely to be trained to a very…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is making me think of Jaws from the James Bond films and what might happen if teeth are stuck in, or those children who have railway tracks put on their teeth to…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOne could never accuse the hon. Gentleman of being knowingly understated. We have had “disaster”, “sorry saga”, “rotten”, “sleaze”, “corruption”, “huge public concern” and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 22 November will include: Monday 22 November—Remaining stages of the Health and Care Bill (Day 1). Tuesday 23 November—Remaining stages of the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this point, because I think all of us as constituency MPs have come across it when there have been developments in our area. Trying to…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThere are very clear rules on how money may be taken by political parties, and all the political parties have a strong obligation to abide by them and to ensure that money is…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs I have said to the hon. Gentleman previously, I am more than happy to take up individual constituent cases where proper answers have not already come through. My experience…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I say how glad I am to see the hon. Gentleman back in his place? I thank him for his courtesy in letting my office know that he was not going to be here in previous weeks, and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseVox populi, vox Dei, as my hon. Friend says. It is obviously important that there should be local accountability and elections, but sometimes when there is significant upheaval in…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhat the hon. Lady says is obviously right—information should be accurate—but there is sometimes not a clear dividing line between what is information and what is opinion. One…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think the reason everyone wants to go to Wellingborough is that they will be so well represented by the Member of Parliament for that distinguished constituency, who will take…18 Nov 2021