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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI will just add in response to the hon. Member for Bristol West (Thangam Debbonaire) that I have had a note to tell me that the party chairman responded on behalf of the Prime…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat was what I said in my statement at the beginning. We wanted to proceed on a cross-party basis and clearly, therefore, the Select Committee not being supported by other…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI said that in my remarks yesterday. I had a representation from union officials before the debate, which I thought it important to reply to in order to reassure people who work…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question. Police chiefs are absolutely clear: stop and search is a vital tool to crack down on serious violence and to keep people safe.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseBefore I begin, I congratulate you, Mr Speaker, on this day of legend and song, because it is the second anniversary of your being dragged to the Chair with notable reluctance.…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is beginning to remind me of Oliver Twist, in that he is always asking for more. I heard him in Transport questions asking for £90 million and now he wants even…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises a matter that is of concern across the country: how we have a planning system that provides the number of houses that we need and ensures that the right…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI view it as my role as Leader of the House to facilitate issues of this kind, when Members bring forward specific issues relating to their constituents who are not receiving an…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for confirming that there are concerns about the system. I think there is a general concern about the investigator and the adjudicator being…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I just reiterate what I said at the beginning of these proceedings? While there is a very strong feeling on both sides of the House that there is a need for an appeals…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady will know that there is a very considerable catch-up plan for the NHS, including £5.4 billion over the next six months, but at the height of the pandemic, the very…04 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThank you for your ruling, Mr Speaker. It is always a balance in this House as to whether one tries to answer as many questions as possible, which is, I think, the better way of…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsIt is not true that all the posts are elected. The Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, for example, is not elected. The hon. Gentleman, who is on the Procedure Committee,…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThe proposed Committee is very different from other Committees, but that will be a matter for the ad hoc Select Committee to consider.03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsDare I say that the right hon. Lady is modelling herself on the deaf adder and, charm I never so nicely, she is not hearing what I am saying? The new Committee could come to the…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI shall give way to the hon. Gentleman, then to the right hon. Lady.03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThe right hon. Gentleman is an experienced Member and quite rightly points out that consensus is very hard to achieve in this Chamber—indeed, this Chamber is physically designed…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI am glad that I saved the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) for next, because that point was so fatuous that it is not worth answering.03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThat will be a matter for the proposed Select Committee to look at. The purpose of the exemption is for serious wrong and, as my right hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that point. It is really important to remember that this House can never be and should never be a mere rubber stamp, which is not our purpose;…03 Nov 2021