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HANSARDPrivilege: 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 2023HANSARD Members of Parliament: Risk-based ExclusionMy right hon. Friend makes the very important point that there are lots of bodies, but there is no body that can suspend a Member from this House without a vote of this House. The…12 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe hon. Gentleman has just correctly said it is open to this Parliament to repeal any European law; that is exactly what this Bill does. It is not malice; it is just using the…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am rather worried about the air fresheners that my hon. Friend must need in his household if he changes his socks only once a fortnight. I am afraid that the Government’s…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillOf course I will give way to the expert on foods.24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt must be said that my right hon. Friend was an excellent Secretary of State who was enormously co-operative with me, when I was in the relevant role, in trying to get DEFRA to…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy right hon. Friend is right. That is what the Bill did until it was gutted and the key part of it was removed so that the basis is now to retain a law unless it is specifically…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillYes, he does!24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI wonder if it is fair to say that my hon. Friend is the Lord George Bentinck of the modern era?24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Bill spells potential disaster for the environment and for working people. It sets out exactly what is wrong with the way we write and pass laws. For that reason, I will vote…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe point my hon. Friend misses is that there is still some time between now and the end of the year. This work could be pushed through if there were the desire to do it. This…24 May 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWould my right hon. Friend be able to provide time for a debate on the efficiency of some Government Departments in responding to correspondence? I refer particularly to the…18 May 2023HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWill my right hon. Friend explain whether this abdication to the House of Lords has come about because of civil service idleness or a lack of ministerial drive?11 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely spot-on that intellectual property rights are, of their nature, much harder to tax, but they clearly belong in the country that invented them or that…18 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillOne has to be a bit careful when talking about the US, because although the President might be in favour of this, the Republicans in the House of Representatives have made it…18 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman), although I must say that there was some irony in a representative of the Scottish…18 Apr 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy right hon. Friend is right, and for once, those on the Opposition Front Bench were right as well. Part of the problem with the write-offs is that they are temporary, but why…18 Apr 2023HANSARD State Pension Age: ReviewUnlike the Labour party, I do not welcome this decision. From the 1940s to today, life expectancy from retirement has increased by seven years, which would indicate a retirement…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler), and I agree with her and my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken)…15 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityMany people may say that Ms Gray is a splendid woman —I understand she even fed the cats in the Cabinet Office—but does it not smash to pieces the idea of an independent civil…06 Mar 2023