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HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point about the Prime Minister’s Ottoman antecedents, although as the Ottoman Empire has fallen away, I have a feeling that he was…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising this point, and I think it goes wider than electricity tariffs. I do not tend to tell personal anecdotes, but when my car…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI understand that there were some problems with the district council’s website, which did not have entirely the desired effect, and it caused some considerable and understandable…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseOnce again, I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this issue. The reason that it has taken so long is that it is not an easy one to determine. It is very hard to know with…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is very concerning when one arm of the Government causes a cost to be created with another. The requirement for a student to hold the status on the first day of their first…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI sympathise with my hon. Friend: we want planning applications to appreciate and understand local heritage and culture. A listing scheme is in place to try to protect buildings,…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises something extraordinarily troubling. There are problems sometimes within councils, and I understand that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this point. There are issues of scrutiny around arms-length bodies, which are of fundamental importance to this House and are rightly…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI may be willing to go further than the House would expect, because the corridor of the Chairman of Ways and Means has a sweepstake and in this sweepstake I have been fortunate…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseWe are looking forward to your karaoke efforts in due course. It seems to me, as my hon. Friend raises this question, that we could try to turn the white cliffs into Mount…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman makes a very good plea for time on 8 July, because I was part of the all-party group that was very brilliantly chaired by the hon. Member for Bolton South East…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady has very kindly promoted me. Of course, the Government are not mine but Her Majesty’s, and that is not a role to which, I confess, I aspire. As regards text…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend has successfully raised it on this occasion. I think a debate on a bridge is probably more of an Adjournment debate; justifying a day’s debate in Government time…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman and I normally see eye to eye on most issues, but on this I must diverge from him. The New Decade, New Approach deal was an historic achievement that brought to…17 Jun 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is always important that statements are made to this House and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care was here yesterday to answer questions,…15 Jun 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI should like to make a short business statement. Hon. and right hon. Members will be aware of yesterday’s announcement to extend covid restrictions until 19 July. As a…15 Jun 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support. He raises a fair point. I think the answer must be—as the Prime Minister and, I think, Professor Whitty, have said—that…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, as you are just leaving the Chair, may I too wish you a happy birthday, before you depart? I do not think we will sing. The business for the week commencing 14 June…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her support of the culture recovery fund, which has so far distributed over £1.2 billion of taxpayers’ money, supporting more than 5,000…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this important and troubling issue. As constituency MPs, we all see the terrible effects of violent crime and we should never be…10 Jun 2021