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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend on her work as the Prime Minister’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief? I cannot think of anybody better suited to the…25 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman and thank him once again for standing in for the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart). The Scottish Affairs Committee…25 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I begin on a point of very strong agreement with the hon. Gentleman and thank him for the point that he made about encouraging women and girls to have careers in science? That…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 22 February will include: Monday 22 February—General debate on covid-19. Tuesday 23 February—Opposition day (17th allotted day). There will be…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend is such a powerful champion for the fishing industry and has been for the whole time she has been a Member of the House of Commons. The Government are focused on…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her question. I am certainly happy to look at bringing back Westminster Hall, if that is what the House wishes. We have sought to take a…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a very important point. The Lib Dems hate the motorist; we all know that. They are fanatical anti-motorists. I am on the side of the motorist, as are Her…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is an absolute pleasure to do that, and to congratulate Maria Lovell on what she is planning to do to raise money for her preferred charities as the Luton civic mayor. Civic…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises something that is a matter of concern across the House and across constituencies. The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental one, along with freedom…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise the issue of air pollution, although he does not mention the great diesel scandal. Diesel was encouraged by the last Labour Government, of…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is always difficult having a time period set on general elections when we have the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, which was not a fixed-term Parliaments Act. I think it would…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Government have made widespread support available to local councils, including £4.6 billion of un-ringfenced money that local councils can use to help early childcare…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was in the House immediately before me and open to questions at that point, but of course that was before the meeting that is taking…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Its seems to me that the Mayor of London has replaced Red Ken as Red Khan. Who would have thought that we would have a more left-wing…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this, because it is an important and troubling point. It is difficult in terms of administration because of the lack of certainty about…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI often find that I am sympathetic to the hon. Gentleman’s questions, but I am sorry to say that on this occasion I am not, because the pig-headedness is not that of the United…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs they used to say: “Weetabix unbeatabix!” My personal preference, if I were to eat Weetabix, would not be to have it with baked beans, which I have always found absolutely…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseSince this subject was last raised in the House, I have become slightly conflicted, because there is a freeport bid coming in from quite near me, in Bristol. However, it would not…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI suppose the question is quis custodiet ipsos custodes—who guards the guards themselves? My hon. Friend, in his reference to Operation Midland, raises serious concerns. Like him,…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI congratulate the hon. Lady on the work she is doing on promoting the Forest of Memories. As we go from village to village around our country, there are war memorials, almost all…11 Feb 2021