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HANSARD Business of the HouseMadam Deputy Speaker, I should like to make a short business statement. Tomorrow’s business will now be remaining stages of the Charities Bill [ Lords ], followed by remaining…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her support. It is vital that the House stands united at this time against an aggressive Russian state. She has had ample opportunity to ask questions…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat I said.21 Feb 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI hope the hon. Gentleman took the opportunity to question the Secretary of State for Defence an hour ago. There will be another opportunity tomorrow to get those matters on the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think there are Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy questions in the week we return from half-term, and I know that my hon. Friend will take the opportunity…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Member is right to highlight that issue. It is important to get young girls into science, technology, maths and engineering topics. The Government have made great…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI should declare my interest as a member of the National Farmers Union. Unions are a force for good in many circumstances. A debate on the success of unions is something the hon.…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI wholly agree with the hon. Lady that someone’s religion, sexuality, sex or age should not be a barrier to their career. She is one of a number of Members this morning who has…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the cases he talks about. There will be an opportunity for him to question Transport Ministers in the near future. I encourage him to use…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am delighted to hear about the extra funding and the reduction in crime in my hon. Friend’s constituency. The Government are committed to bringing down crime rates. We have…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI want those businesses to succeed as well. Everyone on the Government side of the House wants to see them succeed. I want to see them create jobs for the hon. Lady’s constituents…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think it unlikely that I am going to say no. My hon. Friend is a huge champion for Leicestershire and for the east midlands, and I shall be delighted to work with him to…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis is an important issue, and, as I have said, we all have a responsibility to try to ensure that we get our language right in the House. Hate crime of any nature should not be…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his comments on the response of the Home Office. I would like to take full credit for that, but I will not. He is right to raise animal cruelty. The…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She is right to highlight this in the House of Commons. It was an appalling video; anybody who saw it could not help but be shocked by it.…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLet me put on record my thanks to my hon. Friend for her contributions to business questions and supporting my predecessor. It is indeed the last day for contributions to the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his question highlighting those issues. If I can facilitate such a debate, I will be delighted to, but of course there are other routes open to him: he…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She will have the opportunity to question the Foreign Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office questions on 8 March. This…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI know that you are quite capable of defending yourself, Mr Speaker, but any suggestion that you are biased should be robustly repudiated. My hon. Friend raises an important…10 Feb 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI think the Department for Transport just announced £29 million extra to support buses, but the hon. Lady must recognise that as we move out of covid we need to move back to…10 Feb 2022