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HANSARD Rebated Fuel Rules: Construction IndustryOrder. Before the Minister decides whether to take that intervention, she should know that she is well over her allocated time. We have to allow two minutes for the proposer to…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Rebated Fuel Rules: Construction IndustryOrder. I am really sorry; we could clearly have carried on for longer, but time has beaten us.19 Jan 2022HANSARDRemoval of Failed Asylum SeekersDoes the Minister agree that one of the problems with genuine victims of human trafficking is that they are lumped together with asylum seekers? The quicker we can return bogus…17 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingLast Friday, my private Member’s Bill to abolish the BBC was to be read a Second time, but, unfortunately, there was not enough parliamentary time to proceed. I promote quite a…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillWhich would my hon. Friend prefer: to wait for the Queen to make a decision about the next Prime Minister or to have the aeroplane crash into Buckingham Palace first? There needs…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention, but I am disappointed that she is arguing against Government policy, because since the event that happened with the Prime…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillThat is exactly my point. If we take the BBC Licence Fee (Abolition) Bill, for instance, I do not want the new Prime Minister to change the decision on what the Prime Minister…14 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. We have just gone through a long list of Bills and dates have been given. Many of the Bills are similar—for instance, the BBC Licence…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillLet me go back to where I was. The Bill has two clauses and one schedule. Clause 2 says the Bill applies to the whole United Kingdom, clause 1 deals with the detail and the…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. That line has been argued forever. I am not in the position to go back and ask who would make the decision in the situation that I…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillI think it was an electronic device heckling me and I cannot give way to an electronic device.14 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillNo, I will carry on. My hon. Friend will have his time in a minute. The situation is twofold: one part is to know who is in charge, and the other is to know whether that person…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a great pleasure to speak to this Bill. I can say at the start that the support from the Opposition is clear to see.…14 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness without DebateFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. That is really helpful. So, for instance, if I spoke to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope),…14 Jan 2022HANSARDTransport CommitteeI had a very sad constituency case in which a hard shoulder had been opened up because of congestion and a car broke down on it. Some of the people were able to leave the vehicle…13 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am very grateful to the excellent Secretary of State for coming to the Dispatch Box yet again to update the House and particularly for making an announcement first in the House…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI was going to ask the Leader of the House about my private Member’s Bill tomorrow on abolishing the licence fee and the support I seemed to get from the Prime Minister for it.…13 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsThis Friday, my private Member’s Bill, the BBC Licence Fee (Abolition) Bill, gets its Second Reading. It will abolish the BBC licence fee and require the BBC to be funded by…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventI of course have great confidence in the Prime Minister and the way he has been governing the country, but does the Minister agree that the House needs to have the report urgently…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseSplendid.06 Jan 2022