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HANSARDEnergy-intensive IndustriesWill the Minister give way?24 Nov 2021HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Channel CrossingsDoes the Attorney General agree that it would not be practical or possible in law for international law to condone illegal immigration?18 Nov 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: EU NegotiationsWith respect to the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), who raised the urgent question, perhaps he does not know that, in line with what the Paymaster…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsI did not hear the Secretary of State mention the stretch between Birmingham and Crewe, which cuts straight through my constituency from top to bottom, causing massive misery to…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThe motion before the House should be viewed, as I have said in several debates over the last few days, from a fundamental perspective that affects all Members from all parts of…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI will give my right hon. Friend one example: the question raised by Professor Elliott on the matter of public safety in relation to carcinogenic elements in ham or bacon. As I…16 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness without DebateIn the circumstances, Mr Deputy Speaker, the answer is no at this moment in time.15 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI am sure that my hon. Friend knows of the six criteria of the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege, which are the minimum requirements for the maintenance of natural…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseFirst, I would refer the hon. Gentleman to appendix 2, set out before the Committee by Mr Paterson. Secondly, let me make the simple point that when the Committee in 2003, which…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseMy hon. Friend is making a compelling case, and wrote an excellent article in The Times today. Could he let me know whether, at any stage in this inquiry, he expressed to the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseWill my right hon. and learned Friend give way?08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the Houserose —08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseNo, I do not have time and we need to move on. It is established in the recent Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme that a judge must be—and now will be, as far as I can…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseThat is a very interesting response, because it still does not answer the question. The reality is— [ Interruption. ] No, with great respect, if we look at appendix 2 of the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI have still not had an answer to the question I asked at the beginning of the debate, which is at the heart of this issue: why did the Committee not convene—it had the power to…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI want to ask my right hon. and learned Friend, who was the Attorney General, the simple question that I put to the Leader of the Opposition: if the investigatory panel could have…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseThe Leader of the Opposition is a former Director of Public Prosecutions. In 2003, under a Labour Government, the Committee on Standards set up the investigatory panel that…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsMy right hon. Friend was interrupted in the course of his speech by an intervention; he was about to say something regarding the question of contested cases, which is at the heart…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?03 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThis case is about the whole House, not just an individual Member. It is about the manner, process and principle whereby the case was conducted by the Committee on Standards,…03 Nov 2021