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HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillYes, we are discussing a Bill about having a general election. My point is that we need a general election because we have moved so far away from the original concept of the…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI have, and the worst impact is the absolute uncertainty surrounding investment in our jobs and businesses. People do not know whether they can trade, whether they have to…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election Billindicated dissent.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillHe has risen to right. hon—I am so sorry and I apologise. He wishes to speak. When we are going out on the doorstep, we should remember that that person who voted in or out did…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am not sure how that related to Brenda of Bristol, but the point I wish to make, before I start concluding my remarks, is that in 2017 the public were sick of the idea of having…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillCan I just answer the previous intervention before I take any more? If it is somehow politically expedient for some people to vote tonight for an election, I would say that they…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillDid my hon. Friend note that the Opposition spokesperson’s principal reason for opting for 9 December and not 12 December was that they felt that students would somehow miss out?…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMy hon. Friend knows the minutiae of the 600-page White Paper produced by the Scots Nats. I am sure it was his bedtime reading.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI do not blame you at all for unleashing a vial across anybody, Mr Speaker. I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, but the point is that the people were asked. We cannot now say…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI will take my hon. Friend’s intervention before I get to that point.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillPerhaps the arithmetic in the hon. Gentleman’s particular tribe is not as good as it might be. The Conservatives have not had a working majority for three years; there have been…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillOn a scintilla of that argument I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. However, I am going to go back to the intervention of my right hon. Friend the Member for East…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillNo, I am not going to have a two-way debate with the hon. Gentleman on this particular matter.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI agree, but we also need to get on and discuss all the other issues. For example—this is not the most important thing for me, but it is important— St Albans has what claims to be…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI take your instruction, Mr Speaker, and I will not be diverted. A general election allows us to ask which party is prepared to honour democracy, and I will be asking that…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMay I finish this point first? Otherwise I could be speaking for hours, and I am sure the House would rather I did not detain it for that long. People came up to that market stall…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionDoes my hon. Friend share my concern that many young people were duped on tuition fees? The horse-trading then went on in coalition. There was no straight answer about who the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPlace-based Crime PreventionThe Minister mentioned being able to design out crime. What more can be done by linking up with local councils to ensure that not only buildings but the landscaping around them…28 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsA toxic and carcinogenic bromate plume is threatening my constituency. There are plans to drill a new gravel quarry in Smallford, which may disturb the plume and cause it to enter…23 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. May we have a clarification from the Chair that the Second Reading was passed with a significant majority? The leaders of the Liberal…22 Oct 2019