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HANSARDBusiness Establishment: WomenEstablishing a business is very difficult, particularly when business rates are so high and online businesses often do not pay their way. Is it not time, particularly for those…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the House (Saturday 19 October)Does my right hon. Friend share my surprise that so many people are already commenting on the deal in the media and indeed rejecting it out of hand, without giving it the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDPensions: 1950s-born WomenAs a WASPI woman, may I say on behalf of the many women who have come to me about this matter that we have been caught in a sandwich generation? We had our children young and…17 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI welcome the additional funding in Hertfordshire. May we have a strong focus on rural crime, including fly-tipping and fly-grazing? Farmers suffer hugely as well as people having…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesWe have excellent schools, both state and private, in Hertfordshire and St Albans. The state schools will have an increase, which they welcome; the private schools are terrified…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI listened to the shadow Secretary of State explain her position on scrapping independent schools. Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that there was no explanation of…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesThat is why my constituents, who are very worried about online gambling, online self-harm and some of the darker webs that are out there, will be puzzled as to why the Opposition…16 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaMy good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman), makes exactly the right point. I wish to restate that it is totally unacceptable that any refugee could…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Britain's Place in the WorldI am proud that this Government are ending the postcode lottery and ensuring fairer funding for our schools, which I have led on in this place. I know that many Members across the…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Britain's Place in the Worldrose —15 Oct 2019HANSARD Britain's Place in the Worldrose —15 Oct 2019HANSARD Britain's Place in the WorldI am sorry for missing the very beginning of the debate, but I had a meeting with the aviation Minister. I want to go back to the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s point about…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Britain's Place in the WorldOn the democracy index, does my hon. Friend share my concern about how negative it is to pledge a referendum and then just ask for another referendum, not having delivered on the…15 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI thank the Prime Minister for giving way. He visited St Albans and found it fabulous, but my St Albans private schools, including one of the oldest in the country, are hugely…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressWill there be a hard border?14 Oct 2019HANSARDSupporting Women in Developing CountriesMenstruation stops many women participating in the business world and mostly affects the poorest, no more so than in the Rohingya camps, as Oxfam has told me. WUKA produces…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateWhen it suits politicians, they promise elections and referendums. Indeed, in 2008, the Liberal Democrats promised a referendum on in or out of the European Union. Does my right…25 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)On a point of order, Mr Speaker. We are having great difficulty hearing the hon. Gentleman, who is making a powerful speech, because he is being barracked.09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)Will my hon. Friend confirm that one of the special circumstances in which the European Union would decide to give an extension is if there is an election? If the Opposition were…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)My hon. Friend is making some powerful points, and, like him, I completely agree with those points made by the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson). However, the hon.…09 Sept 2019