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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActWill my right hon. Friend give way?25 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Now that there has been clarity on which amendments have been selected, I am somewhat concerned about amendment (h), because it does seem to imply…14 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingAs I said in an intervention on the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), it is about time we had the six-hour debate that this House has been promised. Indeed, 43 Members…04 Mar 2019HANSARDPlanning Reform: High StreetsIn high-value areas such as St Albans, previous planning reforms have meant that office space has been turned over to residential. Couple that with high business rates and there…04 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingI want to put it on the record that the Backbench Business Committee asked on 5 February for a six-hour debate on this issue, and that request has been granted. That request was…04 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingI was right, and that is all that matters. Every Member will be told the same by other schools. In high-value areas such as mine, we cannot pay bills with holidays. Teachers have…04 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingThe hon. Lady is absolutely right; there is nothing more demoralising. Teaching is a tough job; anyone who has never tried it should go in front of a classroom and try. I taught…04 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingNo, if she does not mind, because Members on the hon. Lady’s side are waiting to speak. We need those experienced teachers and we must ensure that teachers are not overwhelmed so…04 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool FundingWill the Minister give way?04 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsUnlike some Ministers who cannot normally take the view that the Prime Minister’s word is binding, I do take the Prime Minister’s word as being binding. Can I ask that she…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUI have listened very carefully to just about every debate on this topic, and I understand that the European Union would give an extension only if it thought there was a…27 Feb 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the EUWill my right hon. Friend give way?27 Feb 2019HANSARD Trade Remedy Measures: UK InterestsI listened very carefully to the question/statement that the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner), made, and he sounded so not in favour of…25 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUWill the right hon. Lady give way?14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUMy right hon. Friend is being very informative. Is she prepared to tell us whether she has seen the papers or who is giving her this information? She is talking with great…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman so much for giving way—I was beginning to think I had an invisibility cloak on. Just over a week ago there was a debate on a petition…14 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUMy right hon. Friend the Prime Minister referred several times to the need for legal certainty. The response today from the Attorney General to a question that I asked on this…12 Feb 2019HANSARDSecondary School Opening HoursOrder. I have indulged the hon. Gentleman somewhat in his listing of the amounts of money being spent on Scottish education, but the debate is about secondary school opening…11 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionTo me—unless someone would like to iterate a different view—it seems that the official opinion of the majority of Labour Members is that they support the view of the Liberal…04 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI went round various areas campaigning to leave, and I talked to people who said that one reason why they were voting was because the referendum was a nationwide vote. Some said…04 Feb 2019