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HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady). I am not sure that I found much in his speech that I could agree with, but I think he welcomed the…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI cannot stand that story up, other than to say that I have read the reports in the newspapers that say the SFO is investigating aspects of HS2. It would be interesting if those…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy right hon. Friend mentions the railways, which is my favourite subject and on which I hope to address the House a little later. Does he agree that we really need the holistic…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I understand exactly what he is saying, but I am trying to give voice to opinions that are being expressed to me right…14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is good to know—14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressThank you so much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I have taken rather a lot of interventions.14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressIn a similar vein, I would like to see regulation and transparency enhanced around companies such as 38 Degrees, which insert themselves between MPs and their constituents, gather…14 Oct 2019HANSARD Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityI was just going to ask the hon. Gentleman whether he was supportive of seeing those two functions split into different bodies at some stage in the future.07 Oct 2019HANSARD Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authorityrose —07 Oct 2019HANSARD Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityI welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Jeremy Quin) to the Dispatch Box, and I know he will serve with distinction from our Front Bench. I agree with those on both the…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMr Speaker, you will know of the threat that is posed to our countryside in Buckinghamshire and, despite all the rain that has fallen, the drought that has caused the problems…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationOn the subject of taxation, could my right hon. and learned Friend advise me? These legal actions, I believe, have been part-funded by crowdfunding. Will that funding be taxable,…25 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)I am very worried, because I have been looking at the special advisers code of conduct, and it says: “Special advisers should not disclose official information which has been…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for giving way; we have been friends for his entire time in this House. Having been a Minister himself, is he not worried about…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way, on a serious point?09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. As you know, at the beginning of this Parliament, you asked me if I would propose you for the Chair, and I was very pleased to do so. I…09 Sept 2019HANSARD HS2Mr Speaker, I was just about to say that there are Members affected by this project who do not have a voice, and I was going to include you, but clearly that is not the case. Of…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the new Prime Minister to the Dispatch Box and tell him that this year we celebrate 10 years since this House passed the Autism Act, which is still the only…04 Sept 2019HANSARDKashmirThank you, Mr Speaker. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker), I have many constituents who are highly concerned about this. The revocation of article 35A affects…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsIn every aspect of her public life, the Prime Minister has put her heart and soul into giving people the best chance in life. Without understanding, autistic people and their…24 Jul 2019