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HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI take that point entirely, although it is not the fault of Opposition Members that we are up against it in the way that we are, with, I hope, the Session due to end at some point…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI completely agree with the hon. Lady. Indeed, that was a point I made in the Second Reading debate on the Bill that became the 2006 Act, and I will say more about that later.…10 Jul 2019HANSARDRussian Annexation of CrimeaThe hon. Gentleman is being generous in giving way. Does he not agree with me that the credibility of PACE and all the institutions of the Council of Europe is at stake here? It…24 Apr 2019HANSARDRussian Annexation of CrimeaI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is a fellow member of the Council of Europe delegation. I have been to Ukraine three times in the past few weeks to monitor the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsWhat I will say is that I do not favour a system that removes the constituency link. We must have a system that keeps the constituency link in place. One of the reasons the…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsI do not intend to go through the different PR models available, because I am establishing the principle, but I believe there are models of PR that prevent the accession of small…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsI beg to move, That this House has considered proportional representation in the House of Commons. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. I begin by thanking…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsI completely accept the right hon. Gentleman’s point. I restricted this debate to Westminster, but that does not mean that I believe these principles do not apply to local…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsThis has been a thoughtful and good-humoured debate, to which it is impossible to do justice in one minute. Various hon. Members have contributed and I have listened carefully to…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Non-stun Slaughter of AnimalsI will be brief. Does the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that one way to deal with this issue is to look at labelling from the potential of blockchain technology, which could provide…03 Apr 2019HANSARDPuppy SmugglingWill the hon. Lady give way?02 Apr 2019HANSARDPuppy SmugglingI just want to ask whether the same is being done in Scotland.02 Apr 2019HANSARDPuppy SmugglingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston) on calling this very important debate. I…02 Apr 2019HANSARDPuppy SmugglingI am the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge.02 Apr 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsThere really would be no need for this urgent question if the Government were to accept that no deal had already been ruled out by Parliament and that there were two ways forward…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeDoes the right hon. Gentleman—I think he is right honourable—not think that this Parliament, in removing someone like my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) from…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI agree with the right hon. Gentleman that the competence of the motion is not in question, but surely the imposition of a three-line Whip is entirely against the spirit of the…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeMy right hon. Friend will remember the reforms introduced by an ex Member of the House for Cannock Chase, Tony Wright. Does she agree that this motion, and a whipped vote on it on…19 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionThis House has already voted against no deal and it has already voted against the Prime Minister’s agreement. The process outlined today is indicative of the Prime Minister’s…26 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMinette Batters, the highly respected president of the National Farmers Union, said last week that the impact of a no-deal Brexit would be “absolutely savage”. She added that: “I…21 Feb 2019