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HANSARD Overseas Electors BillMy hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Alex Burghart) has done a better job than me of teasing out one of the problems this new clause might cause for registration…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillMy fear is not so much that there would be a postcode lottery—I do not necessarily have a problem with differences in treatment around the country—but that there would be a legal…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI agree with everything that my hon. Friend has said so far about new clause 3, but I have a question about his new clause 5, which we will come to later. In it, he specifies that…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI do not regard the absence of a date as in any way fatal to new clause 3, or as an argument against it, but for the benefit of those who have to implement it, I wonder whether my…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillBefore we raise our sights to the question my hon. Friend has just raised, may I press him on the question of new clause 4(2)(c) and “whether the current election timetables are…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillFurther to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes), it seems to me that in new clause 5(2)(a) we are asking for something that is impossible,…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI welcome the plan the Minister has set out and the vital work she is doing. In 2015, we legislated for a minimum jail sentence for repeat offenders who carry a knife, yet more…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillFor the benefit of the Minister who will have to implement new clause 7 can my hon. Friend make clear what his expectation is on timing? It seems from the tenor of his remarks…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillNew clause 7(3) says: “The report shall, in particular, consider the effectiveness and cost of the International Business Response Licence for postal votes and any associated…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors Billrose—22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am genuinely confused about some parts of new clause 10. The deadline for registration for a general election in the UK is midnight 12 working…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillIt sounds as though my hon. Friend will return to my question later, but one specific point about the new clause is that it refers to Scottish regulations. Do we have legislative…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillWill my hon. Friend give way on that point?22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillFurther to the point from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell), does my hon. Friend agree that there is a potential problem here for those who have been…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Overseas Electors BillAt risk of doing further damage to my career, I strongly agree with my hon. Friend about the menace of people voting in multiple places and the need for strong sentences for those…22 Mar 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsThe hon. Lady is making a good and powerful speech. Two of my constituents, Mark and Panna Wilson, are in a situation similar to that of her constituents: their son Aadi is only…21 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I do not envy you in trying to make these difficult decisions. First, can I press you on your understanding of what is substantively different?…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) BillI am very pleased to be able to be here today to support the Bill introduced by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers). It is an incredibly…15 Mar 2019HANSARDGeneral Election (Leaders’ Debate) BillHow does my hon. Friend propose to establish the support in the country for such non-parliamentary parties? Would we look at opinion polls, or would we simply put our finger in…15 Mar 2019HANSARDGeneral Election (Leaders’ Debate) BillI just want to put on the record my total opposition to leaders’ debates. They are trivialising and superficial, and we have a parliamentary system, not a presidential system.…15 Mar 2019