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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will of course look at the specific document that the hon. and learned Gentleman refers to. He also referred to the important consent vote taking place in the Northern Ireland…05 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformThe Government have brought forward the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill as an immediate first step in reform. That will remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryI can assure the hon. Lady that the Government will ensure that the authority has the support it needs. I expect it to be making the first payments to infected people by the end…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryI can indeed confirm that. The authority is working in a way that will allow it to scale up as quickly as it possibly can. The need for speed in delivering compensation payments…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryThe Infected Blood Compensation Authority will obviously take—and I know this because of the discussions I have had with Sir Robert Francis—a sympathetic view of the level of…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryI beg to move, That this House has considered the Infected Blood Inquiry. I am grateful for this opportunity to come before the House to update it on this vital issue and discuss…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryIn terms of listening to the victims, there was an extensive consultation exercise during the general election campaign. My predecessor set that up, and it continued under the…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryThe Infected Blood Compensation Authority has operational independence. The Government have stewardship over the amount of money allocated. As my hon. Friend will appreciate, the…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. As he would imagine, I certainly have had discussions with the Church of England, and not just prior to the introduction…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am pleased to open the debate on this important but straightforward piece of legislation. I should start by welcoming the…14 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThat particular constitutional convention did not produce a consensus. It took two general elections in 1910—one in January and one in December.12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I thank right hon. and hon. Members from both sides of the House for their scrutiny of the Bill throughout its passage. I…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI certainly would not enter into a wager. I would have hoped that the Conservative party would have learned its lesson on that.12 Nov 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsAs I have said, I have the deepest respect for this House and its Members. The coming days will be very important to debate the Budget in full. I am sure right hon. and hon.…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsMr Speaker, I reassure you that what you said yesterday, and indeed what you said a moment ago, has been heard not just by me but across Government. The Government take their…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsThe Conservatives trashed standards in government. My suggestion to them is to reflect on the past 14 years.29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am afraid that trust was one of the many things that the Conservative Government destroyed over 14 years, and this Government are determined…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsCome on. The Conservative party, which showed zero respect for the ministerial code in office, trying to put questions like that is appalling—it is double standards. […29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsI can tell the hon. Gentleman about working people. Working people are the people who have been so appallingly let down by the Conservative party. They are the people who are…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsI have huge respect for this House, to which the hon. Gentleman is a frequent contributor. The Government’s respect for the ministerial code, for Mr Speaker and for Members of…29 Oct 2024