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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWith permission, I will make a short business statement. Following the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, I am sure the House will understand that…22 May 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs the shadow Leader of the House will know, discussions are ongoing through the usual channels. I thank her for her offer of help on these important Bills. Certainly, we would…22 May 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising that matter as it will be a concern to many Members on all sides of the House. The usual channels are aware of hon. Members’ wish to do that and…22 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI would be very happy to raise the hon. Gentleman’s suggestion with the House of Commons Commission to see what more we can do. I thank him for giving us the opportunity, which I…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his very helpful advert for forthcoming Backbench Business debates. I will, of course, join him—I think the whole House will join him—in celebrating…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI know the whole House would want to extend our thanks to my hon. Friend for this landmark piece of work. I will certainly make sure that the Prime Minister has studied the report…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 20 May will include: Monday 20 May—General debate on Ukraine. Tuesday 21 May—Consideration of Lords message on the Digital Markets,…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for giving us a very good example of how antisemitism gets a hold. It starts with things like this, which might seem a reasonable thing…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the hon. Lady will know, many of the reforms introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions to provide support have massively increased the number of people with a mental…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for doing that. As he heard very clearly, we all send our good wishes, thanks and appreciation to both Terry and Nick for their incredible service to this…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this very important point. He will know that not only the Defending Democracy Taskforce but the House authorities, our security and…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear about the closure of the Dyspraxia Foundation. I know that my hon. Friend will be doing all he can to ensure that people have the support and advice they need.…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I thank the right hon. Lady, her co-chair and the whole of the all-party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood? They have performed important work…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI admire the hon. Lady’s passion and thank her for her previous service. It is an excellent topic for a debate, because it would allow us to get on record the benefits of the…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman may like to talk to some more pensioners; he may find out all sorts of things, because they have long memories. Labour may not think that our elders have a good…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for shining a spotlight, as he does every week, on atrocities going on all over the world. I am very sorry to hear about the killing of that gentleman,…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very sorry to hear about that. I will, after this session, ensure that the Home Office and the Foreign Office—particularly consular services—have heard the situation that the…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend will know that the Government have confirmed a total police funding settlement of up to £18.5 billion for the coming financial year, an increase of £886 million on…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseFor the benefit of Hansard , I should emphasise that the hon. Gentleman’s question was met with roars of approval from Members in all parts of the House, and I thank him for…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for making those points, and I will make sure that the Home Secretary has heard them. He will know that the processing that has been going on in the Home…16 May 2024