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HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 11 December will include the following: Monday 11 December—Second Reading of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. Tuesday 12 December—…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear about the situation in the hon. Lady’s constituency and local area. The date of the next Environment, Food and Rural Affairs questions has not been announced,…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI join the hon. Lady in paying tribute and sending my sympathies to the families of Alistair Darling and Glenys Kinnock. I did not know Glenys Kinnock, but I did know Alistair a…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his always helpful adverts for future Backbench Business debates. As he knows, I will endeavour to give him early warning of when other time can be…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady will know that the quality of maternity care, which is not just about healthcare practice but about the facilities, has been a particular recent focus of the…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I associate myself with the remarks of the hon. Lady about Lord Douglas-Hamilton? I am sure that all Members would join her in that. The hon. Lady raises a very important…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure we will all join the hon. Gentleman in sending our thanks, congratulations and good wishes to Geraldine. What an incredible public servant, and what a life of service.…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to all the work that the police have done. Since we have given them some new powers, they have done an incredible job ensuring that…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. Friend for allowing us to state on the record the appalling atrocities that many women—many of whom did not survive those attacks—had to endure at the hands…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI fully understand the hon. Gentleman’s request. On his first point, he will know that the Foreign Secretary has been in Washington talking with our partners both about Ukraine…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He will know that progress is being made on this matter: boat crossings are down by 33%; the legacy backlog is down by 42%; asylum…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing that very large sum for his constituency. He is right that, in addition to the immediate facilities that it will enable to be…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for her question. When I was Minister for Women and Equalities, I raised it with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, in part because FIFA’s own…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate my hon. Friend on his success in his campaign, and I congratulate everyone who has worked on the rural enterprise hub in his constituency. He articulates absolutely…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure I speak for the whole House when I say how appalled we are to hear of that situation. Our thoughts are with my hon. Friend’s constituents and all those affected by this…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point; this is a serious matter. I am not aware of the situation that he refers to, but if these matters were being investigated by the…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important point on a subject close to her heart. She will know that since we left the EU there have been good opportunities for our fishing…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to raise this matter, and I know that other Members in this House have similar views, so it is a prime candidate for a debate, and I would encourage him to…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his advert for forthcoming debates. It is good to know that the Backbench Business Committee is busy. I will certainly let him know as soon as…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is a very serious matter. I understand that, under the police and crime commissioner’s watch, knife crime in the west midlands has increased by almost a fifth in the last…30 Nov 2023