Contributions
3,157 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesNo, I can assure the hon. Member on that point. We have moved the date in the motion from January to March, at the request of the Committee Chair, because we want everyone to know…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. He is right: the current situation is unacceptable and the Committee has a valid point. I hope that I will suggest a way in which we can…12 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022I note what my right hon. Friend said and I reassure him about that. On the next steps of the programme, starting next year, there will be much greater consultation with Members…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesIt will not, but we can move to that system. At the moment Departments can produce this information only on a quarterly basis, and by March that will still be the case.12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesI am afraid so, and if the hon. Lady would like to know more I can bore her for hours on this. I have been through literally every single Department’s processes and returns, and…12 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the RulesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I have had those discussions with the propriety and ethics team. This needs to be taken in steps, and we have to get Departments producing…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this extremely sad situation. I am sure many Members will have seen the escalation in public punishment beatings and executions, with…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 12 December will include: Monday 12 December—Remaining stages of the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill, followed by a motion to approve…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I start by wishing everyone a happy Christmas Jumper Day and wishing England good luck on Saturday? I also wish Godspeed to the four Royal Navy submariners of HMS Audacious as…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI will certainly give the hon. Gentleman the heads-up on Backbench Business Committee time; as he knows, I have been trying to give hon. Members time to prepare for potential…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. Friend for raising this and the work she has done on the issue: she has been raising this matter on behalf of her constituent and I am sorry about the…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is being slightly unfair. In addition to the motion we are bringing forward on House business, he will know, because I have spoken to him on several occasions,…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his question. If he is very clever, he may be able to shoehorn that into the statement that follows business questions. Failing that, he can raise it on…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that, and the scheme that he mentions sounds very good. Organisations such as the British Red Cross run similar schemes, which might involve…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate my hon. Friend and her hospital on raising awareness of the issues that veterans face and on getting this gallant gentleman the care plan that he needs. We are…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThat is an important point, and I thank my hon. Friend, who is a member of the Justice Committee, for raising it. The Government are considering the recommendations in the…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe next Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office questions will be on 13 December, and I would encourage the hon. Gentleman to take up that case then. However, I will also…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear that that has been the hon. Lady’s experience. If she passes the details to me, I shall make sure that someone from the Home Office is in touch with her office…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThere will clearly be disruption as a result of the planned industrial action, and therefore, as Members will know, the last posting dates before Christmas have been brought…08 Dec 2022