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HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationAh, that is a very good point, and I will answer it fully and comprehensively. I do not know who said it, but of course people should be elected to the House of Commons…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationI will address Alison Stanley’s recommendations, which are important. The six-month review of the ICGS is important, and we are all grateful for her contribution and the sterling…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationAs the right hon. Gentleman says from a sedentary position, my proposals relate to the Cox recommendations. Can we please do more to look at how we do business in the House, how…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationThe right hon. Lady makes an important point, but what is more important to me when it comes to these things is that they are done right for the constituents I represent, for the…18 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing this thrilling instalment of non-business for next week. I also wish the Labour Chief Whip a happy birthday. All he wants is for his…13 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the new Leader of the House for announcing next week’s business, and I warmly welcome him to his post. He is only the fourth Leader of the House that I have encountered…06 Jun 2019HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The new Leader of the House was asked three times about the prospect of Prorogation being used to facilitate a no-deal Brexit. I listened…06 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for announcing the business for the week that we come back. May I too wish you, Philippa, all the very best in your retirement? Enjoy yourself. You…23 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI am warming to the right hon. Gentleman. That makes it two interventions in a row that contained practically nothing to disagree with. Alliances are building up all over the…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI was going to tell a few jokes in my speech, but I think we have heard the funniest one already: the idea of the Labour party gaining any seats from the Scottish National party…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillWhen I was making my speech, the Minister was, I think, at an Adjournment debate elsewhere so I am surprised that he is even able to make a comment on these matters. I am not…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI recall, of course, the hon. Gentleman’s little difficulties with that desk. I am interested in his views on the expectations versus the reality, which was one of the issues with…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Billrose —21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI have barely started, but I will give way given that the hon. Lady is Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillOf all the things this House can do to endear itself to the good people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, spending billions of pounds on renovating the place where we, the…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThat is the key point. Why are we taking this place apart, only to reassemble it in the same way and do the same old bad things in the same old venue? It is so unimaginative.…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI have to say very candidly to my hon. Friend that I have given up trying to second-guess what this Conservative party says about anything when it comes to spending in this…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThe Leader of the House is right in one respect. My hon. Friend the Member for Dundee East was the Scottish National party member of the House of Commons Commission, but I am now…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI am tempted to say, “So it’s all his fault then,” but I will not do that—and I stress that I only said that in jest before the hon. Gentleman gets all shirty. He is absolutely…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillIt is always curious what we pick up in the way of allies when we are going through particular issues and projects. I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for making that…21 May 2019