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HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI will say two things to the hon. Lady. [Interruption.] She is already hearing a chorus on one of them: it cost less than Portcullis House. And if she wants to know about the…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillOf course I will give way to the right hon. Gentleman.21 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week. It is a pity that we cannot go back to the good old days where provisional business was also announced…16 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ4. I do not know about you, Mr Speaker, but it is looking a bit threadbare over on the Conservative Back Benches below the gangway. Maybe we should examine the reason why. The…15 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing next week’s business. I wish her, most sincerely, all the best in her renewed leadership campaign. I do not know who has better…09 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Devolution SettlementThe Secretary of State reinvented history at the weekend when he said: “I reject the…myth that people were told they would stay in the EU if they voted to stay in the UK”. The…08 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Devolution Settlement1. What recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the potential effect on the devolution settlement of the UK leaving the EU.08 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week. Who would have thought that there were council by-elections in England today, given that every Member on…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the Houseindicated dissent .02 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week, and I echo the tributes to Lyra McKee and the victims of the appalling slaughter in Sri Lanka. It is…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for at least giving us the second part of our Easter break. We really could not make it up: of all the dates to kick the Brexit can down the road…11 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillWhy does the hon. Gentleman not offer himself as a candidate and make them all the more exciting?08 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is not so much a dog’s dinner as a dog’s Brexit. [Hon. Members: “Oh!”] Come on, that was all right. The Government are simply managing this on a day-to-day, crisis management…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for what would have been the first week of our Easter recess, which we are giving up for that. I just hope we will see…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseTalking about going in another direction, the hon. Gentleman is heading us back to the 18th century. What we have missed in the proceedings today is a history lesson, with the…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThat sounds like some sort of admission that the Conservatives are on their way out and they are expecting to change places. God help us if what the hon. Gentleman says was ever…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAbsolutely. My hon. Friend makes a very good point. This does present such a precedent, and I hope all parties across the House will make use of it and ensure that Bills are…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI say to the hon. Lady that this is about the only means we have actually to make progress in this House. We are going to get a Bill through the House of Commons, I hope later…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI love this—this is really good stuff and entertaining. So taking back control is qualified: it is taking back control as long as it is the hon. Gentleman’s control. This is how…03 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWhat attracts me to this particular motion today is that Parliament is doing this. For the first time, Parliament is actually defining, creating and progressing a Bill through…03 Apr 2019