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HANSARD Employment Rights BillI give my full support to the measures in the Bill. Without question, they are some of the most progressive in this area of legislation for decades. My new clause 25 seeks to set…11 Mar 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI welcome the statement, and it will also be welcomed by the families of children attending St Monica’s Catholic primary school and King’s Lander primary academy. We look forward…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityOrder. Will people pay respect to the Chair’s decision? When I ask you to sit down, would you please do so? Thank you very much.15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityOrder. Jim Shannon, please carry on.15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityI gently remind Members that referring to who is and is not present is the road to perdition.15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityOrder. I remind hon. Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate—although you can sit down for the minute. As I said earlier, because of the number of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityI would like to give Catherine Fookes a minute or two at the end to wind up, so I hope the Minister and spokespersons will bear that in mind.15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityI call Catherine Fookes, who has maybe 30 seconds to sum up.15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityOrder. I ask the hon. Gentleman not to intervene, because we are right up against it. Thank you.15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityThank you.15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityOrder. Lots of Members wish to speak today, so we could end up with a two-minute limit on speeches. I ask Members to keep their interventions very short, otherwise the limit will…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Provisional Local Government Finance SettlementI would prefer to see the wise men and women on Labour’s Front Bench than Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley on the Conservative Front Bench. Does the Minister agree that the…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Dental Healthcare: East AngliaI will call Jerome Mayhew to move the motion and the Minister to respond. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to…11 Dec 2024HANSARDExplosive Ordnance Disposal CommunityThank you.11 Dec 2024HANSARDRare Autoimmune Rheumatic DiseasesIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for bringing this issue before us today, because it is one of those subjects…10 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We have to be very careful of the law of unintended consequences when we go down a particular path. Issues are bound to arise that either…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThat is a perfectly valid point. Clearly, the hon. Gentleman has had a sneak preview of the points that I will raise later on. I will take up that matter with my staff. It is…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI think the fact that the hon. Gentleman used the word “intractable” gives us a clue about how challenging it actually is. When a country decides, for better or for worse, to…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI do not think it is a humiliating concession, but if it is a concession at all, I think it is an attempt, given the circumstances that we faced, to reach an agreement with…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillPrecisely—my hon. Friend on the Front Bench says it would be dangerous, and it would be. What about the key provisions of the outer space treaty? What about the agreement…06 Dec 2024