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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend makes a valid point. We have had a lot of assurances from the Prime Minister at the Dispatch Box. We know that some of them cannot be trusted, and therefore we have…22 Oct 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill and Extension LetterAs well as the unsigned letter that the Prime Minister refused even to grace with his name, he sent another letter, signed in his own name, saying, in effect, “Dear Donald, please…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Imprisonment of Catalan LeadersGràcies—thank you—Madam Deputy Speaker. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams) for securing this urgent question. It is all very well for the Minister to…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUFirst, may I indicate that, with your permission, Mr Speaker, I intend to raise a point of order at the end of this item of business about comments made by the Chancellor of the…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I apologise that I could not give advance notice of my point of order, because I had to remain in my seat hoping to catch Mr Speaker’s eye.…08 Oct 2019HANSARD US Troop Withdrawal from Northern SyriaIt is now just under four years since this House agreed to UK airstrikes in Syria, and it is worth reminding ourselves that, first of all, we were assured that that was part of a…08 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesI congratulate the Minister on managing not once but twice to include all this week’s Brexit buzzwords in such a short but, I am sorry to say, not particularly informative answer.…07 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. This morning, at the start of Challenge Poverty week, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report entitled “Poverty in Scotland 2019”, which looks into some of the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyIn the interests of brevity, I do not intend to reel off all the world-leading brands produced in my wonderful constituency, although I should make an exception out of deference…07 Oct 2019HANSARDSanctions Policy and ImplementationI did not expect to be called to sum up so soon. I will try to stick to the seven-hour limit that the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsAbsolutely, and I will come on to some of the new powers that have recently been given to the Child Maintenance Service. Although those powers are draconian, there will be…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsAgain, I entirely agree. I have had female constituents who use one name in their family and one in their professional work. They have difficulty opening two bank accounts, so it…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsThe hon. Lady makes a valid point. Those of us who are old enough to remember it would do well to recall that the original version of the Child Support Agency was set up not to…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsInterestingly enough, when I contacted the Child Maintenance Service about that specific case, it promised to give us a fuller response by 3 October, so it has about 20 minutes…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsI need to make a bit of progress. If I have time later, I will give way to the hon. Lady. I am grateful for her interest in the debate. Something that has been a major concern for…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsI think I can give way once more, and then I will have to move on.02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsI realise that I must be very brief, so I thank everybody who has contributed to today’s debate. A couple of points: first, people do not need a clever accountant to hide their…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsI beg to move, That this House has considered the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in recovering payments from absent parents. I would hope that everyone agrees that…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsAbsolutely. I do not think we will ever have a set of regulations that everyone agrees with. If a relationship between two people has completely broken down, the one who is paying…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsI just wish that I could wait 19 years before paying the bills that come into my constituency office with more regularity. I would love to think that the example the right hon.…02 Oct 2019