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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillDoes the Minister agree that the selling-on of tickets has always happened, and always will? It is important to reinforce existing safeguards, rather than making the secondary…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am very grateful. As the hon. Gentleman was struggling so much with the previous intervention, I thought I would intervene and give him a way out. If he gets his way, all that…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe hon. Lady is making a good argument for what the Minister said—ensuring better enforcement of existing regulations. That seems to be the thrust of her argument, and what the…21 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI will not, because others want to speak and I do not want to take their time. I will raise two other points. My hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills) is…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionWill the hon. Member give way?13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionThe hon. Member talks about bail. Presumably, the police bail could instil a condition that that person should not go within a certain distance of the person who has made the…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionGo on then—as it is my right hon. Friend.13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg), as I so often do. This is a very unsatisfactory process, to say the least. I…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionWell, the point is that that is a voluntary process. As my right hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset has made clear, if somebody feels that that is not a suitable…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionThere is no better endorsement than that, as far as I am concerned, so that will do for me and, I am sure, for my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley. The Order Paper…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionFirst, I think we should acknowledge that my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch is on a parliamentary delegation. He is not being slipped in the sense that he is on holiday…13 May 2024HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionI am sure the hon. Lady must recognise that when it comes to representing our constituents, there is a very great difference between not attending one particular debate and being…13 May 2024HANSARDSubstandard HousingI have done so privately, but may I formally congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his by-election success? In my opinion, he is the finest orator in the House of Commons and it is…13 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)I will follow on from my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), who I thought made some fantastic points. However, I want to start by commending the…08 May 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ12. Is the Prime Minister as appalled as I am by reports of militant civil servant and trade union political activists seeking to find ways not to implement the Rwanda…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)My hon. Friend makes a good point. In some respects, I am perhaps arguing against my own self-interests here, because the changes that the Leader of the House has made to the…08 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentOrder. We can carry on this exchange, but it is for a Member to determine whether they have an interest to declare. If they decide they do not have an interest to declare, that is…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentOrder. I have shown a huge amount of latitude to both Front Benchers about this. I appreciate that it is the local elections tomorrow in many places and that we may well be in a…01 May 2024