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HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillThe Minister is being very generous, and his explanation makes a great deal of sense. But if he wishes to come to Bradford City on any match day, as part of his research for the…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI am sure we are all very grateful for that intervention. It is amazing what you find out on a Friday, isn’t it, Mr Deputy Speaker? It is like a confessional. Perhaps other…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) BillMy hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire said that people have said that this is not a retail issue—it does not come up on the doorstep. Does my hon. Friend the Member…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan). I am delighted that he managed to get “common sense” in before the end of his speech, because my wife…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and for her good, kind words. This has been a long battle. I thank her for her persistence on the issue. It is a battle worth…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillMy hon. Friend is making a very serious and a very good point. On a more humorous level, could it not be argued that, given the way that Manchester United have been playing in the…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) BillI commend my hon. Friend for all her extensive consultation on this issue. It seems from what she says that no logical reason has been given to be against the measures in the Bill…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Heart and Circulatory Diseases: Premature DeathsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen), as I often seem to in these debates, which often resemble Madame Tussauds: the same…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I want to make a helpful suggestion, and seek your guidance on it. The Speaker is a good, decent and honourable man, and we are lucky to…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Heart and Circulatory Diseases: Premature DeathsMy hon. Friend is right. It is in everybody’s interest that the information be in the public domain, so that we can reassure people, or at least let them know. Frankly, there is…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It seems that Mr Speaker was put under intolerable pressure. Nicholas Watt, the political editor of BBC “Newsnight”, tweeted: “Senior…21 Feb 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillMy hon. Friend raises typically astute points that need to be considered. The short answer is yes, I have. If he will bear with me, I will come to that, because I have sought…02 Feb 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillMy right hon. Friend makes a good point. One duty of Members in scrutinising legislation and holding the Government to account is to ensure that on a day like today, when people…02 Feb 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his question. I support the Bill, because it is far better than the status quo, and it sensibly evens up those situations, which is what…02 Feb 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon), who gave an excellent speech about why this Bill is so important and will make a…02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillI am going to allow everybody else to make a contribution to the debate. Unfortunately, the hon. Gentleman, through his pointless interventions, has delayed that from happening. I…02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillI am slightly surprised by the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, because the Member proposing the Bill spoke for longer than I have spoken.02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillWe have invented a new rule, it seems. I have not known it before, but the hon. Gentleman has been here longer than me. Apparently there is a rule that I was previously unaware of…02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillFirst, let me congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Kim Johnson) on bringing this matter before the House. I believe she said at the start of her speech that she…02 Feb 2024HANSARDJoint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) BillI am not sure what point the hon. Lady and Labour Members are making when they talk about the disproportionate amount of people from various ethnic minorities who have been…02 Feb 2024