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HANSARDEuropean CouncilI have not yet met a constituent who envies the Prime Minister’s task of trying to deliver our leaving the EU responsibly. However, quite apart from the concerns of manufacturing…25 Mar 2019HANSARDCapitaIn terms of the effectiveness of recruitment, my right hon. Friend will know that we recruit many armed forces servicemen and women from the Commonwealth, but is he aware of the…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Gambling-Related HarmMy right hon. Friend is making a characteristically powerful speech on a subject dear to his heart. Here we are: another week, another debate on online gambling, which only goes…19 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Disabled PeopleThe Employment Minister will recall the case of my constituent Ben Seaman, who received a payment following underpayment of ESA; his parent was concerned that as a result, he…18 Mar 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I understand from the Vote Office that one of the amendments—I believe it is amendment (i) —has subsequently been amended from what is on the list…14 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. In my constituency, the sex worker outreach project run by the admirable Nelson Trust is doing really good work to help women to come off the streets and lead very different…14 Mar 2019HANSARDSpring StatementI welcome the continued improvement in the public finances, which is due in no small part to the continued resilience and innovation of our businesses, some of which the…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Online Gambling ProtectionMy hon. Friend is right. I welcome the report that the Committee is working on; it may show higher correlations between addiction to gaming and gambling than we previously knew,…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Online Gambling ProtectionMy right hon. Friend, who has done a lot of work on this subject, not least through the Centre for Social Justice, is right to highlight some shocking practices that have…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Online Gambling ProtectionThe hon. Gentleman makes good points. I believe that he is working closely on the issue with my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith) in…12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Actrose —12 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy right hon. Friend is making a series of very good points. The former head of the Legal Services Commission said that the new arrangements give us a legal way of ensuring that…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Online Gambling ProtectionI beg to move, That this House has considered online gambling protection. I am very conscious that today there are distractions elsewhere in the House. This debate on online…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Online Gambling ProtectionI do not think it is exclusively an issue for the young, as the figures show, but what is true is that the figures for young gamblers are rising faster than for any others. If we…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Online Gambling Protectionrose—12 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]On the issue of young girls being taken abroad to go through the horrific experience of FGM, did my hon. Friend see the article by the campaigner Leyla Hussein in The Sunday Times…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In wishing you and others a happy Commonwealth Day, I want to reference the fact that it is now close to 50 years since the remarkable…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesMany questions this afternoon seem designed to construct negotiating hurdles that are impossible for the Prime Minister, or any Government, to jump over. I have met lots of…11 Mar 2019HANSARD The Modern Commonwealth: Opportunities and ChallengesIt is a privilege to be the tail-end Charlie in this debate on the Commonwealth on its 70th anniversary, with the UK in the chair and only a day or two before Commonwealth Day.…07 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Because there was so little time at the end of the previous debate, the Minister did not have a chance to pay tribute to the work done…07 Mar 2019