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HANSARDFarming and Inheritance Taxclaimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put. Question agreed to. Question put accordingly (Standing Order No. 31(2)),…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has just referred to his analysis of four years of data which led him and the Government to this position. That is an…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxThis point of order is spontaneous, unlike that intervention. [ Interruption. ] I am Mr Spontaneity. Mr Speaker, you are entirely right that many right hon. and hon. Members read…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxMy right hon. Friend is right to highlight the devastating effect of this policy and to highlight the incredible rounding-up exercise on the Treasury account books of the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.04 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe thrust of the Bill, as I understand it, is to ease suffering and pain in a patient who has a diagnosis and will die of the condition that has been diagnosed. But that right…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the hon. Lady for giving the House the time to debate the Bill this morning. She references coercion, and I understand her point about the two medics, but medics will not…29 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillAs a former state school pupil with three daughters in a state school, let me assure the hon. Member that, despite the caricature that sometimes he and others like to paint, not…27 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThe hon. Gentleman takes me neatly to my closing point. If I understand him correctly, he is making an argument about civil liberties and freedoms. One does not have to be a…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI welcome this Bill, and I think the country should welcome it and salute the Government for effectively taking on the Bill—they have polished and finessed some elements—that was…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillIf only proof of age was still asked of me. The Secretary of State knows that I support the Bill and will vote for it this evening, but he will know that rural pubs are…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillHere is a man who adores order nearly as much as he adores Margaret Thatcher.26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI will not, I am afraid, because I want to conclude. The disproportionate hammer blow is felt by families who would describe themselves as poor, on low or fixed incomes. When the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and I readily accept that it has a huge intellectual underpinning, but we have had public health campaigns for years on the dangers of…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. One can nudge, prod, push and exhort as much as one can, but the Bill is probably the final stepping stone in quite a long line of stepping…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertIt is not the silver bullet, but given the severity of the situation over the weekend, every little helps. Will the Secretary of State—he will earn huge plaudits if he is able to…25 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI will endeavour to be brief. I think that the Bill is to be welcomed. It is many things, but it is not, I fear, what the Government have tried to dress it up as. It is the…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRural Affairsrose—11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsThe Secretary of State has painted the most rosy picture. Why does he think that no one in the farming community can see it or share it?11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsWill the Secretary of State give way?11 Nov 2024