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HANSARD Housing Associations: ChargesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Whether Aster and others presuppose that merely the fact that a family or an individual has recognised that right to purchase their home…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Housing Associations: ChargesI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) not only for raising this important issue but for the way in which she did so. I…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Heritage PubsIf only you had known, Mr Vickers, how long I have waited to hear that word, and then find myself rising to speak. It is about eight and a half years since I was elected in 2015,…16 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty). As he will know, his is a part of the world that I know well, coming from the western…07 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressI do agree, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. As a parent I hugely welcome the renewed focus on vaping and its dangers. I do not think it is readily…07 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsAnd of all them are true, Mr Speaker. Like me, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has the honour and privilege of representing a rural constituency. I am sure that he, like…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI have a huge amount of affection for my hon. Friend and understanding of what he is saying. I ask him to give me his view on the following, which relates to my concern. I take…25 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ5. That is the first time I have been confused with the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Speaker.25 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsrose —25 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe appear to be on a downward spiral in the middle east, which inevitably will lead to a humanitarian crisis. The role of Egypt will be fantastically important. What can we in the…18 Oct 2023HANSARDPolice FundingI wish my right hon. Friend a happy anniversary. I also thank, as he did, the outgoing shadow team and welcome the new. He is right to reference the recent data breach, which will…06 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThis was never going to be an easy issue, or an easy Bill. If it was easy, it would have been done many years ago. What the Government are proposing may be right, or it may be…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) BillWhat the hon. Gentleman is saying is undoubtedly true, but does he also accept—I think the Select Committee has been hearing this during our inquiry—that there is a real sense of…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) BillIf I may, I will both put on record my thanks to the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) and my congratulations on his new job, and welcome the right hon. Member for Leeds Central…04 Sept 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt is not rude at all.24 May 2023HANSARD Agricultural TenanciesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am the first of two Simons to be called. I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Dorset Council runs a very successful network of county…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillOne can never give way too many times to a neighbour. My hon. and learned Friend is making an important point. My constituency is hugely agricultural, and so is much of his, so…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Billrose —24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI thank my hon. and learned Friend and neighbour for giving way. A lot of our constituents want to get behind the Government’s strategy. They want to have the confidence that it…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillYou are.24 May 2023