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HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993In an intervention on the shadow Chief Secretary, the hon. Gentleman referred to something that I am sure we have all heard from headteachers in our constituencies. Whether we are…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993I hate to shoot the hon. Gentleman’s unicorn just as he has started to ride it, but 90% of new jobs created are full-time jobs. This is a total myth that his party keeps peddling.…26 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilWe must leave the EU, but to do so without a deal would decimate agriculture in North Dorset, which is why I have supported the Prime Minister’s deal on both occasions and will do…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin). Probably seared on to all our memories—I would be surprised if hon. and right hon. Members have not seen…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI agree entirely. One is tempted to say that if the hon. Member for Ilford South did not exist, we would have to invent him. I am not quite sure what the formula for the invention…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI take what my right hon. Friend says with great seriousness. He is a former member of the Cabinet and, more importantly, a former Government Chief Whip. I concur with him up to a…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI am not entirely sure that I understand the point that my hon. Friend is making. If he is encouraging me to endorse the proposition that there should be an early dissolution of…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI have to say that there are times when I have cursed the man who wished that we all lived in interesting times. I think that some rather calm, boring times would suit the House…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI am grateful, Mr Deputy Speaker, and of course I take your ruling. The lesson that we can draw is that if this is how senior and respected Members of Parliament who just happen…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for using me as a conduit to send that message to my right hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire Dales. He amplifies perfectly my definition of…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeNo—I just have one final sentence to add. This motion has come from somewhere. It did not just spring on to the Order Paper by itself.19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeIndeed. I asked the wrong question—forgive me. I happen to be a broad church, one nation, moderate Conservative. I happen to believe— [ Interruption. ] My former right hon.…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeThe right hon. Lady has mentioned the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Frank Field), who, to the best of my knowledge, resigned the Labour Whip. Is she aware of any moves by his…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeYes, but who triggered the vote on the Committee? That is the question.19 Mar 2019HANSARD Foreign Affairs CommitteeMy right hon. Friend should try looking at it from where I am standing; it seems like 40 years, rather than four. I hope that the hon. Member for Ilford South will take it in the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy right hon. Friend knows, as I do, just how important agriculture is to this country through the jobs that it creates and through all that it adds to biodiversity and the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]I can assure the House that I am not. I echo entirely the comments that my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke made about the all too demonstrable need for reform of how…11 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion), who is a bright beacon when it comes to this issue and the safeguarding of children—the most vulnerable…11 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It carries all the concomitant health risks of the backstreet abortionist and of the barber surgeons of the 18th century, but things have moved…11 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Lords]I commend my hon. Friend for his work on this matter. Given Nimco Ali’s great powers of persuasion and advocacy, maybe a role in the Whips Office might be of use as we approach…11 Mar 2019