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HANSARD BBC FundingI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, because household bills are under pressure and it is reasonable to freeze the fee for two years. In the whole discussion outside and…17 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, because he reinforces the point that I am trying to make: this is not just about whether Ukraine should join NATO and whether we should…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyI am most grateful to my hon. Friend, who reinforces the point that I was making. This is where we get the Jekyll and Hyde—or the paradox, if you like—of President Trump. In early…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaLet me first warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s world leadership on this issue, and congratulate her on putting the UK firmly at the heart of it. She mentioned the 1994…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. He has just outlined some weapons that Russia has developed, but does he agree that the recklessness with which it has done so makes…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRussia’s Grand StrategyFollowing on from my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), it is worth saying that the Kiev International Institute of Sociology did a poll in eastern…06 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Jane Stevenson). As my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman) said, our…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI entirely agree with what my right hon. Friend said about the pressure on the NHS and the difficult problems that will occur if we have unvaccinated people blocking ICU beds. As…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthBuilding on the point from my hon. Friend the Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen), which my right hon. Friend says he is about to expand on, the question is:…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI want to pick up on the hon. Lady’s comment about working from home. I say gently to her that a great many of my constituents have businesses that thrive on footfall in the city…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthDoes my hon. Friend agree that the Business Secretary should have been involved in these decisions? Does he share my concern about that? I have received several emails from travel…30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthMy hon. Friend has been a Member of this House far longer than I have. Is there a mechanism where that could be clarified before today’s vote?30 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI wish to return to the point I made earlier, and I wonder whether my hon. Friend shares my genuine concern. As he said, we are here today because of a variant that has been…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWhy don’t you learn food mechanics then?29 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. He mentioned reviewing the evidence as quickly as possible. Will that include evidence from countries that had the variant before…29 Nov 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Ninth sitting)On that basis, will Scottish residents living in England be able to vote in any possible future referendum?21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ali. I was not going to comment on the amendment. However, while I have great regard for the shadow Minister, as she knows, I…21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Ninth sitting)This may purely be my misunderstanding of the amendment, so I stand to be corrected, but would the consequence of the amendment be to extend the election period beyond 25 days?21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Ninth sitting)I understand the point that the hon. Lady is making. What I am unclear about is what happens if the registration deadline is moved further into the election. I am not sure where…21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Tenth sitting)Does my hon. Friend recall that one of heads of the Electoral Commission was found to be highly political in their online posts?21 Oct 2021