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HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryWell there you go—everybody is a winner. Just to expand on the point that the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) has just made, I entirely agree with my…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public Inquiryrose—07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryDiscrimination!07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI despair. I literally just said that we are supposed to be examining the procurement of PPE and when the inquiry comes, and yet we go back to those allegations. I am sure that my…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryThe hon. Lady said that shadow Cabinet Office Ministers have been asking the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster questions about the things going on. However, I warn the hon.…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Does she agree that, because of the investment the UK Government made in the AstraZeneca vaccine and the Government’s worldwide…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public Inquiryrose —07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryDoes that really not just make the point that what the inquiry needs to do is learn lessons so that we can move forward and be better prepared next time, rather than just scoring…07 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI just want to probe the hon. Lady’s point about when to hold elections. Is she saying that there could be a period of time when the Opposition would not want to fight an election?06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIt is a real privilege to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). I want to expand on his closing remarks, because I think we need to strip back to why we are doing…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI look forward to sparring with the hon. Lady on another constitutional Bill. Just to come back to the point she made about trying to set the date of the last election, she may…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillParliament failed, and it failed day in and day out, week in and week out. It does not matter, to go back over these arguments, whether people should have shifted to my position…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI agree with the point that the right hon. Gentleman agree has just made. He will recall that, just before the 2010 general election, the then Governor of the Bank of England,…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe hon. Gentleman is quite right: I did indeed vote for that Bill. I think what has been slightly overlooked in these arguments is that the question of stability at a time when…06 Jul 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI accept the hon. Gentleman’s intervention about the choice of language, and I will change it. His observation is well made and he makes it earnestly. What I will therefore say is…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSecurity of Ministers’ Offices and CommunicationsMr Deputy Speaker, you will be aware, as everyone in this House is, how livid Mr Speaker and many people here were at the leaking of the second lockdown and how Mr Speaker asked…28 Jun 2021HANSARD Loss of Secret DocumentsI believe my hon. Friend said that the documents were reported missing last Tuesday, and of course HMS Defender was hassled on Wednesday. The investigation will say whether there…28 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsMay I first congratulate my right hon. Friend on successfully hosting the G7 after the trauma the world has just been through? He will recognise that the discussion of NATO 2030…16 Jun 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghI rise to offer my condolences to Her Majesty in this Humble Address on behalf of my constituents as much as of myself. Every single one of my constituents—even those who have not…12 Apr 2021