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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateIt was brought to my attention by parents this weekend that some Leeds City Council schools in my constituency are telling parents that if their child has an upset stomach or…21 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020I am grateful to my hon. Friend; she is being very generous with her time. I want to return to my hon. Friend’s comment about the regulations being debated in the House at a later…14 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020I just want to build on that point. My hon. Friend will be well aware that I myself have impaired hearing. It is incredible, but what I have discovered is that you may think that…14 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020I want to pick the hon. Gentleman up on that point about the WHO recommending face masks, because it was not clear. It was a movable feast. Personally, I question the way in which…14 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020I will take a few moments to say some things to the Minister. I genuinely mean them as helpful comments, and I do not expect her to be able to answer them today. I will let her…14 Sept 2020HANSARD Awarding of Qualifications: Role of MinistersThe hon. Lady is most generous and has always been so. She made a comment earlier about perhaps sitting exams this summer. She has just taken an intervention on, and commented on…09 Sept 2020HANSARD Awarding of Qualifications: Role of MinistersWill the hon. Lady give way?09 Sept 2020HANSARD Awarding of Qualifications: Role of MinistersAs my time is short, I will start by saying that I fundamentally disagree with pretty much every word that the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula Barker) just said. In…09 Sept 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: UK Legal ObligationsMy right hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Julian Smith) worked tirelessly to get the Northern Ireland Assembly back up and running—something people said could not be…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Birmingham Attacks and Extinction Rebellion ProtestsIn my constituency, I often meet climate activists—people from the Green party. Two of them have stood against me in previous elections, and I can honestly say that they are…07 Sept 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewToday is a day of strongly mixed emotions—one of joy that we have such a comprehensive and thorough report recognising what many women and others have been through, and of course…09 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her remarks on her new clause. Let me start by being controversial: I believe that the plus or minus 5% should be seen as a matter of last resort, and…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)I was going to say Billericay, but I think that is your constituency, Sir David, or was at some point—I am losing my thread. My right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke has on…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)On the point about house building going in, it goes back to the evidence that the boundary commission draws the line at that particular moment; but, again, if it is known that it…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Gentleman said, I think, that he would be happy to go to 10% or 15% on either side. At 20% or 30% difference, these boundaries work, so there would be no need to change…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the types of community, and Mr Bellringer has given evidence that wards generally reflect communities in an area, and that to split them…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Eighth sitting)For my own clarity, was that on the 600 proposal?30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)I cannot do that, but I will tell the hon. Lady who can: my hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey (Stuart Andrew), who was born there.30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)I thought I would intervene on my right hon. Friend rather than make a speech later because she is making absolutely the right points to sum up this stand part debate. A very…30 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill (Seventh sitting)Is not the point—and the thing that we are trying to avoid—the fact that in previous boundary reviews there have been significant changes from draft 1 to draft 2, when things have…30 Jun 2020