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HANSARD International Developmentrose —18 Jun 2020HANSARD International DevelopmentDoes my hon. Friend agree that the prime way of ensuring that there is really good value for money, apart from all the structures that have been put in place, is the Independent…18 Jun 2020HANSARD International DevelopmentI am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. May I take him back to his point about Zambia and Tanzania and the Prime Minister’s point about how he would rather spend…18 Jun 2020HANSARD International DevelopmentOn that point, as we are not allowed to have points of order at this time, may I just say that there has been a statement and an urgent question in the last week on the…18 Jun 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]Is my hon. Friend aware that the police and crime commissioner is also trying to close the police station in the royal town of Sutton Coldfield?11 Jun 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, I have managed to elicit a direct response from the fabulous Mayor of the West Midlands to the suggestion that there is a black hole in…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Zoos, Aquariums and Wildlife Sanctuaries: ReopeningI know my hon. Friend is aware, having just mentioned London, of the very great importance in the scheme of things of Twycross Zoo, which is very well run by its chairman and…11 Jun 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]And a very good one too!11 Jun 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]It is extremely decent of the right hon. Gentleman, given his current position, to send his best wishes to the Mayor on his birthday. I am sure the Mayor will receive them, if not…11 Jun 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I will start where the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) finished, but before I do I congratulate both Front Benchers on, if I may use a sporting analogy, being…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Horizon: Sub-Postmaster ConvictionsMy hon. Friend the Minister is quite right to emphasise the need for speed, but people have taken their own lives, and have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned. It does not get…10 Jun 2020HANSARD Coronavirus and Care HomesIt is good to see my right hon. Friend bearing up so well under the considerable burdens of his office. Can he reassure me that the PPE supply into the UK and within the UK is now…19 May 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillI am sure the whole House will want to support my right hon. Friend and the provisions in the Bill. I just want to reinforce two points. The first is that I was very concerned to…23 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMr Speaker, you may recall that I have over the past couple of years secured not one but two emergency debates on Yemen and have been a pretty staunch critic of the Government’s…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillSo that I am certain that I have understood the point that the hon. Gentleman is making, is he saying that once the immediate crisis is over anyone who has been sectioned under…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Coronavirus BillThe hon. Gentleman may well be right about the Civil Contingencies Act, because the drafter of that legislation has confirmed that that is his understanding—at least, I believe…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Educational SettingsAll our constituents will be grateful to my right hon. Friend for his measured and practical statement, and in particular his words of support and gratitude for all those who work…18 Mar 2020HANSARDTurkey-Greece Border: RefugeesThe whole House will be grateful to the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) for raising this matter and to the Minister for his measured statement and…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend very much for giving way on what I think is his first outing at the Dispatch Box, which is already going extremely well. As he would imagine, we are very…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]Inspired by my hon. Friend the Member for Brecon and Radnorshire (Fay Jones), I thought I would rise to my feet again. Before the Minister finishes, will he say a word or two more…09 Mar 2020