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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIs my right hon. Friend aware that, although the case rate remains relatively low in Essex, the number of cases is doubling every 10 days? Is it not better to bring in decisive…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateNobody can possibly doubt my right hon. Friend’s utter commitment to doing his very best in these circumstances, or indeed the good will and hard work of his officials, but this…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)Yesterday, as Chair of the Liaison Committee, I signed a letter to the Prime Minister to focus the scrutiny of the various Select Committees on two issues: one was the need to…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAt a time when we do not yet have the world-beating track and trace system or enough tests because of logistical problems, why are the Government excluding senior military…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, I am not going to give way. I am going to be very brief. The important perspective is to ask ourselves how this debate is going to be regarded in 10, 20 or 30 years’ time.…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Member says it is not the fault of the EU, but can we just remind ourselves that it was the United Kingdom Government who gave an absolutely cast-iron guarantee that we…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI apologise to my right hon. Friend. His name was in my mind because it was on the monitor before the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth spoke. It is important to see these…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI am grateful to have caught your eye, Dame Rosie, so that I can respond to some of the comments that the right hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green) was just making. I respect…21 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman think that the EU has been negotiating in good faith?14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI do not think it is a matter to be done casually and without very great care, but, as many right hon. and hon. Members, even those objecting to this Bill, are now saying, if the…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillRarely can a few words uttered from the Government Dispatch Box have overshadowed a debate like this to such an extent, or indeed caused so much instant fury and indignation, but…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe answer is that any question in European law, under article 174 of the withdrawal agreement, has to be referred to the European Court of Justice, and the Court is acting not on…14 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I draw my right hon. Friend’s attention to the exchange of correspondence between our right hon. Friend the Leader of the House and me as Chairman of the Liaison Committee…08 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19I thank the Secretary of State for the written ministerial statement he published after my last question to him in July. May I ask a bit more about the National Institute for…01 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateMay I return to the question of public confidence? I thank my right hon. Friend for the tireless way that he submits himself to scrutiny by parliamentarians and the press, but…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateHe said there wasn’t.16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), who speaks with great passion about this building and great knowledge about the challenges we face. All I…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalWill the right hon. Lady clarify the review being conducted by the Sponsor Body? Presumably, the Sponsor Body is allowed to conclude that the full decant is no longer regarded as…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalI have been listening carefully to what my right hon. Friend has been saying, and he has laid great emphasis on saving the building of the Palace of Westminster, but can he…16 Jul 2020HANSARD EU Exit: End of Transition PeriodI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I have just stepped out of a meeting with the British Chambers of Commerce, and it very much welcomes the acceleration in…13 Jul 2020