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HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979I did notice that document, because it was drawn to my attention by my hon. Friend. May I suggest to him that he tries to engage the good offices of our right hon. Friend the…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillWould it not be normal to produce the draft guidance and then consult on it, rather than expecting the Government to come up with the perfect solution after they have received…24 Mar 2023HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979I welcome to the Front Bench the Minister who will respond to the debate, with whom I had a meeting earlier today. During the course of that meeting, she kindly agreed to come to…24 Mar 2023HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979As I understand it, the Minister’s time will be up at eight minutes past 3, so can she now explain whether the Government will accept that post-vaccine syndrome is clinically…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI have tried to avoid—and have done so up to now—getting into the debate about the difference between sex and gender. I will not rise to my hon. Friend’s bait to try to develop…24 Mar 2023HANSARD Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979My hon. Friend refers to long covid clinics, but people who are suffering from the consequences of vaccine damage feel that they are being treated differentially and in an…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillWith the greatest respect to my right hon. Friend, I think he is conflating two dissimilar situations, because the situation he is describing is already an aggravated offence and…24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillFinally, does my right hon. Friend envisage that the guidance should first be produced in draft form, so that there is an opportunity for people to be consulted publicly on it?24 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy), who I know takes a great interest in this particular subject. I am delighted that she included in her…24 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMadam Deputy Speaker, you and the Leader of the House will know that tomorrow is the 13th and final day scheduled for debate of private Members’ Bills in this Session. I am sure…23 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) for supporting new clause 4. The background to that has been explained—there are diametrically opposed expert…17 Mar 2023HANSARDPrayersOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Can you please clarify this position for me? As I understand it, our right hon. Friend the Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale) is likely to…17 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillCan my hon. Friend confirm that Vernon Booth, a conservationist and wildlife consultant in Zimbabwe, writes in today’s Daily Mail that “Revenue from trophy hunting contributes 25…17 Mar 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillDoes the Minister accept that, apparently, the Netherlands, despite being within the European Union, has imposed a complete ban on trophy imports? If the Netherlands can do it,…17 Mar 2023HANSARD mRNA Covid-19 BoosterDoes my hon. Friend accept that there is a bit of light on the horizon in that, this week alone, the Express has had four full pages on the subject?17 Mar 2023HANSARDRapid Response UnitBut why has my hon. Friend refused to admit in answer to parliamentary questions that the rapid response unit collected and stored information on sitting MPs? As my subject access…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRapid Response Unit9. When the rapid response unit was disbanded and what happened to the information it collected.16 Mar 2023HANSARD Health and Disability White PaperThe Government’s initiative to emphasise the need to improve health outcomes is fundamental to this. May I draw my hon. Friend’s attention to today’s edition of the Daily Express…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Can my hon. Friend assure me that all branches of the Ministry of Truth, which was exposed in the Big Brother Watch report in January, have now been disbanded, so that we no…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Saudi Arabia’s Execution of Hussein Abo al-KheirWill the Government learn from this tragic case the lesson that in dealing with Saudi Arabia an energetic junior Minister is an inadequate substitute for the real thing—either the…16 Mar 2023