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HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2: Bidding ProcessBefore I call Mike Amesbury, let me say that we have six hon. Members seeking to participate in this debate, and we have half an hour before the wind-ups, which will start at…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Children's Mental Health Services: LincolnshireOrder. There is a Division in the House, so the sitting is suspended. If there is one vote, it will be for 15 minutes; if there are two votes, it will be for 25; and if there are…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Children's Mental Health Services: LincolnshireThe Minister will now resume her speech.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Children's Mental Health Services: LincolnshireBecause the Minister responding to the next debate is not present, I have to suspend the sitting until 5.7 pm. We will then have one hour in which to debate the next motion.07 Feb 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2: Bidding ProcessI said the sitting was suspended until 5.7 pm because we did not have the Minister with us. We now have the Minister and all the players in the next debate. I propose that we…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillI think my hon. Friend—whom I congratulate on securing a Second Reading for her Bill—is trying to talk around the issue of what I would describe as Gypsy encampments. Let us call…03 Feb 2023HANSARDAnimals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) BillThis is a potentially useful Bill, but my concern is that it does not specify exactly what is going to be done. In introducing the Bill, my hon. Friend the Member for Guildford…03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I hope that the Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Bill will make progress. I share his disappointment that the 100,000-plus…03 Feb 2023HANSARDAnimals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) BillDoes the Minister think that the provisions in the Bill could cover, for example, people who go whale watching in South Africa?03 Feb 2023HANSARDAnimals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) BillMr Deputy Speaker, we are both looking forward to celebrating, in June, the 40th anniversary of our first being elected to this House. Unlike me, you have been here continuously…03 Feb 2023HANSARD Rugby Football: 200th AnniversaryWill these 200 balls be the ghastly new synthetic ones, or will they be the original leather ones?03 Feb 2023HANSARDCaravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. First, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool South (Scott Benton) on the success of his important Bill…03 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseIt is not good enough. First of all, the Minister criticises his immediate predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Tom Pursglove), who, as I understand it, really was…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is a relatively trivial point of order compared with the previous ones. Nevertheless, it relates to the procedures in this House. You were in…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. What action is the Secretary of State taking to deal with the large number of house fires arising now because of malfunctioning solar panels?17 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillHappy new year, Sir Roger. In speaking to my amendment (b) to amendment 1 and my new clause 7, I share with the Committee my dismay at the way in which the Government, with their…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillOn 17 October, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer told this House that this particular element of the mini-Budget relating to stamp duty land tax would be retained. It was on…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillI am grateful to the Minister for that intervention. It comes down to how we define, “levelling up”. The point I am trying to make is that, if somebody is buying an average house…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillThe hon. Lady seems to be obsessed with the issue of second homes. What about the point she made earlier about the number of young people becoming home owners, which has declined…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillI accept that I used the wrong expression in suggesting that the hon. Gentleman was crowing. But may I set out the basis on which I have these concerns? In the Prime Minister’s…10 Jan 2023