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HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillDoes my hon. Friend share the sense of urgency that has been palpable in all the contributions from the Conservative Benches? From what he is saying, it seems as though the…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Pedicabs (London) BillI had understood from talking to my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken) earlier that I was going to have a chance to contribute to this…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillVery briefly, may I say that I very much welcome the proportionate response from my hon. Friend the Minister? He says that this issue goes back many years. I remember raising an…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillWill the hon. Lady include in her conclusion a consideration of whether it is appropriate for people to be able to continue to appeal against enforcement notices? That is where a…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillIn the light of what my hon. Friend says, can he understand why the Government objected to my Green Belt Protection Bill last week? Does he share my hope that when the Bill comes…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillMay I ask why my hon. Friend’s Bill is drafted in such a tentative way? It says that the Secretary of State “may” make regulations. Bearing in mind my hon. Friend’s strength of…19 Nov 2021HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Broadland (Jerome Mayhew). His last point was very important, and I hope it will be taken on board by the promoter of the…19 Nov 2021HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillA housing estate in my constituency has plagues of rats—so much so that I have seen them going round on the fencing and into people’s houses where their young children are trying…19 Nov 2021HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillI can assure my hon. Friend that licensed pest controllers have been very active on this housing estate. I have spoken to them, and they have said that it is fantastic; it is…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsShould I express shock or outrage at what my hon. Friend has said, because clearly, in the time to which she refers, she did not apply her mind to the principal issue, which is…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThank you, Mr Speaker. I understand that some people find this rather an issue of sensitivity. I raised a related aspect of this with the Leader of the House because a previous…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsNo. My right hon. Friend has plenty of time in which to catch your eye, Mr Speaker, and make his own points in his own way. I know that he has a different view from that which I…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for facilitating this debate. [ Laughter. ] On 3 November, he said that the concerns expressed about the individual case in question…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsRescinding a motion of the House when it has already been passed earlier in the Session—and particularly in this case when it was passed less than two weeks earlier—is a major…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsNo, I am not going to give way. [ Interruption. ] No, I am not going to give way.16 Nov 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021Dr Alan Whitehead, I think you need to limit your remarks to 45 minutes.21 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for seeing me on Monday to discuss my Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill. I thank her for telling me that responsibility for vaccine damage is being transferred…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021This is a very interesting debate. There is a parallel debate taking place in the main Chamber, where there is a three-minute time limit on speeches, I suspect. Before calling the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDGas Prices and Energy SuppliersWhy do we not reduce VAT on fuel as a temporary measure? We did it for the hospitality industry, which was badly affected by covid-19. Why do we not abolish VAT for consumers on…23 Sept 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCan we have an early debate on the role of the Committee on Standards in delivering natural justice for those against whom complaints are made? Does my right hon. Friend share my…23 Sept 2021