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HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillI understand the point that you are making, Mr Speaker. I am drawing attention to this because it actually does happen at the moment. As long as their uniforms are for those up to…12 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillMy final line of defence is that this is taken from the BBC’s reality check, and it sounds as though that needs to be revised in the light of your helpful and constructive…12 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillWhat my right hon. Friend has said is delightfully vague. Why can he not be more specific? Who is controlling him? Surely he is in charge of his Department and can tell us when…12 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillIt is a pleasure to speak on Third Reading. I am glad that the Minister was able to respond so quickly during his period of reflection. It was a period of reflection that lasted…12 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine: Take-up Rates in LondonThe sitting will be suspended until 11 o’clock. May I ask those who have participated in this excellent debate to leave as quickly as possible?09 Mar 2021HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021Absolutely, Mr Pritchard. I shall stick to the matters in front of us. All I am pointing out is that I am the only Government Back Bencher present in the Committee and I therefore…09 Mar 2021HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021I do not oppose the regulations, but I am interested in what will happen after 31 March. Will the Minister indicate whether there will be fresh regulations to renew the…09 Mar 2021HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021The Minister mentioned the arrears being for more than six months but £1,500 a month in rent in arrears for five months is still £7,500. Is that not a big sum?09 Mar 2021HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to contribute to this short debate. If I had been selected as a member of the Committee it would have been quorate at the outset, instead of having to rely on…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine: Take-up Rates in LondonWelcome to this version of Westminster Hall. May I thank all the people involved in facilitating this important development in our democracy? There have been some changes, which I…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine: Take-up Rates in LondonOrder. I call Fleur Anderson.09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine: Take-up Rates in LondonOrder. I am sorry, but if the hon. Lady were participating physically, I would by now have been staring her down, because a lot more people wish to participate in the debate. I…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine: Take-up Rates in LondonAs there are still eight more speakers and we start the wind-ups at 10.33, I am afraid that I now have to impose a four-minute maximum time limit.09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine: Take-up Rates in LondonOrder. I am sorry to interrupt, but you have gone beyond your time limit. I do not know whether it is because you cannot see the clock. My job is to try to ensure that everybody…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine: Take-up Rates in LondonI will have to limit the last two speakers to three minutes each. If they have not seen it, there should be a countdown clock at the top of their screens to help them keep to the…09 Mar 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I would like to reinforce what my right hon. Friend said about the fantastic work of her departmental officials. The fact that her Department has not been in the headlines much…04 Mar 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is a privilege to be able to participate in this debate on the Budget, which is in a sense rather like an economic Olympics because so many records have been broken. The tax…04 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdatePeople understand figures more than percentages, so I ask my right hon. Friend: how many people in England have been admitted to hospital having already had a vaccine for at least…02 Mar 2021HANSARDSittings in Westminster Hall (Suspension) (No. 2)Will my right hon. Friend give way?13 Jan 2021