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HANSARDDHSC Answers to Written QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, which was born of extreme exasperation. I thank my hon. Friend for his response, his contrition and his apology, and for…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula Barker), although I do not agree with her obsession with trying to restrict free speech and information…18 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness without DebateFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it not correct that if the motion is carried over from tonight and is on tomorrow’s Order Paper, it can be amended, and…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundMay I ask my right hon. Friend to comment on the element of the Public Accounts Committee report that says his Department misrepresented the National Audit Office by falsely…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation ProposalsDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is very disappointing that the European Union continues to engage in wrecking tactics, which are in breach of both its duty of good faith and its…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsMore than 1 million fellow citizens have recovered after testing positive for covid-19. On 2 November, The BMJ reported that all those people will have protection from their T…18 Nov 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Following on from your reference to named day questions, may I ask what can be done to ensure that we get timely responses to those questions? I…17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsBecause I am keen that everybody on the list should be called, I will now impose a three-minute limit. I am afraid that the self-discipline I had hoped for has not materialised so…17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment RightsBefore I call the next speaker, can I say that we will have the winding-up speeches at half-past 10? If each speaker takes four minutes, there will not be time for the last one.17 Nov 2020HANSARDMobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) BillI am grateful to the Minister for her kind offer to work with me to try to make the Bill into workable legislation. Does she mean by that that, if the Bill does not progress to…23 Oct 2020HANSARDMobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. She is a long-term champion of park home residents and I hope that, with her encouragement, the Government will give the…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillObviously, I accept that raising the maximum penalty from six months to five years is quite a dramatic change, although it is significant, as is clear from the notes, that the…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillIt is implicit in what my hon. Friend said in reference to that case that he believes that, instead of the suspended sentence, a sentence of immediate imprisonment should have…23 Oct 2020HANSARDMobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a pleasure to introduce this Bill. It is a two-clause Bill, but the second clause covers only the Bill’s extent,…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI am most grateful to my hon. Friend for putting that fair and square on the record. So he exercised self-discipline, and I must congratulate him on that. We will live in hope, as…23 Oct 2020HANSARDMobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) BillThe tenor of the hon. Gentleman’s intervention is that there are a heck of a lot of rogues out there and they are up to no good, and he is absolutely right. There are, however,…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillI am not expecting them at all. I am criticising the fact that they are no longer just regarded as guidelines, but accepted by many magistrates and judges as tantamount to…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillAbsolutely. I agree that the deterrent effect of legislation is a very important aspect of it. However, there is nothing clear as to what the evidence is on that. One of the…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillWell, that is another one on the agenda for the next Session of Parliament, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will just conclude by saying that there is another element to this: the…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Animal Welfare (Sentencing) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) on his success…23 Oct 2020