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HANSARDMobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) BillI do not think the good park home owners have any problem about trying to make ends meet. It would be much more difficult for them were we to, for example, change the 10%…23 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19Will the Minister give way?22 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19I have said it before and I say it again: lockdowns, whether they are partial or total, are the wrong strategy. They are oppressive and profoundly un-Conservative. As a…22 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19Order. I am going to have to interrupt the hon. Member, otherwise we will not have time for wind-ups.20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19I am grateful to right hon. and hon. Members for their patience during the security scare, but all has now been satisfactorily resolved. This is a one and a half hour debate; it…20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19Andrew Selous, you have half a minute.20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19I have exercised my discretion to allow the debate to go a little longer, because the next debate has been withdrawn. Question put and agreed to . Resolved , That this House has…20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19Order. We need to hear from the Minister. I call Vicky Ford.20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19Before calling the next speaker, I will say that 13 other Members wish to be called and there are 52 minutes left. By my calculations, self-discipline of about four minutes per…20 Oct 2020HANSARDSupport for Children and Families: Covid-19There are still six speakers and about 18 minutes, so three minutes each would be my recommendation. The next speaker is Jane Hunt.20 Oct 2020HANSARD Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) BillCan my right hon. Friend tell the House the effect of the measure on dealing with people trafficking and modern slavery registration? Has it resulted in less of that illegal…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Prisons (Substance Testing) BillI, too, congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan) on bringing forward the Bill; it is a pity that she is unable to be here…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Prisons (Substance Testing) BillIn the light of what the Minister just said, when does she expect to be able to deliver the first drugs-free prison?16 Oct 2020HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that assurance. We are talking about fraud and forgery. We know from our own constituency records that it is rife. Action Fraud is…16 Oct 2020HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his confidence. I approach this sort of legislation in a constructive frame of mind. One point occurred to me when he referred to draft…16 Oct 2020HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI am not sure that we wanted our parents to give us really popular Christian names, but I note that my parents had the foresight to give me the same Christian name as my hon.…16 Oct 2020HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillWhen the electronic system was introduced in 2009, why did the Government decide not to abandon the hard copy record? Surely the reason was that it was a safeguard. Hard copies…16 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi), and I share very much her frustration at the impossibility of getting clear answers from the…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that one way of bringing the Government to account would be to withhold our support until these important questions are answered?13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsI do not trust them at all. I shall refer to the evidence from Sweden, because the Prime Minister’s challenge to his critics was to put forward an alternative. The Swedish…13 Oct 2020