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HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThe hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper) intimated that people would want to take their land back as a consequence of the changes. I hope that she has identified that that is…26 Jan 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI have been asked to vote for some pretty awful stuff over the past couple of years, but this has to be the most profoundly un-Conservative measure. It will compound the damage…26 Jan 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillOf course, and these are the very people—the hearts of our community—who are now identified as the villains whom the Bill creates more power to bring to heel. It is the most…26 Jan 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillDoes my hon. Friend support making the alternative dispute resolution procedure mandatory?26 Jan 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI thank my hon. Friend for so clearly summing up the process of what the Secretary of State called “community engagement”.26 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]Has it occurred to the hon. Gentleman that for many purchasers it will be in their interests to pay a lower purchase price and pay a ground rent, rather than to have to pay a very…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I draw your attention, Madam Deputy Speaker, and the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am deeply embarrassed about the way that…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]What was the rationale for granting the exemption in the first place? Surely the Minister recognises that, for many people in the retirement sector, it will be in their financial…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]rose—24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]It is unlawful to charge ground rent for the maintenance of a communal area. They are clean different things.24 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMay I welcome wholeheartedly the announcements that have been made today? I would ask the Prime Minister to review again the need to sack unvaccinated domiciliary workers and NHS…19 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryDid Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean not teach us that increased efficiency of interception leads to an increased number of attempted crossings? This policy will have the…18 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination StrategyThe question of my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates) was about whether there was a reassessment of the strategy on the basis of what we know now…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventAll this should be a powerful corrective to the urge to order the rest of our lives, should it not?11 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateFurther to that point of order—05 Jan 2022HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryIs it proportionate to test asymptomatic children, and then, when they are negative, to mask them up anyway? Will my right hon. Friend publish the study to which he referred…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementMight the worries of those who are concerned about the increase in quotas over the next 15 years be assuaged somewhat by the fact that existing quotas are largely unused?05 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthOn a typical winter’s day, between 200 and 350 people will die of flu. Do we hide behind our masks? Do we lurk at home, working from home? Do we demand that people provide their…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDowning Street Christmas Parties InvestigationWould it be helpful if there were a greater understanding of the fact that No. 10 is not a house but a front door, behind which there is a suite of modern offices and meeting…09 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateHow many of those who have tested positive in the UK are ill?06 Dec 2021