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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsWill my right hon. Friend give way?19 Oct 2019HANSARDWTO ReformWill my right hon. Friend be a champion for opening markets to the world’s least developed countries?17 Oct 2019HANSARD Online Pornography: Age VerificationDoes the Minister recall the nerve required to reach for Health and Efficiency and the looks at the counter as it was put in a paper bag? What is out there now makes H&E look like…17 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI welcome the Home Secretary’s refreshing approach. When a spate of crime occurs in a local area, it often comes down to one or two individuals. She can imagine the frustration…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementWas the Leader of the House as uncomfortable as I was a few moments ago to be surrounded by advocates and apologists for the Spanish judiciary, when some of our own are not that…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Imprisonment of Catalan LeadersIt is a matter for Spain, but it is also shocking, horrifying and a reminder of a former Spanish regime.15 Oct 2019HANSARD HMRC Impact Analysis: CustomsIs not the problem with reports of this sort the assumptions on which they are made—not least the assumption that though circumstances change dramatically, behaviour will not…08 Oct 2019HANSARDJudiciary: IndependenceMight my right hon. and learned Friend honour his oath by restoring the proper role of his office in the other place?08 Oct 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Proposed ChangesWere any of the frightful diminution of rights mentioned by the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) to occur, it would clearly require primary legislation by this…07 Oct 2019HANSARDContracted-out Health AssessmentsIf a 16-year-old’s DLA stops before PIP starts, should not the contractor be made liable for the maintenance of that child until the PIP settlement is determined?07 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's Role in Creating a Safe EnvironmentThere is a strategy. The Prime Minister is the last thing standing against ending the Brexit enterprise entirely. He can expect no quarter. Absolutely everything is going to be…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationMy right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith) is right: we had notice of the intention to prorogue. With your assistance, Mr Speaker, we could…25 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)It is hardly surprising that we should take that view, since the Liberal Democrats have form for not abiding by the last referendum result.09 Sept 2019HANSARDNo DealAm I right in trusting that we have a cunning plan to leave on 31 October?05 Sept 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General ElectionThere is one purpose in denying this motion. That is to ensure that the British people have no say whatever over what takes place at the European Council on 17 October, isn’t it?04 Sept 2019HANSARD Leaving the EU: PreparationsEarlier in the year, when it appeared momentarily that we might leave without a deal, Mr Barnier announced that there would not, after all, be a hard border and that other…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitI once took a train to Manchester to negotiate the price and purchase of a Morris Minor, having purchased only a one-way ticket. It was not a sensible negotiating strategy, was it?03 Sept 2019HANSARDTelecommunications Masts in ParishesWill my right hon. Friend also have a go at the Ministry of Justice and ask it to put sufficient resource into the tribunal system, so that case law can be expedited to make the…25 Jul 2019HANSARDTelecommunications Masts in Parishes2. If the Church of England will expedite the process by which parishes apply to host telecommunications masts.25 Jul 2019HANSARDDraft Historical Abuse Bill (Northern Ireland)What estimate has the Minister made of the possibility of meeting the substantial financial costs of the measure by having recourse to the sometimes quite wealthy institutions…24 Jul 2019