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HANSARD Online HarmsWell done—four and a half minutes.07 Oct 2020HANSARD Online HarmsI remind Members that the convention still applies: if you wish to speak, you should be present at the beginning. There are quite a large number of people on the call list, so…07 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportDoes the Chief Secretary agree that the best way to help business is to let business get on with the job, as free as possible from Government control? Will he note that when the…06 Oct 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillActually, to be fair, the Minister has just been dealing with new clause 8, which I have tabled. I am very grateful for what he has said. He seemed to suggest that the new clause…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesWill the Secretary of State confirm that a proportionate response means that students have a right to their course and to face-to-face education? All of us, including older people…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI rise to speak to new clause 8 in my name. I shall attempt, within your time constraint, Madam Deputy Speaker, to get these complex legal and international law arguments on the…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the Minister give way?29 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19If the first duty of Government is to keep people safe, will the Secretary of State remember that the first duty of Parliament is to hold Government to account? I know that he…28 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodDespite all the scare stories, surely there is no bar to a deal. We will surely not undercut the EU on state aid—we will not return to picking winners and all that rubbish—and…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingMay I press my right hon. Friend on that? Why do some Members have a proxy vote one week but are then here the next week, or they have a proxy vote and we see them wandering…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingMy right hon. Friend said that we had brought in proxy voting to help Members for reasons of public health. The trouble is that this whole system has been corrupted. A huge number…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingI am sorry, but I cannot believe it is right that I was sitting in my garden at my daughter’s birthday party in Lincolnshire, and I could nip in and try to proxy vote. Given the…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Proxy VotingHon. Members may not know this, but in the 18th century Members used to send their servants to vote for them—they would mumble “Leigh” or whatever the name was. That is why we are…23 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI wish to speak to my amendment 42. I am optimistic that we can reach a deal for the benefit of both the UK and the EU. My amendment outlines a way whereby in the event that the…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe trouble with authoritarianism is that it is profoundly inimical to civil liberties. It is also increasingly incompetent. It relies on acquiescence, and acquiescence to…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe objection seems to be that we may have to act in this way, but we do not want to break international law. Has my hon. Friend noted my amendment 45, which shows a way through?…21 Sept 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we have a debate on state aid? I am mystified as to why this should be a problem in the free trade talks. Will the acting Leader of the House confirm—indeed, will the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePlease do not take this as unduly critical, because none of us could have done any better, but the problem for the Secretary of State— [ Interruption. ] It is easy to be wise…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]The Minister talks about the welfare of fishermen. Apostleship of the Sea tells me that the industry after Brexit will be just as reliant, perhaps even more reliant, on…01 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19The truth is that young people of working age who are fit know that there is very little chance of their becoming seriously ill from this thing. I know that the Secretary of State…01 Sept 2020