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HANSARDG20 and Leadership of EU InstitutionsIt sets off your black gown, Mr Speaker. After having to negotiate with these people for so many dreary months, the Prime Minister must be mightily relieved that she will no…03 Jul 2019HANSARDG20 and Leadership of EU Institutionsrose—03 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI am glad that my hon. Friend is talking about social insurance. I and many others have been arguing that the continental system of social insurance, particularly for funding…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThis is an important point. Of course we must not tell the Comptroller and Auditor General what to do, but in recent years we have tried with the National Audit Office not just to…19 Jun 2019HANSARDFree SchoolsI hope he will, because this is an important point. Catholic schools have traditionally opened as voluntary-aided schools. VA schools are state schools where 10% of the capital…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillYes; my right hon. Friend has made a worthwhile intervention, and perhaps I have been too unfair on contractors. My experience of public sector contracts over the years is not so…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI take some reassurance from that. I was trying to understand the amendment. I have no problem with my right hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire Dales, who is doing a good job,…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI do apologise. I am glad that I raised this matter, however, because that has reassured me that we will constantly have control over who we send on to this body. I think I can…19 Jun 2019HANSARDFree SchoolsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Fareham (Suella Braverman) on the comprehensive way in which she introduced the debate. Although I do not necessarily agree with my…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Breathing Space SchemeLoan sharks are the unacceptable face of capitalism, but this is a complex area and the Government should proceed with caution. Confidence in the market, and in capitalism more…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI do not disagree with anything that my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) has just said. If his amendment were incorporated in the Bill, I would…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThat is a valid point and I think we all agree with it. My hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham is wrong on one point, however. It is possible at the moment to…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy hon. Friend has done a service in flagging up these historical vignettes, because they are extraordinarily interesting. I think everybody agrees with him that this place is not…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillValue for money is what the PAC and the NAO are about. That was a very good intervention. I hope the Minister can convince us that his No. 1 concern is safety—this is a world…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Imprisonment for Public ProtectionOrder. I am anxious to get everyone in, so could all colleagues keep an eye on the clock and speak for no more than six or seven minutes each, please? I call Victoria Prentis.11 Jun 2019HANSARDG20 Trade Ministers MeetingRelations with Japan matter enormously. Our termination of the Anglo-Japanese treaty 1923 was probably one of the worst geo-strategic mistakes we ever made, propelling that…06 Jun 2019HANSARDG20 Trade Ministers Meeting7. What his priorities are for the upcoming G20 Trade Ministers meeting in Japan.06 Jun 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionNot so grand, Mr Speaker, but just a question. The Prime Minister knows of my warm, personal support for her. I voted for her deal not once, not twice but three times. I have to…22 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillVery briefly, as a correction to the point that has just been made, following a recommendation from the Procedure Committee—again, following a long campaign—we do now discuss…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillJust so the hon. Gentleman knows, I agree with him: every £100 million we spend on this permanent replica Chamber is £100 million less for teachers and doctors and nurses and all…21 May 2019