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HANSARD Sikhs: Contribution to the UKOrder. There is nothing more frustrating than not getting in, so I am afraid that I have to impose a time limit of four and a half minutes.30 Apr 2019HANSARD Sikhs: Contribution to the UKAs you can see, we have a large number of Members who wish to speak. We may need to set a time limit, because I want to try to get everybody in. In the meantime, perhaps we can…30 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I put an eccentric point of view to the Secretary of State? If we make a manifesto commitment, we should keep it. Two years after breaking our manifesto commitment to set up…29 Apr 2019HANSARDRussian Annexation of CrimeaIs it the Government’s view that the Russian Federation should be expelled from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe?24 Apr 2019HANSARDRussian Annexation of CrimeaHistory is everything and the history of Crimea is a lot more complex than today’s debate has so far suggested. Crimea was annexed by Catherine the Great in 1783 and was Russian…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionExactly; so having instituted the fastest decarbonisation of any G20 country, will the Minister remind the House what proportion of total global emissions we produce—I think it is…23 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsHaving pissed off half our supporters by botching Brexit, why are we now irritating the other half with an extreme liberal social agenda? Every single study, including the Harvard…23 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical Questionsrose—23 Apr 2019HANSARD LibyaHere we go again, making the same mistakes as we made in Iraq and Syria. I agree with everything the shadow Foreign Secretary said. The Government of national accord is actually a…08 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I do not want to get into the argument about what the Bill is going to cost, but as a member of the Procedure Committee I do think it…03 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThese constitutional perambulations are very interesting, and I accept everything that my hon. Friend says about the nature of these indicative votes, but if he and his Friends…01 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State will be aware of the case of the Iranian Christian whose asylum application was turned down by the Home Office because—I quote a Home Office…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn some ways, this business motion might be seen as the most interesting and important part of the day, because procedure is now everything. The fact that, on this historic day,…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseNo, I am going to finish in a moment. The other thing that we surely cannot do—I say this to my friends who, like me, voted for Brexit—is duck the issue by proroguing Parliament.…01 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House confirm that if the withdrawal agreement is not voted for tomorrow, on Monday my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Sir Oliver Letwin) will…28 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentWhat would be the effect if the House rejected the SI tonight? We are constantly told that international law always trumps domestic law, so what would be the effect? Is there any…27 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993I remember all the dire predictions of economic meltdown if the people voted to leave. What has happened to all those predictions? What does my right hon. Friend think would…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Personal Independence Payments: MerseysideOrder. May I just make one point? This debate is about the administration of personal independence payments on Merseyside, so we want from the Minister talk about administration…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993I rise to support the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is rather a heroine and is leading a one-woman campaign to try to keep public spending down. It is all very well to call…26 Mar 2019