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HANSARD Business RatesI agree with my right hon. Friend, and I have a section in my speech about the changing circumstances of big online companies vis-à-vis the rating system.02 Apr 2019HANSARD Business RatesMy hon. Friend reads my mind. A long way further in my speech, I have a little section on ATMs. ATMs and public loos get a good allowance under the rating system, so I will be…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Business RatesLedbury comes second in Christendom after Cirencester, which is beaten by no high street town in this country. My hon. Friend is right, of course. The 80% rate relief that…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Business RatesI am very grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and Mr Speaker for affording me this opportunity to have a long dilation on the subject of business rates. I am under no illusion:…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Business RatesI am particularly pleased to see the hon. Lady in the Chamber today, because she was one of the very few people who were present when I held my Adjournment debate on this subject…02 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am grateful to catch your eye in this important debate, Mr Speaker, and I am sure my constituents will have noted my assiduousness in having been here for more than four hours…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionMy hon. Friend reads my mind, and I will come on to precisely that subject in a minute. Above all, the EU will require checks at the Northern Ireland border, so I say to my good…29 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillDoes the hon. Lady not think it is a bit rich that she is complaining on the one hand about the Government introducing a full consultation on a whole range of firearms issues…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillI want to back up what my hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) just said. In addition to the safeguards my hon. Friend has ably set out, there is the provision for…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillMay I congratulate my hon. Friend most sincerely on producing a much needed Bill? Acid, knives and certain firearms are issues that we absolutely need to crack down on. Does she…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European UnionThis is an exciting moment. My right hon. Friend gave an answer to the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) that if the deal is not voted through tomorrow, we will vote…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool Funding: DistributionI was at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water in my constituency on Friday. It is not even going to reach the £4,800 per pupil under the national funding formula. How can…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Comptroller and Auditor GeneralI am delighted to catch your eye in this important but short debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. I first served on the Public Accounts Committee between 1997 and 1999, under the…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI am delighted to have the opportunity to speak in this very important estimates debate. I would like to start where the Chair of the Education Committee, my right hon. Friend the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationI am grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention. Nobody wants to see any schools having to make cuts; they want to see every school trying to attain outstanding Ofsted…26 Feb 2019HANSARDDepartment for EducationDoes my hon. Friend think it odd that the NHS has a budget for 10 years, local government has a budget for three years and yet schools have a budget for only one year?26 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Regulators' Powers (Technical Standards Etc.) and Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (Eu Exit) Regulations 2019I welcome the Minister to his place and I have one simple question that I am sure he will be able to answer: if there is a dispute over decisions made by UK regulators during the…20 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am sorry to interrupt my hon. Friend, particularly as I wholly approve of these instruments, because they are a significant consolidating measure. He has said two or three times…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am sorry, I do not want to cause the Minister any additional difficulties, but in the Cotswolds, which my neighbour, the hon. Member for Stroud, and I represent, we have a large…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that explanation, but paragraph 6.1 of the explanatory notes says: “This instrument amends…forty-six directly applicable pieces of EU…19 Feb 2019