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HANSARDDraft Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Will my right hon. Friend give way?05 Feb 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineYes, indeed; it would be good news, and I would strongly urge both the Department and the train operating company to be very vocal if we get it introduced in a timely manner,…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince) on securing this debate on a perennial concern for my constituents. I have lost count of the number of times…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. My hon. Friend the Member for Colchester rightly focused on Delay Repay, and I echo his calls. I will not repeat the requests he made of the…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Work-life balance is very important. We recognise that commercial activity underpins the funding of public services—that is key—but life…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Delay Repay: Great Eastern Main LineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The final point that I want to make is that my commuters—I am sure this is true of all commuters across the region—are not unreasonable people.…30 Jan 2019HANSARD School Exclusions and Youth ViolenceI congratulate the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Vicky Foxcroft) on securing this Adjournment debate and on the tireless work that she has put into driving forward the work…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Newcastle United Football Club: RegulationI have to confess that I am here under slightly false pretences. I came to take part in a debate about a fantastic football club that wears black and white stripy jerseys and…24 Jan 2019HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Border Security BillDoes my right hon. Friend agree that it is important that as a society—not just as a Government and a House—we make it clear that the norms of international behaviour that we…22 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am pleased that the United Kingdom has regained its No. 1 spot in the Portland soft power top 30, particularly because we overtook France in order to do so. Although not every…22 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In your response to the point of order from my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes), you said that this was an unprecedented…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderWould it not be appropriate to take time to reflect on the precedent that this decision might set, and instead to make a decision in slower time at a less contentious moment in…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of Orderindicated dissent.09 Jan 2019