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HANSARD Victims and Courts BillTo be clear, the current situation allows victims 28 days for a referral, and the Bill extends the period for consideration to 14 days. What we want is for victims to have longer,…20 May 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillAt the risk of being repetitive, will the hon. Gentleman press, as I have done—I think the hon. Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) agreed with me—for lenient sentences to be…20 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill my hon. Friend give way?16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe critical point about my right hon. Friend’s amendment, and indeed about new clause 16, is that they would put that on the face of the Bill. He is right to say that codes of…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is why new clause 16, tabled by my hon. Friend, is so important. In other jurisdictions that have passed such laws, up to a third of people report that they have taken this…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Billrose—16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am surprised by the hon. Gentleman’s objections to new clause 16, given that we have been assured throughout that the Bill would apply only to people who were terminally ill…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe were assured that one of the key safeguards in the Bill’s original incarnation was a legal test. That process—had it been retained, of course—would have enabled the collection…16 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI am delighted to endorse everything that my right hon. Friend and neighbour has said about national economic resilience. The point about grading land is critical. To be fair to…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsThat concentration is ironically on some of the best land for growing. That is the problem. There seems to be a correlation between the most productive farmland and the…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsThere is a further point about suitability. My hon. Friend, as a Lincolnshire MP, will know that our county produces a hugely disproportionate amount of the nation’s food.…15 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAs short as possible, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Leader of the House will know that I have raised the issue of crossbows in this Chamber before. They are murderous devices in the…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar Farmsrose—15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsJust to be clear, this is not about what, but where. Of course it is important that we have a diverse energy mix, but the hon. Lady must know that if we put solar panels on the…15 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right; Sir Bill’s political career has not ended; his parliamentary one has. I can, like my right hon. Friend, acknowledge that Sir Bill has…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy hon. Friend makes a profound argument. He highlights the EU, which sees itself as a supranational body, and NATO, which, by nature, is anything but that, in that it is a…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThe hon. Gentleman was pointing to an empty Bench when he talked about Reform, by the way, because its Members have not turned up. On the structural funds, I know the hon.…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy hon. Friend’s scepticism is well founded, because many on the Government Benches—I do not say all—could barely sustain the result of the referendum and regarded it with…13 May 2025