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HANSARDDebate on the Addressrose —14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI hesitate to intervene on the Prime Minister and spoil his splendid peroration, except to say this: Brexit gives the opportunity for us to revisit the issue of the common…14 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)I had not intended to contribute to this brief debate until I heard the contribution from the hon. Member for Falkirk (John Mc Nally). I simply wish to point out, partly for his…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Environmental Protection)While the Minister is on this subject and while you are allowing us to go into these areas, Mr Deputy Speaker, it is critically important that we plant more native species for…08 Oct 2019HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThe plain truth is that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was abducted and imprisoned illegally. The latest information that we have is that at the health hearing in Iran at which she…07 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseContrary to the claim by the Hollies, who were a well-known musical ensemble, the air that we breathe is not all that we need. But we cannot live without it, as more than 10,000…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Taxi and Private Hire Licensing ReformThe hon. Gentleman has been an unremitting and courageous advocate for better licensing, along with the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner). Indeed, three of my favourite…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsThe test of reasonableness is well understood by legislators, and compromise is intrinsic to all negotiations, as the Prime Minister has said already. But what the British people…03 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCertainly, without delay or hesitation.03 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMy right hon. Friend is making a valid point about the breadth of this issue and the need for Departments to co-operate. One of the most disturbing cases ever brought to my…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWe are what we remember. Each of us comprises where we have been, whom we have known and what we have done. But when dementia robs people of all that, they are bewildered and…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateIn 1801 Horatio Nelson, perhaps our nation’s greatest hero, chose not to see advice to retreat. In that spirit, will the Prime Minister turn a blind eye to the antics of the…25 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Such is the length of our relationship and our friendship, which has been long suspected and about which I think we can now come clean,…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseBarely a life in this place, or beyond in our constituencies—perhaps through family or friends—has not been touched by cancer and its treatment. You, Mr Speaker, and the Leader of…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Girls’ EducationG. K. Chesterton said: “Education is simply the soul of society as it passes from one generation to the next.” The work we do in this country will both be exported and inspire…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs the self-appointed shop steward of the regular attenders of business questions club, I welcome our many guests and, in particular, the Leader of the House, of whom I have…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSpinal Muscular AtrophyThe Minister makes a good point about the managed access agreement and the amendments to it that she described. But the real issue here is whether Spinraza would benefit every…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSpinal Muscular AtrophyThe hon. Lady had the great pleasure of shadowing me when I was at the Department for Transport, and I have had the greater pleasure of listening to her on so many subjects. She…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSpinal Muscular AtrophyExactly. That is why, in the exciting conclusion to this speech, I shall make demanding suggestions. I think they are demanding because of the demands of those who need this drug,…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSpinal Muscular AtrophyYes. The condition, as the hon. Lady suggests, is often degenerative. In cases such as the one she describes, which, as I mentioned, is not the first time she has raised it, a…25 Jul 2019