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HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryIt is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), but particularly so on this subject, on which he has done such great work. The report produced by the…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate you, Mr Speaker, on reaching the halfway mark in your career as our Speaker. That we plant trees for those born later seems lost on the denizens of Network Rail who…27 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsToday’s mass lobby is about sustainability, but there can be no economic health or communal wellbeing as long as soulless supermarkets make places ubiquitous while exploiting my…26 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseA civilised society is defined by the way that it copes with and counters disadvantage. I was therefore alarmed to discover yesterday that 79% of assistance dog owners had been…20 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe are what we remember, and what our forefathers did helps to shape the places we call home. In my home—my constituency—we remember Captain Matthew Flinders, who first charted…13 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is good to see another one of my protégés climb the greasy pole. Martin Luther King said that law and order exist for the purposes of justice, but the injustice of disorder…06 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is good to hear a Nottinghamshire accent at the Dispatch Box—almost as good as a Lincolnshire one. You and I know, Mr Speaker, that levity is sometimes virtuous here, as it…23 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI will be brief, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) for whom, as he knows, I have the highest regard; we have worked on…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI wonder if the hon. Gentleman knows the answer to this point and is able to clarify the matter—or perhaps the Chair of the Select Committee could answer it instead. Initially,…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaIn that case, let me draw my remarks to a conclusion with my final two points, which I will deal with very briefly. We have to take it very seriously indeed when anti-terrorist…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI just want to get into my flow, which I am not quite in yet, and then I will happily give way to the hon. Lady. Professor Abdel-Haq and others see the risks in separating out…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaThe hon. Lady is right to say that the prejudices and hatred that I described in my opening remarks, and which were highlighted by the hon. Member for Ilford North, are…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaThat partly depends how far one wants to explore the right hon. Gentleman’s historical point—I imagine his point is largely about the European empires that predominated in…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI did want to give way to other Members.16 May 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker—there will be speed if not brevity. C. S. Lewis said: “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get…16 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachNo Government would find it easy to cope with the rapidly changing character of technology and its associated protocols, and I congratulate the Minister on both her diligence and…15 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryI thank my hon. Friend for giving way, and I know she will address these matters with her usual acumen and assiduity. I spoke about dynamic disability and the pace of recovery,…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryI will—very much so. I have been terribly unlucky, by the way, having suffered a severe head injury as a result of a road traffic accident and, like the hon. Member for Rhondda,…09 May 2019HANSARDAcquired Brain InjuryI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for making that point. The hon. Member for Rhondda talked about the understanding that we need in the welfare system and the expertise that…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseT.S. Eliot said: “Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree”. That was brought home again this morning when the Environment Agency predicted that many coastal areas, including…09 May 2019