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HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemic and Hybrid Scrutiny ProceedingsI might be able to help Members with some of these points. This is a starting point. We want to have the resilience to build up from this point. This is not the end; it is only…21 Apr 2020HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementThe House is meeting today in exceptional and unprecedented circumstances. I expect today’s proceedings to be short and limited to what is necessary to enable wider participation…21 Apr 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhere shall I start? I call William Wragg— [ Interruption. ] I apologise—I call the shadow Leader of the House.21 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportWe are asking questions, not making speeches.25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageThe only thing I would say in their defence is that I do not think there was much detail in Peston’s tweet. I call Kevan Jones.25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageI think the Leader of the House has a note that he might be able to share.25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageQuite rightly, emotions are running very high, and quite rightly, Members have been asking what measures are going to be put in place. I do not think that a tweet by Peston is the…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageI will be quite honest. This is a time when people in the United Kingdom expect the parties to come together to work on behalf of this country, and I do not disagree. This is…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageI will come back to the Leader of the House. I think it is quite clear that those channels should be opened by the leaders of the parties. Some good offers have been made and I…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageOn that basis, I am going to put some questions. Somebody has asked why we cannot suspend. We cannot go beyond 7 pm or the whole thing would collapse. There are some things that…25 Mar 2020HANSARDSpeaker's StatementI have a short statement to make about the conduct of today’s Prime Minister’s Question Time. It is exceptional and I will run it until 1 pm. It will serve as an effective…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe will now start the second part of Prime Minister’s questions, which will open with Jeremy Corbyn.25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageIt is very important. Ian Blackford, did you want to come back on this?25 Mar 2020HANSARDAdjournment (Easter)Before the House adjourns, can I wish every Member and your families well and once again reiterate that the staff in this House have done a fantastic job? [Applause.] No clapping,…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageI suspect the answer will be that the Prime Minister is not ready to tell the House. I suspect that—I could be wrong. [ Interruption. ] The Leader of the House is indicating that…25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageIn fairness, I am a servant of the House, and the House will decide whether we sit or do not sit. The House will decide what it wishes. I will be quite honest. The Leader of the…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportI thank the hon. Gentleman, but this is Scottish questions.25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI wish the Leader of the Opposition well following his final Question Time, and I say to the Prime Minister that he has the good wishes of everyone in making sure that the country…25 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOrder. I expect to run this statement until about 1.30 pm.25 Mar 2020HANSARDFinancial and Social Emergency Support PackageWould the hon. Gentleman like to make a point of order?25 Mar 2020