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HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]Order. Mr Grady, I am waiting to hear a connection to the leases. I have allowed you to run on for a little while— [ Interruption. ] Mr Wishart has just walked out. It is rather…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]Order. We are wandering again. There is a lot of time afterwards for you to speak, but we are discussing the clauses, not whether you have the right to vote. I accepted it…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]Order. We are not going to go through individual plants. I was a little bit worried at the suggestion that we go back to the Plantagenets. As we know, Kew is a royal palace, and…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]Yes. Both of them—there are just two clauses.24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]With this it will be convenient to discuss manuscript amendment 2, page 1, line 13, at end insert— “(3A) As soon as possible after the end of each annual reporting period the…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]You would agree, Mr Grady, as the Whip.24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]I want to hear the great man, and I would have thought that the Member who spoke before him would have liked to hear him, too.24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]Order. I do not want us to fall out. I do not make the rules of the House; I am here to ensure the rules are kept. If you have a problem, please do not take it up with the Chair,…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]I have decided to select as manuscript amendments, to be proceeded with on Report, amendments 1 and 2 tabled in the name of Pete Wishart for the Legislative Grand Committee…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman is now stretching things, so I am going to call the Minister to speak.24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]I remind hon. Members that, if there is a Division, only Members representing constituencies in England may vote. Clause 1 Power to grant a lease in respect of land at Kew Gardens…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]That is in General Committees, and once again that is not the type of Committee we are in today. I wish I could allow that, because I am as desperate as other Members to remove my…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]With this it will be convenient to consider clause 2 stand part.24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]Order. This is not a general debate. Members should purely be discussing the clauses at this stage. There will be an opportunity later to speak on a broader range of matters. We…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]I wanted you to get that on the record, but this debate is about the Bill’s clauses. You have made a good point, and quite rightly. It is a well-rehearsed point that you make on…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]Consideration completed. Does the Minister intend to move the consent motion for the Legislative Grand Committee?24 Jul 2019HANSARDShelton Road Planning ApplicationI am sure that Dame Cheryl is going to ask a very similar question.22 Jul 2019HANSARDShelton Road Planning ApplicationOrder. I think I have the message.22 Jul 2019HANSARDShelton Road Planning ApplicationI can help with that: no, in both cases. As there is more than half an hour for the debate, it is open for other Members to speak—obviously as long as their speech is relevant.22 Jul 2019HANSARDShelton Road Planning ApplicationNo, no, you cannot—I am on my feet. First, I understand that the Minister is now here, and we can carry on. There is no need to make spurious points of order. I am well aware of…22 Jul 2019