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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend makes some important points, and I urge her to make them again at Environment, Food and Rural Affairs questions next Thursday. We should not overlook this…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI take on board the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the absence of a Backbench Business debate next week. He has become rather used to having such debates almost every day over…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn case anybody was wondering, I was just eight years old at the time of the lunar landing, and I remember watching it; it was an extraordinary moment. My hon. Friend makes an…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises an important point. The thoughts of the entire House are with the family and friends of those involved in the incident. Knife crime, as she knows, is a…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend raises an appalling and deeply distressing set of issues that would be well served by a debate. Perhaps the hon. Member for Gateshead (Ian Mearns) might…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend—I will call him that—for raising this issue with me personally prior to business questions. He is absolutely right. On the face of it, what he has shared…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for asking a fantastic question. The young farmers in my constituency are a vibrant and important force. Farming sits right at the heart of our rural…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI direct the hon. Lady to Environment questions, which are next Thursday.18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI will direct the hon. Lady to Housing, Communities and Local Government questions on Monday. I think that would be useful. Libraries are hugely important, and we have provided…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe are making considerable progress in increasing the supply of new build housing, but that is not the same as saying that all housing is of the appropriate quality. It is…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn the spirit of the wedding fest, I congratulate the hon. Gentleman, and I thank my wife for having put up with me for 14 years. It is our anniversary this weekend and she has…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseModern slavery is one of the scourges of a modern and global world. It is worth reflecting for a moment that one of the current Prime Minister’s key legacies will be the…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady appropriately raises the question with me, because it relates to the provision of parliamentary time to bring in measures that she wants to see brought before the…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseScotland questions are on Wednesday, so I urge my hon. Friend to raise that issue on that occasion, as I have no doubt others will, too. As the House will probably be aware, the…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises a very specific issue relating to a particular care home in his constituency, and, of course, it is very difficult for me to comment with any…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very happy to forward that request.18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady does indeed have a wonderful smile, though it is the smile of a crocodile, I think. Notwithstanding that, I will give her an answer and make it snappy, shall I? The…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a very important point. Because of the sequencing of the end of the second world war we tend perhaps to focus more on VE-day than on VJ-day, but I can inform…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises an important point about representation within Parliaments and about Members of Parliament taking their seats once they have been elected. I think that,…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOnce again, this might be a good subject for an Adjournment debate, when the very specific issues—not least around cabinet 129—can be aired with the appropriate Minister.18 Jul 2019