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HANSARD Mount Vernon Cancer CentreWill the Minister give way?04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ5. The Prime Minister will be aware of the concern in settled rural communities such as those in my constituency because of the intentional unauthorised development of Traveller…26 Feb 2020HANSARD HomelessnessDoes my right hon. Friend agree that St Mungo’s started the campaign on rough sleeping, in the late 1980s, with a lot of Conservatives supporting it? The initiatives that John…29 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareDoes the Secretary of State agree with me that, in Hertfordshire, we have been fortunate to have extensive funding for new facilities at the hospital in Stevenage? Of course, my…16 Jan 2020HANSARD Australian BushfiresI welcome you back to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. Does the Minister agree that this is the time not to be criticising Australia but to be helping them? Does she agree that we…09 Jan 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House will be aware of the support in all parts of the House and in the country—with campaigners such as Battersea Dogs and Cats pressing hard—for the…09 Jan 2020HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentencing) BillThank you for my second go, Mr Speaker. My right hon. Friend will know that the supporters of the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 were also keen to improve the maximum…31 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2019My understanding is that the organisation was committed to the overthrow of President Gaddafi. He has been overthrown. Can the Minister say whether that is part of the reason why…31 Oct 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill7. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the timeframe for the passage of the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill.31 Oct 2019HANSARDOffice for Environmental ProtectionMay I join the tributes to you, Mr Speaker? I thank you for your comradeship in opposition, when you were a spokesman with me in various Departments, and for your encouragement in…31 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman would like to reflect on the two events that Mr Speaker organised in Speaker’s House to which survivors came. I thought they were very…30 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeOnly if they are wet; they have to be wet.28 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeOn that point, Professor Sir David King, the former master of Emmanuel College and emeritus professor at Cambridge, who has been the Government’s chief scientific adviser on this,…28 Oct 2019HANSARDRestoring Nature and Climate ChangeI will say a word about the role of water and wetlands. The hon. Gentleman will know the example of Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire and about the work that is being done to improve…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Draft Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019Hear, hear!23 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid for Separated Children) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019Well, no; you have just spoken in favour of it.08 Oct 2019HANSARD International Climate ActionThe Conservative Environment Network recently produced its manifesto. One of the proposals for a quick win on emissions is to increase the amount of ethanol in petrol to 10%,…26 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Is it not correct to say that the hon. Member for Glenrothes has not pointed in detail to a single complaint about these regulations, and his speech is just a general waffle? Does…09 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Will the hon. Gentleman give way?09 Sept 2019HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill (First sitting)Q The Animal Welfare Act was devised by the right hon. Member for Exeter (Mr Bradshaw) when he was Secretary of State to cover a particular area. Obviously, as you have said, Mr…23 Jul 2019