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HANSARD Mental Health Act: Section 136I suspected that I might get that question. That is why, as I very carefully explained, I asked for a Home Office Minister, not a Department of Health Minister. I suspect it would…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Mental Health Act: Section 136The subject of this debate is section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, but I am discussing only a tiny aspect of it. As a Minister from the Home Office, my hon. Friend the…28 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thought, Madam Deputy Speaker, that immediately I stood up you would announce that the time limit was down to three minutes. The number of medically trained professionals who…16 Jan 2020HANSARD School Uniform CostsI am interested in what the hon. Lady is saying, because I have also had people contact me. One lady said that supermarkets are an ideal place to go because she can get matching…05 Nov 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesPerhaps the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan) will take an interest in the new immigration Bill. It will come as a big surprise to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, to…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanAs my hon. Friend might guess, I am delighted by the announcement about Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, which will find favour with hon. Members on both sides…30 Sept 2019HANSARD IranIran’s destabilising activity is fairly broad geographically. As my right hon. Friend knows, I have a distant, declared interest in Libya, where there is a battle going on between…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Intentional Unauthorised DevelopmentThere has recently been a meeting of every single local authority in Surrey. The Chancellor set it up and a number of other MPs went there. They would disagree totally with the…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Intentional Unauthorised DevelopmentAs part of the consultation, will the Minister take it from me that we would like him to consider the ability for local authorities to step in quickly and put in place a legally…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Intentional Unauthorised DevelopmentAs the Minister is aware, I have had considerable difficulty in my constituency. Some of the sites have been fought over for 14 to 18 years. I have a very aggressive one at the…09 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillAs the hon. Gentleman will be aware, a lot of work is going on and firms are doing exactly that—bringing in apprentices and training them in specialties. I know that because one…21 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI thank the Leader of the House for her introduction—it was a clear and useful indication of why we are here to debate this matter—and I particularly thank my right hon. Friend…21 May 2019HANSARD Travellers in Mole ValleyI thank the Minister for being here as the last man standing. It is an awful position, one I used to have, too. However, this is an opportunity to raise a vexing issue that has…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Travellers in Mole ValleyWill that apply where the individuals concerned claim to own or actually own the land, or just on public-type land or other people’s land?25 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention if for no other reason than she has given me a minute more. I will leave that for the Minister to answer. I can only go by the six…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI will give way just the once and very quickly.04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI feel a little cautious in this debate as I do not have the full knowledge or experience of many Members here and I do not have many cases in my constituency. I have had a…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Far-right Violence and Online ExtremismWith my New Zealand passport in my left pocket, may I thank the House and the nation who, with a very few exceptions, were extremely sympathetic? That was spread throughout the…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsSo would I, but I think it is quite possible to have some dramatic improvements in farming. Part of the reason for that is that, having left the EU, we will be able to have a…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Future Free Trade AgreementsAs usual, I have a couple of declarations to make. First, I belong to the National Farmers Union, not as an active farmer but certainly as a member in this country. With my…21 Feb 2019