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HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Members’ Code of Conduct ReviewFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. There is a great deal of interest in statistics. I cannot remember whether the Chancellor or the Cabinet Office is…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementMay I say through you, Mr Speaker, and through the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) the mother of Amy, Joe and Harry, that the personal was…02 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI say to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that those in the south-east hope this will be successful, giving individuals opportunity and changing the economic geography…02 Feb 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It may or may not be known to the House—it is known to the Government—that permission has been given to appeal the planning approval for…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]We know about some of the abuses, because people who were working in firms that I would respectfully declare to be dodgy provided information anonymously. Will the hon. Gentleman…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]To save the Minister time, may I, on his behalf and that of the whole House, thank the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, the campaigning charity, especially Sebastian O’Kelly and…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury) for his kind words. It has been right and proper and a pleasure to work in collaboration with him and the hon. Member for…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillWithout the calm persistence of my hon. Friend and our hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Itchen (Royston Smith) in this parliamentary year and the one before, we would not…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillMay I add the problem that leaseholders do not have an interest in a brick of their building and that a claim would need to be made on their behalf by the freeholders to the…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillTo use the words of a former Prime Minister, I agree with Matthew. I thank the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Matthew Pennycook) for his contribution to Third Reading,…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillWere claims to go through the courts, they would be aimed at the developers, the builders, the architects, the surveyors, the component suppliers, the building controllers and the…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillWill my hon. Friend allow me to add to what he is saying? The insurance companies are claiming premiums that are 10 or 20 times higher than before because there are additional…19 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingMay I say to my right hon. Friend that I am not impressed by the process or the proposal, and I do not think it necessarily leads to progress, either? I would be grateful to know…17 Jan 2022HANSARDBahraini Political Prisonersindicated dissent.13 Jan 2022HANSARDBahraini Political PrisonersI ought to say that the reason I stood late in the exchanges on the Transport Committee statement was that I did not want to come in early. In the role of Father of the House, one…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTransport CommitteeI congratulate the Chairman of the Select Committee on how he has answered questions. He has made the point that even motorways with hard shoulders are dangerous. In my time, a…13 Jan 2022HANSARDBahraini Political PrisonersI have listened with interest to the exchange. What has not been explained to me is why, when there is a general release of prisoners, certain categories are never released. That…13 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI will co-operate, Mr Speaker, and may I say, through you, to the Mother of the House, the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman), that the tributes…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Government Support for BusinessThe Minister has talked about some of the costs that will be reduced. The problem with the reduction of Christmas cheer, especially in the hospitality and entertainment…16 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI think the House will want to acknowledge the power of the speech that the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), has just given. We wish his…14 Dec 2021