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HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2021A number of people may not know what the VI-1 form is. If they put “VI-1 form” into a search engine, fortunately the first result that comes up is the Government site, which is up…13 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2021It is a delight to follow the hon. Lady, who I think is the only one here who has been elected twice in the last two years. For those who want to follow the Welsh vineyards trail,…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI stand in solidarity with the hon. Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra), and thank him for bringing this issue to the House today. Let me recognise both his constituency and…09 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI am biased in favour of Paul Dacre because he and I were working to get the killers of Stephen Lawrence charged and convicted. If I was asked whether he is the right person to…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseIt would be tempting for each of us on all sides of the House to get into a mud bath and start throwing things at each other. We could go back in time—I have got a little list as…08 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI do not think anyone enjoys taking part in this debate. Were the Government’s motion to be considered unamended, I would vote for it. Had the second amendment been selected, I…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI think the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford) was saying thank you for the extra £4.5 billion that will come to Scotland as a consequence of the…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI will not at the moment. The hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) spoke for the Opposition, and I thank her for her speech, but it was not absolutely clear whether that…27 Oct 2021HANSARDSpeaker's StatementOn 30 April 2018, Mr Speaker said: “It sounds as though mealtimes chez Brokenshire were enormous fun.” —[ Official Report , 30 April 2018; Vol. 640, c. 6.] That was when James…20 Oct 2021HANSARDTributes to Sir David AmessI agree with the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) and the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford). In 2010, David Amess…18 Oct 2021HANSARD Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill: Business of the HouseI seldom speak on these procedural motions. I do not think that they are always justified, but I think that this one is. It is not a time to go into the merits of the Bill, but I…20 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWhile the best still apply to join our Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force, we can have hope for the future. We weep for the losses; we acknowledge…18 Aug 2021HANSARD Building Safety Billrose—21 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The written statement has the number HCWS228; an online search brings up one with a similar number from January 2015. Could…21 Jul 2021HANSARDChannel 4: PrivatisationWill the hon. Lady give way?21 Jul 2021HANSARDChannel 4: PrivatisationI think the Minister can be assured that each Member present has read the consultation document. We know that the Government say the structure of broadcasting has changed. We have…21 Jul 2021HANSARDChannel 4: PrivatisationThe missing word is “Treasury”, which wants the income. The other missing things are the executives of Channel 4 saying that they want to change the ownership, and the independent…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and welcome. Paragraph 19 of the National Audit Office report says: “The Department has acknowledged that only in a minority of cases would it be…21 Jul 2021HANSARDChannel 4: PrivatisationI endorse much of what the hon. Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle) has said. Nearly 20 years before I was elected to this House, when I was aged 12, I put stamps on envelopes…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillWhile my right hon. Friend is considering this point about the extension, will he please consider the point made by Robert Ayling, at Grosvenor Waterside, that the Building Act…21 Jul 2021