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HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateNearly eight years ago, Mr Speaker, in Central Lobby on Saturday 7 September 2013, when the G7 Speakers were here as guests of your predecessor, I hosted the Japanese table, and…19 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt should be obvious that the Cabinet is as inclusive as the English football team, and I think that some of these criticisms are misplaced. Mr Speaker, I welcome your words at…14 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI welcome the Secretary of State to his role and say to him in public—I hope that I have also said it to him in private—that, when he was Secretary of State for Housing,…05 Jul 2021HANSARDWindrush Day 2021I hope the hon. Gentleman will not look on this as an abuse, but I meant to ask the Minister whether, before the end of the debate or certainly afterwards, he would find the…01 Jul 2021HANSARDWindrush Day 2021I congratulate the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) on her introduction to this debate, and I hope that the Government will follow up her suggestion and see…01 Jul 2021HANSARD English Wine WeekMay I first thank my hon. Friend for his leadership of the English wines group and for his expansive way of making it for all this country? One of the issues raised by English…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Future of the Planning System in EnglandThe whole House—those who are here virtually and those who are here physically—will want to thank the members of the Committee and its Chairman for the work they have put into…17 Jun 2021HANSARD BBC: Dyson ReportMay I say to my right hon. Friend that he acted properly, in 2015, when he appointed Sir David Clementi to review the BBC? The Government were right to accept Sir David Clementi’s…24 May 2021HANSARDDebate on the AddressI give way to the right hon. Gentleman. It is nice to see that the smile is there.11 May 2021HANSARDDebate on the AddressIs this Wales again?11 May 2021HANSARDDebate on the AddressI think that the House will approve that approach. If I may, I will conclude with a sensitive issue; I say this having put it on record that in my extended family and connections,…11 May 2021HANSARDDebate on the AddressIt shows that we can go on having these exchanges. Sometimes I will speak before the right hon. Gentleman, sometimes afterwards. He has now done both, so I congratulate him on…11 May 2021HANSARDDebate on the AddressOn Advent Sunday 1978, I asked Archbishop Óscar Romero what he thought about the prospect of being killed standing up for the victims of human rights atrocities. With a…11 May 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillI am grateful to the Minister, and he knows I am trying to play the ball and not the person. The question is not the small amounts but the large amounts. It is estimated that the…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillOn a point of order, I am grateful for your clarification of the situation on the Fire Safety Bill, which is what I suspected it might be. It is obvious that the House of Commons…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Would it be within the Standing Orders of this House for the Government, if they chose to, to propose a carry-over motion, so that the…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillWill the Minister give way?28 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It will be observed that the Government’s majority without the Scots Nats was halved in the last vote. I would not ask for guidance from…27 Apr 2021HANSARDPost Office Court of Appeal JudgmentKnowing who did what will matter, but it is clear why it happened. In 1999, the Government withdrew from the contract and it became one of the worst private finance initiatives…27 Apr 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?27 Apr 2021