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HANSARDNational Trust: 125th AnniversaryMadam Deputy Speaker, I am grateful; I was only trying to help the Minister as he replied to our right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes).…15 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Trust: 125th Anniversaryrose—15 Dec 2020HANSARD Official Development AssistanceMay I suggest that we squint at the nettles in what was said yesterday and what has been said today? Clearly, it would be illuminating to see the messages that the Foreign…26 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastThe House will be glad that the Chancellor has met the needs of the poorest, that he is going to maintain the increase in the state pension and that he is ensuring that people…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingIt is on record that I am a leaseholder, but I am not affected by these proposals or problems. The hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) and I chair the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Participation in DebatesI think the whole House will welcome the flexibility that is following on from my right hon. Friend’s review of the situation. May I put it to him that it might be better, when he…16 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn the 45 years I have been here, I have worked for tenants and leaseholders in tower blocks. For the last 15 years, I have been trying to get Government Ministers to accept the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI hope the Secretary of State for Health will pass that on to other people to see if provision can be made and guidance provided. Obviously, there are going to be boundary…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI agree with what the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) said in giving thanks and recognising the sacrifice that many have made in their lives, their work and their…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthI give way—to a wrestler?04 Nov 2020HANSARDRohingya Humanitarian Crisis: Covid-19I shall not be making a speech in the debate, but I hope that those who are watching it will understand that we are concerned not just about the Rohingya and Myanmar. Yesterday in…03 Nov 2020HANSARDRohingya Humanitarian Crisis: Covid-19As chair of the all-party group on British-Austrian relations, I have sent a message to His Excellency the Ambassador, Michael Zimmermann, saying that we extend our sympathy to…03 Nov 2020HANSARDRohingya Humanitarian Crisis: Covid-19I am grateful for what the hon. Gentleman says. I am reminded that the problems of Burma, or Myanmar, did not start with the Rohingya. When John Bercow was chair of the all-party…03 Nov 2020HANSARDRohingya Humanitarian Crisis: Covid-19In thanking the Backbench Business Committee for agreeing to the debate—it had originally suggested that we might be able to have it in the Chamber, but needs must in the…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Integrated Activity Fund: TransparencyIt would be a good idea if the Minister could say that some of this fund was used to help support human rights organisations in some of these countries.22 Oct 2020HANSARD Integrated Activity Fund: TransparencyThis fund is not part of our aid budget; it is overseas spending.22 Oct 2020HANSARD Integrated Activity Fund: TransparencyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I say to the Minister through you that we need three things. First, we need a direct answer to the question of why…22 Oct 2020HANSARDBlack History MonthAlthough the Labour party has not yet managed to have a female Prime Minister and was the third or fourth party to have a non-white Member of Parliament, it has one record, which…20 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think it is fair to say that the shadow Secretary of State has been moderate. He has not repeated his party leader’s call for a national lockdown, and people in areas where the…20 Oct 2020HANSARD Town and Country PlanningI have an email from someone from a constituency outside my own who bought a flat 13 years ago and has received a letter saying that two more storeys are going to be put on top.…30 Sept 2020