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HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentI am glad that my hon. Friend has introduced the debate in this way. He has mentioned the 0.7%, and if anyone says that we cannot afford 70p out of every £100 of our wealth, they…01 Jul 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. You may have been as surprised as I was to read in The Times today that the Government have paid £118,000 to a company called Big Ideas to get…24 Jun 2019HANSARD Listeria: Contaminated SandwichesMay I join those who have praised Public Health England? Not every hospital involved has necessarily had fatalities or major problems, but it was very important that Public Health…17 Jun 2019HANSARD Recall of Tumble DryersWe ought to recognise that Whirlpool took over Indesit Hotpoint in 2014. It identified the problem in 2015 and has been trying to take action, but not fully adequately. Will the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDFree TV Licences: Over-75sI do not have an over-75s TV licence because I do not qualify for one, but I will. My view, as an officer of the all-party group on the BBC and as someone who has been watching…11 Jun 2019HANSARD Consumer ProtectionI welcome the way in which the Minister has put this to the House. I would be interested in the responses to the questions raised by the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and…11 Jun 2019HANSARD AnimalsFollowing on from the Minister’s proper remark about positive steps, does he agree that those who adopt rescue animals—dogs and cats, but particularly dogs—deserve a great round…05 Jun 2019HANSARD British SteelThat was quite some time ago, Mr Speaker, when it was the British Steel Corporation rather than the old Appleby-Frodingham steel plant that we are discussing today. I put it to my…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionUnlike in 1831, the 1832 Reform Bill got through, because some of those who opposed the Government did not vote against it and that led to progress. As a national interest…22 May 2019HANSARDTessa Jowell Brain Cancer MissionThe first person I know who had a brain tumour and cancer and died was John Davies, who had been the MP for Knutsford shortly after I was first elected. The NHS website is very…13 May 2019HANSARDPensioners on Fixed IncomesIt would be helpful if every member of DWP staff were able to get to a Minister if something absurd was happening, rather than getting stuck in bureaucracy. May I take the…13 May 2019HANSARD Buildings with ACM CladdingI think my right hon. Friend is properly fulfilling the words that he uttered on 30 April 2018, when he said that leaseholders would not be left in the lurch. Members in all parts…09 May 2019HANSARD Government Mandate for the NHSMost of us will remember that the NHS Confederation said four years ago that it wanted “a manageable number of objectives, which…focus on long-term outcomes for patients and…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Carbon Capture Usage and StorageI should like to follow the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood). The House will understand what the hon. Member for Redcar (Anna Turley) has…25 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingThe whole House will be grateful for the way the hon. Gentleman has introduced the debate and for those sentiments. Does he agree that people do such things for publicity and…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaMy right hon. Friend and the shadow Foreign Secretary set the tone for this set of exchanges. I think that more and more people are saying, as they did when the Provisional IRA…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseFollowing on from my right hon. Friend’s answer, when might we have a debate on early-day motion 2265? [That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Social…11 Apr 2019HANSARD European CouncilFollowing the referendum in 2016, and given the two major parties’ policies in 2017, we have a collective responsibility to deliver. The rational, responsible, practical way…11 Apr 2019HANSARDContinuous At-Sea DeterrentThe hon. Lady, the leader of the NATO parliamentary delegation, makes the point better than I could, and I am grateful to her for doing so. I occasionally speculate what would…10 Apr 2019HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy ActivistsAbout 100 years after the first Chinese legation was established in London in 1877, I was at a gathering with the then Chinese chargé where he made an elegant joke in Greenwich…10 Apr 2019