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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillIt is also worth remembering that when the Government decided to call in the application and take this away from Westminster City Council, they indicated that they had been asked…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House, while accepting the value of a national Holocaust memorial, declines to give…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In but 10 minutes time, we will move on to consideration of the Holocaust Memorial Bill. It is very important in my view that the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI do not put this as a point of argument, but as something that I hope my right hon. Friend is aware of: when the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation put out its specification in…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWhen the National Audit Office carried out its report last year, it thought the cost had gone up to £102 million. Since then, we will probably need to add an extra 15%, because of…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am enjoying the hon. Gentleman’s speech. The answer to his question is that the holocaust memorial, preferably without the basement box, could be put where the Buxton family…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am not going to continue with the reasoned amendment on obvious grounds, which I spoke about earlier. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave,…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Bill: CommittalI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Minister for the way in which she has introduced these four topics. We are talking mainly about the instruction motion; I do not think that the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI say to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs that we are grateful for the work he does. Can he ask those in his private office whether they will show him the message I sent him…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI would vote for that. Windrush deserves prominence, but we should not forget SS Ormonde, which landed in Liverpool in 1947 and SS Almanzora, which landed in Southampton in 1947.…22 Jun 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryIt is difficult to follow the speech of the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) and I will not try to match it. As the Minister may say, it is…22 Jun 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI am grateful to the hon. Lady. The difficulty with where I am standing is that I cannot see the Public Gallery, but I do, of course, pay tribute to them. Those of us who have…22 Jun 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMay I, through the hon. Gentleman, say how important Scottish participation has been to the whole UK campaign? Those involved provided a lead, they have always been there and we…22 Jun 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. As one of the people who served here with Winnie Ewing, may I say that the words of the hon. Member for Perth and North…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEmployment: Adur and WorthingWhile my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and I have represented Worthing and district, we have survived the equivalent of eight coalmines…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonThe last speech was perhaps more party political than was deserved by the occasion. I would have preferred to have spoken after the Chair of the Privileges Committee, but I do so…19 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationIf the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) does not mind, I will not go too far down his line, except to say that if that is his appeal at the next general election, SNP…15 Jun 2023HANSARD MigrationWill the hon. Lady give way?15 Jun 2023HANSARDLegislative Definition of SexI have learned a lot from most of the speeches, especially the last one. Anyone who has missed the annual reading of the list of women killed by men should attend it. I am…12 Jun 2023HANSARDTrans and Non-binary ChildrenWe need to trust parents, and we should tell children to trust parents. We are right not to confuse sexual orientation with gender confusion and other things. Schools really do…07 Jun 2023