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HANSARDUkraineGiven that answer, does the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office consider that the reported presence of the United Nations Secretary-General at Putin’s summit in Russia…22 Oct 2024HANSARD City and Town Centres: RegenerationOrder. The Minister has a very limited amount of time to wind up. I appreciate that there will be hon. Members who have not said everything that they want to, but I ask them to…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Driving Test AvailabilityOrder. Before we proceed, let me first point out that I am going to call those who have submitted letters. Not every Member present and not every Member rising has written in. I…16 Oct 2024HANSARD City and Town Centres: RegenerationGiven injury time for the Division, the debate will end at 4.18 pm, but the mover of the motion will need a couple of minutes to wind up.16 Oct 2024HANSARD Driving Test AvailabilityJas Athwal, you are on the list but you are not rising. Do you not wish to speak?16 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI do not wish to detain the House, but when I raised this point during the Minister’s remarks he indicated that it would be perfectly proper and possible for a leader of a party…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIn an earlier intervention, my right hon. Friend said that this Bill is an opportunity missed, and that such legislative opportunities do not come by very often. For the moment,…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillSetting aside the hon. Gentleman’s ageist remarks, which I find deeply offensive, let me consider the point that the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) made. Why is it…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill my hon. Friend agree that if this legislation is to go through, there should be a provision to ensure that all the hereditary peers are offered a life peerage as part of the…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillShame!15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillSome minutes ago, the right hon. Gentleman said that the young people of Torfaen believed in and wanted equal opportunity, a point reiterated by the hon. Member for Reading West…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI have long advocated—with, I think, the support of my right hon. Friend the Member for Goole and Pocklington (Sir David Davis)—the abolition of the House of Commons, the…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the Minister give way?15 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s question, because it does not lie with the hon. Member for Ealing North (James Murray). It lies with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and with…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I have made the point, and will make it again, that I have no quarrel with the principle. I have a huge quarrel with the…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—I stand chastised. The Leader of the Opposition was in the Chamber earlier this afternoon, but I saw no sign whatsoever of the Prime Minister.…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe hon. Lady has misrepresented me. She knows perfectly well that while I said I supported the principle, I abhor the way she is going about it.10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMy wife, Suzy, is over retirement age. She is also in full-time employment. I am over retirement age. I am also in full-time employment and a higher rate taxpayer. I have always…10 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe national planning policy framework clearly militates against building on agricultural land. Notwithstanding the Minister’s desire not to interfere in local democracy, will he…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Building HomesIt is good to see you in that Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am not sure whether the Secretary of State has discussed her proposals with the Secretary of State for Environment,…30 Jul 2024