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HANSARD Recall of MPs (Change of Party Affiliation)In rising to oppose my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall), I want to begin by absolutely embracing his noble intent and by saying that I am quite confident that…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI fully agree with my hon. Friend’s sentiments. It is a delight to welcome him and all my new colleagues to their places—I have never seen the Bucks MPs work more closely…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentPolitician of the year.22 Jul 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI would not expect my hon. Friend to go any further than that today and I am very grateful to him for what he has said. That will have been heard and I am grateful to him. In the…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Summer AdjournmentIn High Wycombe, joy and celebration abound, because just last Monday, Wycombe Wanderers football club were promoted to the championship. I put on record how proud of them the…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportThe ISC report rightly thanks five Russia experts from outside the intelligence community, two of whom have done some great work with the Legatum Institute. Will my right hon.…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Windrush Lessons Learned ReviewThis excellent statement puts the Home Office well on the way to establishing a culture of honour, which will ensure that we treat people so much better, and it will change how…21 Jul 2020HANSARD Misuse of Nitrous OxideThe Minister is giving a great response, but is not the truth that young people need hope and joy in their lives? We will not be able to fulfil that request tonight, but at some…21 Jul 2020HANSARD Misuse of Nitrous OxideThe hon. Lady is making a really powerful speech. I cannot help noticing that in Wycombe we see piles of these canisters at the roadside. As a motorcyclist, I have often been…21 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateWith his plan for jobs, my right hon. Friend has, like Roosevelt, given a masterclass in economic interventionism, but it is quite expensive. Can he reassure me that he has a…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsTo avoid drama later, we need to complete the process of getting Brexit done in the next few months. Will my right hon. Friend therefore please confirm for the benefit of everyone…08 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Job-Support SchemesI remind the hon. Lady that she stood at the Dispatch Box 10 years ago accusing us of being Hooverite in our liberalism. Although that was historically questionable, it is where…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Job-Support SchemesI begin by referring Members to my declared shareholding in Glint Pay. I thank HMRC for what it has done to put these schemes in place. It is the most extraordinary achievement…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Job-Support SchemesYes, I agree with my right hon. Friend I hope that the Minister will give us a detailed explanation of how these figures break down, because the figure to which I just referred is…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Job-Support SchemesI am grateful to the hon. Lady for agreeing. There are real issues of justice and equity at stake here. I remember reading my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary’s 2008 book…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that, and I certainly share his sentiment, but, for reasons that I am going to come on to in a moment, I am going to try to avoid any…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillOf necessity, the amendments that have been selected apply only to EEA and Swiss nationals. Will my right hon. Friend join me in saying to Ministers that we would like the…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI have been listening to the Minister very carefully, and I repeat my earlier praise: he has a tough job to do. I do recognise that this Bill relates to the withdrawal agreement,…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy right hon. Friend is making an extremely compelling case, and I am proud to have signed his new clauses. Will he take this opportunity to put on record a view that I think he…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI rise to speak to new clauses 7 to 10, tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis). I am proud, as I said earlier, to have put my name on…30 Jun 2020