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HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI just popped out to ask an authoritative source whether we have given way on the date, and I understand that the Government have not given way, but who knows what discussions are…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillAmendment 14 has the effect of aligning the registration deadline for Scotland with the registration deadline in the rest of the United Kingdom, by removing the need for the St…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He has just proven to me that, contrary to the remarks we hear so often from those on the SNP Benches, sometimes the British Government listen…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who reminds me that he is one of the most powerful champions of the voice of Scotland. Though I wish to pay tribute to him for a little longer, I…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThank you, Dame Eleanor. I will just say, in the context of amendments 2 or 3, that any attempt to gerrymander the poll to try to produce a particular result would be wrong and…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillMy hon. Friend is right, as is the wonderful Laura Kuenssberg. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, as the Prime Minister has said.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI think Conservative Members are quite comfortable with the notion that Scotland is a nation, but the United Kingdom is the basis for the electorate for this House, and it is…29 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State visit Wycombe Hospital to discuss the future of our increasingly tired 1960s tower block?29 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Can you advise me whether there is any way we can highlight in this House the profound injustice whereby some Members can…23 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI treasure the interview that the right hon. Gentleman and I gave to Sky News before he became Leader of the Opposition, when the only thing that we agreed on is that we should…22 Oct 2019HANSARDWycombe Islamic Mission and Mosque Trust ElectionsI am delighted to present the petition of registered members of the Wycombe Islamic Mission and Mosque Trust, High Wycombe. In May, I was approached by a member of the largest…22 Oct 2019HANSARDExecutive PayDoes my hon. Friend agree that the right way to control executive pay is to increase democratic control of capital, not by increasing the powers of the state but by dramatically…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIs not the fundamental point that, to deliver the UK whole, secure and prosperous out of the EU, Members of this House need to vote for Second Reading and, yes, vote for the…22 Oct 2019HANSARDPreparations for Leaving the European UnionI wholeheartedly congratulate my right hon. Friend and officials right across Government for the magnificent public information campaign that he is running. I hope he will not…21 Oct 2019HANSARDArmed Forces: Capability and StrengthWill my right hon. Friend reassure me that nothing in the European Union’s co-ordinated annual review of defence will affect the capability or strength of our armed forces in the…21 Oct 2019HANSARDArmed Forces: Capability and Strength9. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capabilities and (b) strength of the armed forces.21 Oct 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Would it not be better to save consideration of these matters until the business statement, so that we can hear from the Leader of the House of…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIn my right hon. Friend’s approach to the withdrawal agreement Bill, is he mindful that many of the same Members who insisted on statutory meaningful votes are the same Members…21 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsWe now glimpse the possibility of a tolerable deal, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done to make that possible. But will he just reassure me that he is…03 Oct 2019HANSARDPrinciples of Democracy and the Rights of the ElectorateI was very pleased earlier today that the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Jess Phillips) acknowledged that there is a common sense of good motive among Members of Parliament…26 Sept 2019