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HANSARDCivil Service Jobs outside LondonThe Government are committed to relocating 22,000 civil servants out of Greater London by 2030, with up to 15,000 by 2025. We are working with Departments and public bodies to…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you for that, Mr Speaker. On the substantive point raised by the hon. Gentleman, as was recognised in the declaration on Government reform signed by the Prime Minister, by…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI, and I am sure all hon. Members, join the Prime Minister in saying how deeply saddened we all are by the terrible tragedy we saw yesterday. The response to the challenge of…25 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOnly a few weeks ago, my right hon. Friend was in the Chamber telling me that £4 billion was “a rounding error”. As a fellow member of the former Brexit Secretaries club, let me…25 Nov 2021HANSARDSupply ChainsI do welcome that announcement. As the Energy Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Greg Hands), said, the backing for tidal stream power is opening up…25 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseIt is helpful to get that on the record. The Government will now redouble our efforts to engage on a cross-party basis—and, indeed with you, Mr Speaker—in the days ahead, because…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseWhat I am saying is that Mr Paterson has left Parliament; he has resigned, and therefore suspending him from the House would no longer be applicable. It is the work of every…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI am not sure whether all Members on the Opposition Benches would support that proposal, because there is value in MPs having a continued connection with the world outside of…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseAs I just set out, we are committed to working on a cross-party basis and we regret that many hon. Members did not feel that they had been sufficiently consulted on the proposals…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI give way to the hon. Lady.08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseIt is clear that the Committee agreed by the House last week will not be able to develop proposals without cross-party participation, which is why we are continuing discussions…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI have been very clear that we will listen to the House and listen to the debate. [Interruption.] Will the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson) just let me…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseAs has been set out by the Prime Minister and other colleagues in the Government, we are committed to working on a cross-party basis, including with the Chair of the Standards…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI will in a moment. Although sincerely held concerns clearly warrant further attention, the manner in which the Government approached last week’s debate conflated them with the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) for securing and opening this debate. The Government have been listening carefully…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseMr Speaker—08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI think the hon. Gentleman prepared that intervention before he heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell), who said that, despite his voting…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseWith respect, Mr Speaker dealt with that at the opening of this debate and made it clear that both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the SNP had discussed with him the debate…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI did not see that the Chair of the Standards Committee was seeking to grab my attention. We are committed to working on a cross-party basis and, with that in mind, of course I…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseWith due respect, first, my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House is in the Chamber with me and, secondly, the right hon. and learned Lady well knows, not least as the Mother…08 Nov 2021