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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI very much welcome the Prime Minister’s expressing the view that a second national lockdown is not the right course for our country. As well as kicking the can down the road, it…12 Oct 2020HANSARDPlanning and House BuildingIs not the other problem with the formula or algorithm, or whatever we call it, that it seems to have a tin ear to constituencies such as my right hon. Friend’s and mine, where…08 Oct 2020HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and Sport: Support MeasuresThat is good to hear. If there is any money left in the culture recovery fund after Monday, how soon will the pot be emptied? We do not want any money left in the pot when there…08 Oct 2020HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and Sport: Support MeasuresI wish to centre my remarks on two areas. First, our Government deserve great credit for the unprecedented support they have given companies, charities, workers and individuals in…08 Oct 2020HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and Sport: Support MeasuresExcept he didn’t.08 Oct 2020HANSARDPlanning and House BuildingI praise my hon. Friend for the work he has done on this; the Isle of Wight is incredibly lucky to have him as its MP. Will he consider that we have a million permissions unbuilt…08 Oct 2020HANSARD Public HealthI thank the Minister for setting this out so clearly and concisely, because this is really difficult. The International Trade Secretary said on the radio this morning that we need…07 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I welcome the Bill, and part 4 in particular, including the bit that my right hon. Friend has just outlined about pension dashboards. It is such a minefield for our constituents…07 Oct 2020HANSARD Public HealthI think the Minister knows what I am going to ask. I asked it last Monday in the general debate and her colleague, the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon.…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)I thank the Secretary of State very much for the sensible measures the Government have taken today on the involvement and ongoing consent of the House. There is widespread public…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Unquestionably. The quick decisions that we had to make back in March were about whether we should have a national lockdown or not. We had to make those quick decisions, but we…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I listen carefully to what the hon. Lady says in this House. She is very experienced and she sat on the Front Bench when the Labour party was in government. May I clarify what she…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19That is all true, but is not the point that, in the same way as we are all dependent on each other doing the right thing at the moment in the absence of a vaccine, we have a…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I want to cover just three things. I will start by making a plea to Members of the House, to elements of our beloved media, and indeed to the great British public: step back at…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19On another point—with the leave of the Chair, we may debate these matters around process in a couple of days’ time—may I focus the Secretary of State on the positives? Although…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I thank the Prime Minister for his statement and for being here in person to answer our questions. Surely the reality is that national lockdown has one shot and any repeat of…22 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAgain, I support my right hon. Friend and his statement today, but I echo calls for what comes next to reflect the reality on the ground in areas such as mine, where rates are way…21 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusLots of my constituents in Winchester have had tests, and the Government deserve credit for that, because we as a country started from a position where we did not have a system in…15 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe Prime Minister will remember that we have some history in this regard. I did not want us to leave with no agreement last year, and we fell out over that. But he was true to…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillFurther to that, does my hon. Friend not agree that, while there will be some who are still on the, shall we say, Blair end of the argument, notwithstanding what he says, that…14 Sept 2020