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HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: RemediationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mrs Miller. It is also a pleasure to take part in this important debate, and I commend my hon. Friend the Member…02 Mar 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: RemediationI will happily commit to go away and look into that issue for the hon. Gentleman, and I will get in touch with him afterwards to update him on that. It is important to say that we…02 Mar 2022HANSARD Planning Permission and Housing Need: WealdenIt is a pleasure to serve, for my first time in this role, under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) for securing this…01 Mar 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationWell, I am afraid just making it up can sometimes have unintended consequences. Members said that the good providers are ready to go on this; if we do not look at the detail and…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationIt is a pleasure to take part in this important debate in my new role. I sincerely and genuinely thank all hon. Members on both sides of the House for their frankly powerful…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI suppose the point I am trying to make is that an awful lot of people out there are doing an enormous amount of work, and although it is important that we highlight where the…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI take the point on board entirely. Several Members have spoken about instances of antisocial behaviour and crime in their constituency that have been directly associated with…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationAbsolutely. My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary is doing work on the private rented sector, so there is more work to come on that issue. On rogue domestic abuse provision, I was…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationThat is exactly why we will tackle this issue. I would love to stand at this Dispatch Box and say, “We’re going to get it done tomorrow”—23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationBut the reality is—23 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2022On a point of order, Mr Hollobone. I will not detain the Committee for too long, but I bring it to your attention that the notifications that were sent out said that the start…27 Jan 2022HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentMy understanding is that it is a matter for the House. However, I will raise it with my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House. That was a timely intervention, because I was…16 Dec 2021HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to answer this debate. I do enjoy these debates—not only do we get a great tour of the country, various issues, and the community…16 Dec 2021HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentFunnily enough, I was literally about to come to that. It is often our staff who see the abuse first. If the people who write the abuse think that our staff are not affected, they…16 Dec 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsI beg to move, That this House endorses the recommendations in paragraphs 52, 55 and 64 of the Second Report of the Committee on Standards, HC 582; and accordingly suspends— (a)…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsIt was remiss of me at the beginning not to give apologies on behalf of the Leader of the House, who is unable to be here today. I have deputised for him before at business…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI confess that I have grown to really enjoy responding to this periodic debate. Not only does it give us a tour of the United Kingdom, but we learn a great deal about a range of…22 Jul 2021HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am not going to comment on the tie or where it may have come from. It is always a pleasure to take part in these debates. We have heard…17 Dec 2020HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentI will certainly make sure that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is made aware of those concerns. I know that planning is an issue that we will be discussing a lot over…17 Dec 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI reiterate the points that the Minister for Security, my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire), made at this Dispatch Box: we are determined…10 Sept 2020