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HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI agree, and we have seen how effective our hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Vicky Foxcroft) is when she speaks at business questions, and when she asks questions.…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateAs I was saying, I think Members were slightly alarmed by a group of people walking with a purpose. It is usually the Whips who do that, as John Major used to say. I will get back…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateIf someone wanted to help to us to decide what the definition is, that would be very useful.24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateIt was slightly alarming—24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI absolutely agree. I will come on to the capacity in a minute, but I want to spend some time on these Procedure Committee reports, because—24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy right hon. Friend is right. It is concerning that Chairs of Select Committees, who are elected by the whole House, cannot participate. This is a cross-party report—a report…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI do not know whether—24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for clarifying that. I think my hon. Friend was trying to say—and I know that Mr Speaker has made a ruling on this—that both the Leader of the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI do not know whether my hon. Friend wants to intervene on me again. Perhaps she would want her question to be heard properly—there was a fair bit of heckling—so does she want to…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateIt is appalling that, for some of our colleagues, their right to be here has been restricted in such an appalling way. As I said in a previous speech, and as we keep repeating…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI do. At the moment, as Members of Parliament we are not treated equally and we are not dealt with equally. The Leader of the House says that he likes interventions and wants us…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThe hon. Gentleman is one of them and I shall give way in a moment. That is why this is so important: the amendment that has been tabled is an equalising amendment that will mean…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Gentleman is right to say that that is a bit concerning. At one point I thought that the Conservative Members were all at No. 11 being…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I still do not have an answer to that. I hope that I will get an answer, partly because the normal courtesies of the House were not…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI absolutely agree with the Chair of the Procedure Committee. The hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay had the courtesy to email me before the start of this debate. He told me…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy hon. Friend makes an important point and I absolutely agree with him. We are now moving to a different stage—this is why we were part of the change of the hours—because many…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy hon. Friend is right. We have a very difficult job to do anyway. As I said to the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Karen Bradley) and her Committee, some people…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He hits the nail on the head and explains the difficulties for hon. Members who want to do their job but cannot. They have to make the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I know how assiduous he is in his work as the Chair of a Select Committee. That is a key point, is it not? Chairs of Select Committees cannot…24 Nov 2020