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HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI want to address that point. We had a debate last week in which a perfectly reasonable person, who passed all the tests that we could possibly have asked of her and more, was…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am disappointed, saddened and alarmed, because this House has effectively been gagged. We are unable to debate two very important motions that…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMadam Deputy Speaker, that was a question that I am really happy to answer, because the matter arose as a result of the Chair of the Standards Committee explaining to the House…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI am extremely disturbed, because I had no notice, as shadow Leader of the House, that the Government were going to pull any business. There was nothing from the Leader of the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I have frequently asked from this Dispatch Box, during the urgent questions and debates that we have had on this issue from the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI agree with the hon. Member. He will know how important it is for people with other responsibilities that there is a different way of voting. The motion states: “The Speaker…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House please give us the forthcoming business?19 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI place on record my thanks to the Chair of the Procedure Committee and all its members, who have been assiduous in their work. With so many reports, the workload has been…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the business for next week and note that the motion on virtual participation was objected to last night following the urgent question that you…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseYou’re not letting them!19 Nov 2020HANSARD Participation in DebatesI thank the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Baron) for securing the urgent question and you, Mr Speaker, for granting it. Why did the Leader of the House think it was…16 Nov 2020HANSARD Participation in Debatesindicated assent.16 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWhen did I attack her?12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the Leader of the House please give us the forthcoming business?12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. We have a result: there is a new chief of staff at No. 10. No, seriously, what I actually wanted to do was to…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the Houseindicated dissent .12 Nov 2020HANSARDCommittee on StandardsI saw no bar when Tim Davie, who is now Chairman of the BBC, stood as a Conservative councillor; no one saw a bar to that. So what happened in someone’s past—and this applies to…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCommittee on StandardsAs my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston said earlier, it was very clear that it was not in the criteria for disqualification, and it cannot be. It reminds me of…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCommittee on StandardsNo. I want to mention Professor Michael Maguire, because I do support the motion when it comes to appointing him. He was the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and, among other…10 Nov 2020