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HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for the business, and for finding time for the debate on the adoption and children regulations. There were two pictures of long queues: one was of…04 Jun 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?04 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Opposition do not want to withdraw our amendment.03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I clarify my earlier point of order on motion 4? I understand that there have been further discussions with the Government and the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI thank the Leader of the House for moving the motion. I note that the amendments in my name and those of other Members were not selected, so I speak in support of the amendments…02 Jun 2020HANSARD Liaison (Membership)I thank the Leader of the House for putting forward the motion. We support the setting up of the Select Committee but we do not support paragraph (3), and I will speak in favour…20 May 2020HANSARD Conduct of Business After the Whitsun RecessI thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), and you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. Last week the Leader of the House gave a fantastic…20 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for giving us the business statement. There we are, we are sitting up until Thursday with a hybrid, virtual Parliament, so it can be done. First,…20 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thought you were going to offer me the Leader of the House’s two minutes. The coronavirus crisis has created unique challenges for this House…20 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for next week’s business and you, Mr Speaker, for your statement. I must admit I was alarmed to hear the Leader of the House say yesterday that…13 May 2020HANSARDHybrid Proceedings (Extension of Temporary Orders)May I thank the Leader of the House for setting out the Government’s position? The motion before the House today will mean that the temporary orders of 21 and 22 April have effect…12 May 2020HANSARD StandardsI thank the Leader of the House for moving the motion. I, too, welcome the new Chair of the Standards Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). I agree with…11 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for his statement. I appreciate that there needs to be more discussion about covid-19. I have a couple of questions for him. There are two…11 May 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker, and I thank the Leader of the House for the business statement, which takes us up until 18 May. I think we have all adapted to the new way of working. I am…06 May 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for his statement. This is my first opportunity to speak in Parliament virtually. It is good to see that Parliament is functioning as it is and has…29 Apr 2020HANSARDRemote VotingI thank the right hon. Lady. She is absolutely right: most of us have been pinned to our computers trying to get constituents back, and trying to help them to work out whether…22 Apr 2020HANSARDRemote VotingI am not sure that the Leader of the House wants to hear this, but I think the European Parliament also operates some kind of remote electronic voting. Perhaps we will not go…22 Apr 2020HANSARD Hybrid Substantive ProceedingsI thank the Leader of the House for setting out the motion on hybrid substantive proceedings. We have got to an incredible place today, and I want to put on record my thanks and…22 Apr 2020HANSARDRemote VotingI thank the Leader of the House for outlining the Government’s views on remote voting. The Chair of the Procedure Committee has not moved her amendment, but may I just say that…22 Apr 2020HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemic and Hybrid Scrutiny ProceedingsI thank the Leader of the House for opening the debate. These are extraordinary times, and today we are debating a process that has shown how the House can move with these…21 Apr 2020