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HANSARDCoronavirusWhat an extraordinary thing! This evening, I imagine I will find myself in the Lobby with the right hon. Gentleman who spoke before me, although he will do it by proxy, I presume,…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes my right hon. Friend still agree with himself in his opposition to covid vaccine certification to attend the pub, as he expressed on Sky News recently?25 Mar 2021HANSARDCoronavirusMy right hon. Friend mentions data on occurrences within the NHS. Does the NHS have data to suggest how many people have, sadly, died from covid in NHS hospitals three weeks after…25 Mar 2021HANSARD Electoral CommissionRealising the hour, I shall not detain the House long at all, which I know will come as a great relief to colleagues. Let me just say that, as a member of the panel appointed by…22 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19I certainly thank my hon. Friend, and I take his question as an early invitation to visit those excellent establishments with him when restrictions and time allow. From the answer…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19My hon. Friend highlights an important point in our report, which is the need to be clear, open and honest about uncertainties. We can all be guilty of wishing to have answers to…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19I thank the hon. Lady for her assiduous work as a member of the Committee and her significant input to this particular inquiry. In answer to her question, I suspect that the…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to present to the House the latest report of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. I thank the Backbench…18 Mar 2021HANSARD Independent Review of Administrative LawCan we quash this hyperbolic nonsense spouted forth in the Chamber this morning? The incidents on Saturday were a result of poor enforcement of badly drafted covid regulations,…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19I thank my hon. Friend for his question and, indeed, for his work on the Committee; I have had the pleasure to serve alongside him. He is entirely right. I think the purpose of…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19I thank the hon. Lady for her hard work on the Committee and particularly on this report. She will be aware of a case that is possibly going before the courts on that matter,…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19I thank the hon. Lady for her questions. I hope that the publication of this report can serve as a reminder to all Ministers that, when they are invited to attend a Select…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. He and I in some respects have always been engaged in the joint endeavour of ensuring that Greater Manchester, throughout the tiering…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I have always been dubious about the word “consultation” when expressed by anybody as a means of kicking things into the long grass. What…18 Mar 2021HANSARDData Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19The hon. Gentleman invites me to speculate about whom I would bring before this House on such a charge. Our report sought merely to remind Ministers that a friendly invitation…18 Mar 2021HANSARDVaccine PassportsIt is an unquantifiable pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. There is no doubt about the prescience apparent in the debate, and the power of the oratory…15 Mar 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMr Speaker, “Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the inmates?” So wrote P. G. Wodehouse, to continue today’s theme. He was less than…04 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI welcome my hon. Friend to the Dispatch Box. I hope that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was not too indisposed cooking up plans for the domestic covid passports that he…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey)—or “Beeconsfield”, if we were to pronounce it in the way of Benjamin Disraeli. I pay tribute…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapMay I congratulate all the staff and volunteers, particularly at the Bosden Moor surgery in Offerton in my constituency, where I had the privilege of joining them as a marshal for…22 Feb 2021