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HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My apologies for not giving you specific notice of this point of order. We were of the view that the Prime Minister would be coming to…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI pay tribute to everybody in Stockport who is part of the massive vaccination effort that is going so well, as it is throughout the rest of country. The original purpose of…09 Feb 2021HANSARDDraft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021I am grateful to my hon. Friend; he is being very generous and is probably somewhat taken aback by my secondment to this Committee this morning. I thank him for his forbearance.…20 Jan 2021HANSARDDraft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Hollobone, on this delegated legislation Committee and to witness the forensic scrutiny to which Her Majesty’s…20 Jan 2021HANSARDDraft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021Was the money mentioned by my hon. Friend the Minister conditional on acceptance of this mayoral model, and might it not be considered somewhat as a municipal bribe?20 Jan 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My apologies to the right hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar) and the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough (Gill…18 Jan 2021HANSARDSittings in Westminster Hall (Suspension) (No. 2)My right hon. Friend indicated that Opposition Members on the Commission were keen for this eventuality to come to pass. Is he suggesting that the Opposition do not want to…13 Jan 2021HANSARDSittings in Westminster Hall (Suspension) (No. 2)Many people will, quite rightly, hold the Government to account for their handling of the covid pandemic, but many in this House perhaps fail to hold themselves to account for not…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Elections: May 2021On behalf of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, I send our best wishes to my hon. Friend for her recovery. I ask her to reflect on the legal maxim…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19My hon. Friend is being very generous with his time. Could he perhaps say more about what percentage of those vaccinated in the vulnerable categories will count towards such a…12 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19The Minister ordinarily has a rather pessimistic speech inflicted on her when I rise in the House, but today I want to strike a different tone, because the whole country can now…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19I pay tribute to everybody at Stepping Hill Hospital and GPs across Stockport for their superb efforts in rolling out the vaccine: all care home residents and those over the age…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and recognise the invidious choices he has to make as Secretary of State. I also thank all the teachers and, in particular, the…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillThis is about sovereignty. Sovereignty is spoken of by some as a near-religious phenomenon, either through veneration or rejection. It is either doctrinal truth or mumbo-jumbo,…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthCould my hon. Friend confirm the numbers of the AstraZeneca vaccine that are ready to be administered?30 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt being Christmas, and given the circumstances that we are in, covid-compliant carol singers in Stockport have been heard singing the words of that well-known epidemiologist…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for that warm welcome. Further to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), the approach of…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Updaterose—14 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol has become my right hon. Friend’s equivalent of the Schleswig-Holstein question, given the variety of interpretations that…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outI always enjoy my exchanges with my right hon. Friend, and this time I mean that when I say it, because this is incredibly welcome news, particularly given Stepping Hill…08 Dec 2020