Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House give us the business for next week?
The business for next week is as follows:
Monday 23 January—Second Reading of the Local Gov...
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I thank the Leader of the House for his statement, but we still do not appear to have a date for ...
On the dates for the summer recess and Prorogation, although I hope to oblige the House as soon a...
It is a bit rich of the shadow Leader of the House to complain about parliamentary scrutiny of th...
I do not know whether that last comment was a bid to join the ministerial speechwriting teams in ...
May I, too, wish you a happy birthday, Mr Speaker? Lang may yer lum reek, as we say in these part...
Steady on! Over-eagerness there from those on the Labour Benches.
Will the Leader of the Ho...
On the hon. Gentleman’s last point, I cannot promise to give the Scottish National party that add...
May I, too, wish you a very happy birthday, Mr Speaker?
Yesterday, the all-party group on y...
That sounds to me like an important issue that might well merit an airing in one of the Backbench...
Many happy returns, Mr Speaker. Forty is a difficult age, so beware. [Laughter.]
I thank th...
I will do my best to meet the hon. Gentleman’s request on his last point.
I take seriously ...
Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on the national schools funding formula, because...
I can understand my hon. Friend’s concern. I know that he is always a formidable and active champ...
I am always willing to offer birthday congratulations to young people, Mr Speaker, be it to you o...
I am sure the hon. Gentleman will be in his place on his birthday, which, if memory serves, is 26...
I understand and share the hon. Gentleman’s wish to get on with this. As some have already said, ...
In addition to your birthday today, Mr Speaker, there was, last week, the slightly less illustrio...
I am happy to pass that request on to the Secretary of State, and I think that the whole House wi...
I am sure that the Leader of the House will agree that community pharmacies are a very important ...
I clearly do not know the details of the situation in Hull, but I am happy to ask the relevant He...
For disabled people, achieving a job can be a life-changing experience. Last Friday, I was privil...
I am very happy to congratulate my hon. Friend’s constituents on this successful event. It has be...
In contrast to just about every one of his predecessors for the past 30 years, the Leader of the ...
I am absolutely committed to full parliamentary scrutiny of this matter. Indeed, I had the deligh...
With the decision of the Backbench Business Committee not to schedule a debate on settlements and...
The Government’s policy on Israel and Palestine has not changed. We remain committed to a two-sta...
I thank the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) for putting me right earlier. I should have ...
An Adjournment debate is probably the best way forward on that issue, as it affects the right hon...
Nene Park was once the home of Rushden and Diamonds football club and is still a fully usable foo...
That strikes me as a natural Adjournment debate opportunity, but I very much hope that the sporti...
Notwithstanding that many of us were disappointed with the result of the referendum, we recognise...
As the hon. Lady knows, there have been a number of debates already on particular aspects of our ...
In this week, of all weeks, it is absolutely right that we say in the House of Commons that we wa...
My hon. Friend may well want to seek a Westminster Hall debate on the subject. The previous Prime...
Warm congratulations, Mr Speaker, as you approach the prime of life and the halfway point of your...
I have sometimes heard Welsh people say, “You have to pay to come to Wales, because it is such a ...
Does the Leader of the House want to start again?
No, no—they say it in the nicest possible way—[Interruption.] The point that perhaps I did not ma...
Will the Leader of the House give careful consideration to the time allocated to questions to the...
I am happy to give consideration to that proposal and to discuss it through the usual channels, b...
This week saw the release of the damning National Audit Office report on the Concentrix scandal t...
We are very clear that the service provided by Concentrix was poor, and it was right
Can we have a debate on dementia? I am sure the Leader of the House will join me in congratulatin...
I hope my hon. Friend will have that opportunity, perhaps in Westminster Hall. I add my salute to...
Can we have a debate on bravery? In March 1936, a young gay Conservative Member of Parliament, Ca...
I agree with every word the hon. Gentleman said. The tribute he has just paid was a most appropri...
I hesitate to spoil your good humour on such a day, Mr Speaker, but
My hon. Friend has put his constituents’ concerns on the record most effectively, but there may b...
I gently make the point that the Emirates is a very, very, very special place in London.
It seems appropriate, Mr Speaker, that today we have not only an amazing exhibition of photograph...
I cannot promise a debate in Government time, but the hon. Gentleman can make a submission to the...
As it is a double birthday today, Mr Speaker, may we have a pair of statements: one on the long-t...
On my right hon. Friend’s second point, the Northern Ireland Secretary has already said that he f...
Airdrie Savings Bank, the UK’s last independent savings bank, is to end all business activities a...
Although I completely understand the concerns of the hon. Lady and those of her constituents who ...
Ah yes—Mr Bernard Jenkin.
Happy birthday, Sir.
May I thank my right hon. Friend for providing time quickly for the ap...
Clearly, I and other Ministers will want to brief Parliament fully on the substance and implicati...
Can we have a debate on the future of the Crown post office network? Crown post offices break eve...
The key point is that the services remain, whether they are carried out in a Crown post office or...
Many happy returns for today, Mr Speaker.
As chair of the all-party disability group, I am ...
I cannot offer an immediate debate. The hon. Lady makes a reasonable point, and I think that the ...
Can the Leader of the House arrange for an urgent debate, before the Budget, on school funding? A...
Of course, the Government have had to take some very difficult spending decisions as a result of ...
May I declare an interest as a crofter on the Isle of Skye? On 23 November last year, the Ministe...
The hon. Gentleman raised exactly that point during the debate on the rural economy on Tuesday. M...
Twice this week, I have raised my constituents’ concerns about cuts to council services and Minis...
I accept that we have confirmed a settlement for local councils that is flat in cash terms, but w...
The terms of your earlier statement, Mr Speaker, mean that “happy birthday” is not a mere wish bu...
First, I join the hon. Gentleman in sending belated birthday wishes to John Hume. We all salute t...
Like many Members—and, I am sure, the Leader of the House—I have been appalled by the Foreign Sec...
When I think of our relationship with France, I think about how we stood with the free French for...
Yesterday in Scottish questions, I counted 13 non-Scottish-based MPs asking questions of the Scot...
The Secretary of State for Scotland, like every other Secretary of State, answers to the House of...
On 16 December, Elton post office in my constituency closed without warning. Elton is a rural vil...
This may be an Adjournment debate opportunity for the hon. Gentleman. I know from my own experien...
Samir Chamek, a Christian convert from Islam, was accused of insulting the Prophet by republishin...
I do not know the details of this particular case, but my view and the Government’s view is that ...
Every weekend, parkrun volunteers make it possible for thousands of people across the country to ...
I am happy to join the hon. Gentleman in paying tribute to those who organise parkrun. I myself c...
Debating with this Government, who have forsaken all reason on Brexit, is proving to be a bit lik...
I think Scotland’s place in Europe is going to be prosperous and secure through its continued mem...
The Leader of the House has previously told me and the House that the reason the Parliamentary Co...
I am not in a position to announce anything further about that Bill.
Clydesdale bank’s latest tranche of bank closures includes the one in Giffnock, in my constituenc...
It is right that the banks stick to their own code, which requires that particular attention be p...
Happy birthday, Mr Speaker.
The Government have commissioned a report on electoral fraud, b...
We have an independent, investigative and legal system that can look into political parties and e...
Just before the Christmas recess, I served on a European Committee on asylum that had two glaring...
I dealt with this matter in some detail in my evidence to the European Scrutiny Committee yesterd...