Business of the House

I thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business and ask again about the date that we...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for the series of questions that she put to me. In response to her...

Order. As usual, a great many Members are seeking to catch my eye, and I shall do my best to acco...

Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on banning UK tour operators from advertising an...

As ever, my hon. Friend has raised a question that is of huge interest to the United Kingdom, a n...

I thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for the week after the recess.

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I thank the hon. Gentleman for his series of questions. He asked first about the economic analysi...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that—[Interruption.]

Order. The hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) is no doubt having a most illuminating private...

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Does my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House agree that, while income...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. I commend her for standing up for her constitu...

I thank the Leader of the House for the confirmation that the estimates day debates will take pla...

I am genuinely sorry that time for the Backbench Business debates has been reduced today, but the...

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has said that we will not have Ame...

No cage, no chickens—at any rate in the Chamber.

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue. As I have said, we have some of the highe...

Having heard the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) chuntering from his seat, let us hear hi...

First, may I apologise for my earlier excitement?

May we have a debate on crime statistics?...

The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about policing and crime statistics. He will be awar...

Every two minutes, a child dies of malaria in this world. May we have a statement or a debate in ...

We all share the desire to see malaria stamped out, and other insidious diseases, particularly th...

Can the Leader of the House find time for a debate on old toll bridges and the traffic chaos they...

I absolutely share the hon. Lady’s frustration because I have had my own experience of toll roads...

Unlike the Scottish National party spokesman, my constituents are optimistic about post-Brexit Br...

As my hon. Friend would expect, I would be delighted to be able to deliver that. I share his enth...

As the Leader of the House might be aware, there are widespread concerns over the outsourcing of ...

This is a very important area. The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that our reforms to probatio...

As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on malaria and neglected tropical diseases, I very ...

My hon. Friend has always championed his constituents and, in particular, been a strong advocate ...

In a written statement, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently anno...

The hon. Lady raises an important issue, and we have heard several times about the problems with ...

An important piece of legislation for the post-Brexit world is the immigration Bill, but recent s...

My hon. Friend should rest assured that we are determined to make a success of leaving the Europe...

My constituent Helen Hill’s husband was murdered in 2002, and his killer was released after 10 ye...

I am truly sorry to hear about that. I can well imagine that that is a difficult situation for th...

Members will no doubt share my admiration for the way in which Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir ...

I am delighted to support my hon. Friend and all other hon. Members who are mad enough to take pa...

In her opening remarks, the Leader of the House mentioned that it is Children’s Mental Health Wee...

I genuinely commend the hon. Gentleman for sorting out that APPG. It is such an important matter....

Many local government problems have been laid bare this week and, as the Leader of the House know...

My hon. Friend will be aware that there was a debate yesterday on local government funding, and t...

In my role as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on off-patent drugs, I have been proud t...

If the hon. Gentleman wants to write to me on that point, I can find out from the Department and ...

Following the debate in this Chamber last week on High Speed 2, will my right hon. Friend conside...

Mr Speaker, I am sure that both you and I would support such a debate. My hon. Friend might wish ...

Can we have a statement on the failure of the Financial Conduct Authority to release its report o...

The hon. Gentleman is right to raise how small businesses were treated by the big banks during th...

Can we have a debate on what we can do to encourage more women to stand for public office? That i...

My hon. Friend is right that, 100 years after the first women got the right to vote, we have made...

Can we have a debate in Government time on acquired brain injury? It is a delight that, thanks to...

I am sympathetic to the hon. Gentleman’s question. I recently met a constituent whose husband had...

Can we have a debate on family businesses? Earlier this week we celebrated Scottish family busine...

My hon. Friend is always a great champion for his constituency, and I am proud to tell him that I...

I recently held my first jobs and apprenticeships fair in Dewsbury, and it was attended by more t...

I am delighted that the hon. Lady is supporting apprenticeships, as many of us in this Chamber do...

May we have a debate on the progress made on house building and the further action needed to buil...

My hon. Friend raises a really important point. He will be pleased to know that this week the Pri...

Activists in Honduras have been targeted with a wave of surveillance, intimidation and violence. ...

The hon. Gentleman raises a point that will be of concern to many Members in this House. He is ri...

May we have a statement or a debate on the benefits of switching energy supplier and how we can a...

My hon. Friend raises a very important question for many people in this country. I am glad to tel...

My constituent, Christine Lilley of Kilmarnock, has received confirmation from the DWP that from ...

I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, and I recently had a constituent come to me to discuss t...

Will the right hon. Lady say what she has done in her role as Leader of the House to satisfy hers...

I simply do not accept that people are attacking the credibility of those reports. What Governmen...

May we have a debate on UK Visas and Immigration decision-making processes? This morning, my hon....

The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue for his constituency, as he often does. I am sure th...

The remains of Royal Navy sailors who died serving our country on board HMS Exeter and HMS Electr...

The hon. Gentleman raises an important point and I am very sympathetic to what he says. He might ...

On 2 January 2018, Mr Hamed bin Haydara, a follower of the Bahá’í faith, was sentenced to death i...

The hon. Gentleman raises a very concerning issue of freedom of religion. He will be aware that t...

We have made timely progress, so if the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin New...

Thank you for the opportunity, Mr Speaker, but my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Patri...

The hon. Gentleman has made his point with force and alacrity. I hope that he is content.