Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?
The business for next week will include:
Monday 26 February—Estimates day (1st allotted day...
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I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the business for next week. However, I must echo wh...
I start by sharing in the hon. Lady’s tribute to those who were tragically murdered before even r...
Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on support for women with endometriosis? An insp...
My hon. Friend raises a serious matter, and I certainly congratulate his constituent on her campa...
I thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week. I am not sure whether ...
On Grenfell, the hon. Gentleman and all hon. Members on both sides of the House will know that re...
I am not even going to try to follow that one, Mr Speaker.
I have just received a report fr...
The hon. Gentleman has referred on this occasion to the council. May I just ask him whether he ha...
I wrote to my hon. Friend, in line with your guidance in your letter. I thank you very much for y...
This is becoming rather tiresome. I did try gently to exhort the hon. Gentleman to pursue other l...
My hon. Friend will be aware that business questions are about business of this House, and he wou...
Let me help the Leader of the House by saying that it has just been determined this morning that ...
The hon. Gentleman could always go and chat to himself in the mirror, but that might appear a lit...
May I tell the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee that there is a famous scene in “Iola...
Order. I must just say to the hon. Gentleman that I gather that he was spotted in a prominent pla...
My hon. Friend is a big champion for his constituency and for education, and I encourage him to t...
TransPennine Express has recently downgraded the vital rail link from Hull to Leeds and Mancheste...
The hon. Lady raises an important point. She will be aware that there will be Transport questions...
The Leader of the House will be aware of the retail giant Tesco hungrily taking over the wholesal...
My right hon. Friend will be aware that there are clear processes for looking at significant take...
My constituents in Bridge of Weir have told me that universal credit claimants there are instruct...
The hon. Gentleman raises a very important point. He will be aware that the Government are fully ...
Please may we have a debate on the communication strategy and responsibilities of Highways Englan...
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that. I think a number of hon. Members have had probl...
When can we have an urgent debate in Government time to discuss the state of our roads and partic...
The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the issue of potholes. It is a big frustration for all of us...
My question follows that from my hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mrs Trevelyan) ab...
I am glad that my hon. Friend is speaking up for his constituency, as always. Again, at least in ...
May I mention the sad death yesterday of the great American evangelist Billy Graham? He was a gre...
I certainly share the hon. Gentleman’s tribute to Billy Graham who really was quite a life-changi...
Last week, in partnership with Disability Action Yorkshire, we brought together leaders from acro...
I congratulate my hon. Friend on his huge efforts in this area and commend him for the meeting th...
Last year, a 13-year-old boy with a dairy allergy died after allegedly having cheese forced on hi...
The hon. Lady raises an incredibly important point, and she is absolutely right to highlight the ...
With the lambing season now upon us and domestic dog attacks on livestock at an all-time high, ca...
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that matter. We have all seen photographs of the appa...
University lecturers and staff are currently involved in a strike—the largest ever in higher educ...
I must declare an interest, as my eldest son is about to study for his finals and now has no lect...
Under this Government, the UK is leading international efforts to tackle tax avoidance. Can we ha...
My hon. Friend raises a really important point. He will be pleased, as I am, that the Government ...
We still await the Government’s response to the independent review of S4C that was launched last ...
I certainly share the hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm and support for the Welsh broadcasting service....
May we have a debate on local news sites? Next Wednesday, Stuart Crowther, the editor of InsideMo...
My hon. Friend is a real champion for all things in Moray. I can assure him that the Government a...
Year 6 pupils Ella and George from Thornhill Junior and Infant School in my constituency wrote to...
I congratulate the hon. Lady’s constituents on the really worthwhile campaign that they have star...
In the past two months alone, 25 civilians and at least seven service personnel have been murdere...
My hon. Friend raises an incredibly serious point. He will be aware that we work very closely wit...
One of my constituents, Ian Ackley, was the initial whistleblower on, and a victim of, the prolif...
The hon. Gentleman raises a very harrowing issue. I think that everyone in this House would want ...
According to Persecution Relief, an ecumenical focus group, attacks on Christians in India have d...
The hon. Gentleman raises, as he often does, the issue of religious freedom. He will be pleased t...
It’s my debate!
Okay. I am delighted on the hon. Gentleman’s behalf, and I am sure it will be a great success.
It is very heartening to know that the hon. Gentleman is aware of the fact that the debate is tak...
I and a number of other Members have been raising with the Government the 1984 Cammell Laird stri...
I am sorry that I am unaware of the problem that the hon. Gentleman is raising with the Justice D...
Can we have an urgent debate on the future of the children’s centre network? That was one of the ...
I am an enormous fan of children’s centres. They were a fantastic initiative and have certainly p...
The Leader of the House will be well aware of legislation passed last year to prevent the mass fa...
Having tried to get “Hamilton” tickets recently, I know that they are at a premium; I completely ...
My constituent has faced 10 years of harassment and antisocial behaviour due to their neighbours ...
The hon. Gentleman raises a very concerning issue. It must be horrible for his constituent to hav...
NatWest bank is 73% publicly owned, and in my constituency, as in other communities across this c...
I certainly agree with the hon. Lady that access to banking is absolutely vital. She will be awar...
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that employment tribunal fees were unlawful and that all claim...
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point, which is clearly one for the Ministry of Justice. I...
May we have a statement on the role and responsibilities of the UK Government in supporting famil...
I am really sorry to hear about that. It must be an incredibly worrying time for Liam Colgan’s fa...
Helen & Douglas House hospice in Oxford is having to close one of its two centres due to lack of ...
I share the hon. Lady’s gratitude to Helen & Douglas House, which delivers amazing end-of-life ca...
Why are the Government dodging the timetabling of Opposition day debates?
I just do not accept that the Government are dodging anything. Ever since I became Leader of the ...
Many Members will have noted the recent case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, who was struck off after be...
We were all very concerned to hear about that case. There is obviously a balance between transpar...