Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House please give us the forthcoming business?
The business for the week commencing 22 February will include:
Monday 22 February—General d...
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I thank the Leader of the House for the business and for the recess dates, which I think I had no...
As an old Hong Kong hand, let me say gong hei fat choy, Mr Speaker. I hope that everybody has a v...
The right hon. Lady heckles with “Hybrid”, but even hybrid requires extra people to come on to th...
Where is the evidence?
This has been checked, and between four and 10 additional people will be required to come on to t...
Tribute needs to be paid to you, Mr Speaker, the House Service and the Leader of the House for ma...
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her question. I am certainly happy to look at bringing ...
I echo the comments of the shadow Leader of the House and of the right hon. Member for Staffordsh...
May I begin on a point of very strong agreement with the hon. Gentleman and thank him for the poi...
Does my right hon. Friend agree that, with children returning to their classrooms next month, MPs...
My hon. Friend very much appeals to my sympathies in this matter and makes an excellent point. We...
Gong hei fat choy, Mr Speaker. Last week, when I asked the Leader of the House for protected time...
I am very encouraged that the hon. Gentleman makes it clear that he does think it is proportionat...
It is brilliant news that this Conservative Government have confirmed funding for 40 new hospital...
I am very glad that my hon. Friend supports the Government’s policy. The first £3.7 billion of fu...
Tomorrow, Luton’s civic mayor, Councillor Maria Lovell, is holding a “wear it red” day to help ra...
It is an absolute pleasure to do that, and to congratulate Maria Lovell on what she is planning t...
It has taken the Transport for London Bishopsgate High Court case to force Lib Dem-run Sutton Cou...
My hon. Friend raises a very important point. The Lib Dems hate the motorist; we all know that. T...
Currently the largest protest on the planet, the peaceful farmers’ protest in India has been ongo...
The hon. Gentleman raises something that is a matter of concern across the House and across const...
Will my right hon. Friend consider calling a debate in Government time to discuss the current sit...
My hon. Friend is such a powerful champion for the fishing industry and has been for the whole ti...
I appreciate the Leader of the House’s support for Toad of Toad Hall, the great open road and the...
The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the issue of air pollution, although he does not mention the...
On 11 July 2019, my right hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson), ...
It is always difficult having a time period set on general elections when we have the Fixed-term ...
Pre-schools, nurseries and childminders in England have been asked by the Government to stay open...
The Government have made widespread support available to local councils, including £4.6 billion o...
I had one of those lateral flow tests last week. It was a very pleasant, if tickly, experience.
May I begin by congratulating Melanie Beck on being appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Orde...
I don’t think we should scratch anybody.
The Chemical Industries Association has described UK manufacturing businesses paying twice as muc...
The hon. Gentleman makes the fundamentally important point that energy costs are an essential par...
The Leader of the House will be aware that the Mayor of London has announced the new taskforce fo...
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Its seems to me that the Mayor of London has replaced Red...
Let us dampen the tone down.
It has been 19 months since the Government first launched the review into a cruel benefit system ...
I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this, because it is an important and troubling point. ...
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is today meeting his opposite number in the European Com...
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was in the House immediately before me and open to quest...
My constituents Hayley Orr and Alan Scobie are musicians whose livelihoods are affected by the la...
I often find that I am sympathetic to the hon. Gentleman’s questions, but I am sorry to say that ...
I have joined colleagues from both sides of the House and across the east midlands to back the bi...
Since this subject was last raised in the House, I have become slightly conflicted, because there...
We rarely debate the Government’s poor treatment of the north, where life expectancy is falling f...
Mr Speaker, I will of course bow to your wisdom on this, but I believe the word “balderdash” is p...
The Government have committed unprecedented sums of public money to a generous package of economi...
My hon. Friend raises an important point. Currently, the Commissions of the two Houses are receiv...
Let us head up to the Shetlands and Alistair Carmichael.
Thank you, Mr Speaker—not quite as far as Shetland today; I come to you from Orkney. I ask the Le...
The issue that the right hon. Gentleman raises has aroused concern. Any extradition treaty should...
Given that the Transport Minister has not responded to my urgent letter of 24 January regarding a...
This issue has been raised in the House before and answers have been given. The reality is that s...
Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on the disastrous failings of Operation Midland ...
I suppose the question is quis custodiet ipsos custodes—who guards the guards themselves? My hon....
Projects like the Forest of Memories are working to create a network of sustainable and biodivers...
I congratulate the hon. Lady on the work she is doing on promoting the Forest of Memories. As we ...
Thank you for that.
As we approach the anniversary of the original covid lockdown—an incredibly significant moment wh...
My right hon. Friend, with her characteristic genius, has brought in her question at absolutely t...
I do not know whether you, Mr Speaker, or the Leader of the House have seen the really moving int...
The hon. Gentleman is right to address this issue, which is being taken very seriously by sportin...
I have had my Weetabix this morning, Mr Speaker, and I hope you have had yours. Weetabix is a wor...
I have mine just with milk.
As they used to say: “Weetabix unbeatabix!” My personal preference, if I were to eat Weetabix, wo...
I think the good people of Wigan will be offended, because that is where all the baked beans for ...