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I give way to my hon. Friend with the greatest pleasure.

My hon. Friend has my gratitude. Does he agree that although the Government have committed to gro...

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. Indeed, that is one particular matter I shall touch ...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree, however, that the petition allows the public to express their ange...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman, my former colleague from the Scottish Parliament. I will touch ...

The hon. Gentleman touched on the word “mandate”. I think most people would accept and acknowledg...

I accept the point, but I remind the right hon. Lady that I am a servant of the House and have to...

Order. Before we continue with the debate, can I bring to everyone’s attention that guests in the...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. Petitions in our Parliament have o...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I want to make some points and then I will take interventions. When Labour got elected, the first...

We all know that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that there does not need to be an elect...

Does the right hon. Member agree that the essence of the petition is in fact the political manife...

Well, actually, the Liberal party seems to have done very well from this system by focusing its a...

Will the right hon. Member give way?

No, I do not want to get involved in all this. I have given way once; I will conclude my remarks ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris.

I have the privilege of spea...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am going to make some more progress.

I know the frustration that people feel after years ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am going to finish soon, so I will make progress.

When people have been let down so badly...

Happy new year to you, Mrs Harris, and to everyone else at this important debate, which was ably ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship again, Mrs Harris, and a real privilege to serve a...

I generally find that the best ideas in life come from pubs, so it is no particular surprise that...

If the hon. Member came into a new job and discovered a £22 billion black hole, I think he would ...

The idea of a £22 billion black hole is nonsense. It is £2.7 trillion. The national debt is massi...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. This has been an interesting debat...

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I am pleased to have the opportunity ...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I thank the Chair of the Select Committee, ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris.

As far as the petition before u...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I, too, thank the Chair of the Pet...

I am completely opposed to increasing VAT on school fees, but at least Labour did put that in its...

I entirely sympathise with my right hon. Friend’s point. The winter fuel decision was a very dire...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris.

I understand that the people wh...

I begin by congratulating the organiser of this petition, who is my constituent in Kingswinford a...

What I said was that it was misinformation, as well as foreign interference and politicising. I m...

I am not sure that has entirely helped her case. There is certainly no reason to imagine that Mr ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

In just a moment. He is the owner of a small business in the Black Country who has seen the impac...

On a point of order, Ms Harris. At no time did I say that the individual constituent was being in...

Thank you, Ms Qureshi. Your point has been made and noted.

I think the words speak for themselves, and Mr Westwood is sitting there having brought the petit...

It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate under your chairship, Mrs Harris.

The new yea...

It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I spent some time thinking about whether I...

Does the hon. Gentleman know by how much the number of teachers in this country increased during ...

I do not have that figure to hand, but we are going to recruit 6,500 of them, and we need them.