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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2024
Opera

"My Lords, I warmly thank my noble friend Lord Murphy for securing this debate and the crystal clarity with which he set out the case for opera. I fear that, after such an excellent debate, I have very little to add, but I will speak in support of opera. I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2024
Horn of Africa

"My Lords, I am pleased to follow the illuminating and powerful speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Polak and Lord Bruce. I thank them for their welcome. I am more than pleased to find myself joining this House. We have an important job to do. Our task is to scrutinise …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 24 May 2024
Valedictory Debate

"This is my last speech. The House of Commons records show that I have spoken in this Chamber 9,880 times. [Hon. Members: “More!”] I have to say that, when you discover that the Prime Minister was only two years old when you were first elected, you realise it is time …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Sep 2023
Retirement of the Clerk of the House

"Thank you, Mr Speaker. I associate myself with everything you said about Sir John, and also what the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House, my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell)—who I welcome to her position—said. I do not intend to repeat …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Non-disclosure Agreements in the Workplace

"I thank the right hon. Member for her initiative in bringing forward this debate; I absolutely agree with every word that she has said and how she has put the case. I say to the Minister that if he does what the right hon. Member is asking, we will give …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Non-disclosure Agreements in the Workplace

"The hon. Member has demonstrated himself to be a male ally, and we would not underestimate the importance of having male allies on this. There is an opportunity for the Minister to be not a force of resistance but a male ally and to follow the example of the hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2023
Privileges Committee Special Report

"I thank the Leader of the House for tabling the motion, which arises out of the special report of the Privileges Committee.

When it approved with an emphatic majority the report of our inquiry into Boris Johnson, the House made it clear beyond doubt that honesty in our Parliament matters, …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2023
Privileges Committee Special Report

"The hon. Gentleman named himself on Twitter by calling the Committee a “witch hunt”, and that was in the public domain. The thread ahead of his tweet was quite clear, so we simply put it in our report. We took what was in the public domain and put it in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2023
Privileges Committee Special Report

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. If the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) wants to say that he does not believe the Committee was motivated by malice and prejudice, we would warmly welcome that correction.

Our special report makes it clear that it is not acceptable for a Member of …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2023
Privileges Committee Special Report

"Is the hon. Gentleman, in what he has said, withdrawing what he said on Twitter, which was that the Committee was a

“witch-hunt which would put a banana republic to shame”?

That is what he actually said.

Committee members are entitled to the support of the House, because it is …..."

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