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More than 40 former ambassadors and high commissioners have written to the Prime Minister warning that Brexit has turned into a national crisis. I called on the Leader of the House to announce the timetable for the meaningful vote today.
On 13 February, I responded on behalf of the opposition to the debate "Tributes to the Clerk of the House". The Clerk of the House Sir David Natzler will be retiring on 1 March 2019, having worked in Parliament since 1975. A motion was tabled for the House to express its gratitude for David's service. As
I supported an amendment to the Animal Welfare act to protect animals in the Police force from attackers claiming self-defence on 8 February 2019.
World Cancer Day was on 4 February 2019. I showed my support by wearing a Cancer Research UK 'unity wristband'.
I asked for confirmation that the motion the Government intends to bring back next week on Brexit will be amendable and voteable on, and that the Prime Minister will make a statement if she fails to bring a revised deal back to the House on Wednesday 13 February 2019.
Cystic Fibrosis affects roughly 1 in every 2,500 people born - around 10,400 suffer from the disease in the UK, which has claimed the lives of 210 people in the last four years alone.
We have had two years of “road to Brexit” speeches. We stagger from vote to vote, from week to week. Today, we heard the Foreign Secretary make an announcement on the radio that Brexit may have to be delayed. Is that the way to run a Government—informing people outside the House before the Speaker or
Following the defeat of the Government’s deeply flawed Brexit deal in Parliament by a record margin of 230 votes, the Prime Minister set out the Government’s response on 21 January 2019. This included precious little detail on how the Government seeks to proceed, other than that “conversations” would be held on next steps and that