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I was delighted to join the chair of the Procedure Committee, Charles Walker, to say a few words at the launch event for the Guide to Procedure on Wednesday 9 January 2019.
The Government has broken records by being the first Government to be defeated on a Finance Bill since 1978. A Finance Bill enshrines the budget in law.
I responded to a motion in the House of Commons on Monday 7 January 2019 to approve the Committee on Standards report 'Implications of the Dame Laura Cox report for the House’s standards system: Initial proposals' and to agree changes to Standing Orders and to the Guide to the Rules relating to the Conduct of
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I raised the following Point of Order on Tuesday 18 December 2018:
On 15 December 2018 I was delighted to meet with the Darlaston Rotary Santa Sleigh on its journey around Walsall as it stopped in Darlaston. I donated House of Commons Chocolate to the sleigh.
I asked the Leader of the House when the debate on the meaningful vote will resume. Each week we stand here and we trust what the Leader of the House says and we trust the agreements we make. How can we continue to trust this Government? Their mantra is, “Nothing is agreed until it is agreed”,
I responded to the Business of the House motion on Monday 10 December 2018 in which the Government deferred the meaningful vote on Brexit which was scheduled for Tuesday 11 December 2018.