Speeches by Hoare.

“Can you clarify this? If an SPS agreement curtails or constrains agricultural innovation in and around genetic improvements, notwithstanding Northern Ireland’s dual market access status—and I know we are slightly casting forward to think about what might happen—might there be the unforeseen consequence of a pause in ag…”

“It is a tragic perversity that the actions of Hezbollah and Hamas actually hurt and harm the interests and safety of those whom they purport to act on behalf of. Several years ago, former Israeli Prime Minister Barak described Israel as being the “villa in the jungle”. Last week, with cross-party colleagues, I was in I…”

“Yes, through the rain.”

“Mr Morrison, I have a question about economic growth in the agricultural area. I represent North Dorset, so it is a key area for me. I think, instinctively, there would be support for Government initiatives in and around the SPS agreement and better trading relations with Europe as far as agriculture is concerned. Noti…”

“Can you clarify this? If an SPS agreement curtails or constrains agricultural innovation in and around genetic improvements, notwithstanding Northern Ireland’s dual market access status—and I know we are slightly casting forward to think about what might happen—might there be the unforeseen consequence of a pause in ag…”

“Yes, through the rain.”

“Mr Morrison, I have a question about economic growth in the agricultural area. I represent North Dorset, so it is a key area for me. I think, instinctively, there would be support for Government initiatives in and around the SPS agreement and better trading relations with Europe as far as agriculture is concerned. Noti…”

“That would be helpful.”

“That would be helpful.”

“First, through the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, may I thank all of the officials at the Cabinet Office who have dealt with this matter in a very thorough, professional and—as far as I am concerned—courteous way? For that, I am grateful. Casting forward, it is probably perfectly correct that a Prime Minister s…”

“Violence against women and girls is often focused on what women and girls can do to keep themselves safe, but the Minister will know that the pernicious attitude of toxic masculinity has a huge impact on teenage boys, young women and girls. What can the Government do, preferably cross-party, to send a better message to…”

“My right hon. Friend has many skills; one that I have just learned of is that he is able to read the left-handed scrawl of my notes, even when he is sitting next to me, because that is the point that I am just about to come to. The hon. Member for South Shields wondered, as have one or two other Members, whether this m…”

“Don’t worry, Madam Deputy Speaker; I have checked what is parliamentary language and what is not. The first point I would make is one that has already been made. I was never a fan of Boris Johnson. We first met in the late 1990s; I never got him then, and he never got me, and nothing ever changed, but not even Boris Jo…”

“Would my right hon. Friend forgive me if I do not? A lot of Members want to speak, so I want to make a little progress. The third compelling point is that Labour Whips and Ministers will have deployed an argument about the local elections, and elections in Wales and Scotland; they will say, “This will not do Labour any…”

“My hon. Friend is right. The same was true, of course, when the Privileges Committee looked at Boris Johnson’s behaviour; the majority of MPs on the Committee were Tory, and the Committee was still able to come to a judgment on the facts and the evidence.”

“There has been a common theme in the remarks made by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner), the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome)—it is a pleasure to follow her—and the hon. Member for South Shields (Emma Lewell). I do not really know what wings of the Labour party they are on, or wha…”

“Does my right hon. Friend agree that this issue will be resolved in one or two places? It will either be resolved in the court of public opinion or in front of the Privileges Committee. It is actually in the Prime Minister’s interests to have it resolved by a cross-party Committee of this House, which would give confid…”

“May I, through the right hon. Gentleman, thank the officials in the Cabinet Office who have assisted me in the work that I have been doing in this area as Chairman of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee? He will know that not all Government communications are carried on Government devices. Wi…”

“For several months now, including when the Secretary of State has appeared before the Select Committee, he has in all good faith promised these amendments. Does he understand that his case this evening would be assisted if the House were to see those amendments? The motion effectively asks us to sign a blank cheque on …”

“The Prime Minister has spoken about process, the reviews, and trying to put that which went wrong right. That is to be supported, but he is asking the House and the country to believe that notwithstanding a front-page media splash saying that Peter Mandelson had failed the vetting process, there was nobody in No. 10 or…”