Speeches by Barker.

“Would that ever be defined and drilled down to earnings from their barrister role?”

“So they would not be required to register anything else?”

“May I place on the record my sadness at the loss of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre? I know it will be felt across my city of Liverpool. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and three young children. The six-week statutory maximum for the use of bed-and-breakfast accommodation is being ignored. Under the directio…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her excellent intervention, and I absolutely concur with her views. We must be crystal clear on what we are voting for tonight: we are voting for the Bill as it stands, unamended. The late changes, combined with the compressed parliamentary timetable, mean that MPs will have just a single day…”

“Let me start by saying how shocked I am that the Minister has intervened, near the end of the debate, to say that he will be removing the whole of clause 5 from the Bill. While I am grateful for the concessions, this has further laid bare the incoherent and shambolic nature of the process. It is the most unedifying spe…”

“No, I will not. It is with sadness that I will vote for the reasoned amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell), and I will vote against the Bill. I implore my Government to do the right thing: to pause, take a breath, and let us get this right. Before entering Parliament I had ser…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“I am proud to support my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) as a co-sponsor of this Bill. Through her leadership, compassion and dignity, she has been a beacon of hope for so many. I thank the many hundreds of constituents who have written to me or had face-to-face appointments with me to discuss t…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“How could the indicative limits on time and pay be monitored and enforced?”

“I am really interested in what you said about public perception and trust in politicians over the decades—it is probably at its lowest now. I say this as a parliamentarian and in a cross-party spirit: the large majority of parliamentarians in this place are deeply rooted in public service and want to do a good job. As …”

“Thank you, Mr Chalmers, for being with us today and for your Committee’s written evidence as well. In the written evidence, it is suggested that there are several types of outside employment or interest that may exceed indicative limits on hours and earnings. Could you tell us a little bit more about why those roles ha…”

“I thank the Minister for coming to the House to make the statement and for the strong action that the Government are taking to make it clear that we hold no truck with extremists who care nothing for peace, but we must go further. He will know the strength of feeling on the Labour Benches on this issue, particularly on…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement, but we have been here countless times before. Last week, Israel approved 22 further settlements in the west bank. Israeli Defence Minister Katz claimed it was “a strategic move that prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state”. What more evidence do we need to call this exa…”

“Thank you very much for being here to give evidence. On the distinction between MPs being guests and MPs being hosts, how do you decide who you want as a guest and who you want as a host? As MPs, we get calls all the time to pop along to radio shows, television interviews or whatever. What is it that makes you go that …”

“Which section?”

“Do you think that the public perceive politicians who host current affairs programmes differently from regular hosts on LBC?”

“When you engage a host, how do you ensure that they are fully cognisant of all the legislation, for example?”

“I have a quick supplementary question. Alex, you might be able to help with this, because of TheyWorkForYou and so on. There has been some interest—I suppose that is the word I would use—in the past, because you can google your MP and see how many times they have spoken in the Chamber and how many EDMs they sign and so…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”