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HANSARDStatutory Election PeriodI thank the hon. Member for his answer. As he says, this point has been exercising the Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, on which I and many other Members of this…04 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Both the scientific news and the progress of our vaccine roll-out suggest that we are well on the way to getting back to normal. In…02 Mar 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron). Like many other Members, I extend my best wishes to my right hon. Friend the Member for Old…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewAs my hon. Friend just did, I note from the judgment that Mr Justice Chamberlain found that the three Members of Parliament who sought to join this case did not have standing. In…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsI draw the House’s attention to my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul…23 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment's Management of the EconomyTo continue the fairy tale theme so brilliantly evoked by my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson), this debate has truly been a “Through the Looking-Glass”…23 Feb 2021HANSARDPolicy EvidenceI thank the Minister for her answer. Like her, I welcome the importance of data in all this. I also welcome the fact that last year the Government Equalities Office commissioned…10 Feb 2021HANSARDPolicy EvidenceWhat steps she is taking to ensure that her policies are informed by robust evidence.10 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for his statement and join him in praising everyone involved in the vaccine roll-out. It is going incredibly well in Newcastle-under-Lyme; in…09 Feb 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillIt is an honour to speak in this debate and to follow so many distinguished contributions from so many hon. Members who have known service, either themselves or through their…08 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. The actions of the European Commission on Friday not only worried my constituents about vaccine supplies but worried everybody on…02 Feb 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [Lords]May I start by associating myself with what my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter) said about Captain Sir Tom Moore? Last year, he really did inspire the…02 Feb 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House will be aware that the Government have had to introduce emergency legislation several times over the last year. We now have a convention that they bring it…21 Jan 2021HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) BillIt is a pleasure to follow so many hon. Friends and constituency neighbours, such as my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan). I, too, support Lords amendment…19 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is obviously crucial for both scientific understanding and global security that we understand the origins of the covid-19 outbreak. What assessment has my right hon. Friend…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is snowing up here in Staffordshire as well. I have two contrasting problems regarding air quality in my constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Government have asked the…14 Jan 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: AustraliaWhat progress she has made on securing a free trade agreement with Australia.14 Jan 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: AustraliaI thank my right hon. Friend for her answer and for everything that she and her team, and her negotiators, did last year to get continuity trade agreements for…14 Jan 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Disruption to TradeI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement—for the seriousness with which he is taking this, but also for the context that he set out. Does he agree that the issues we are…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore). First, I would like to talk about vaccines. I welcome what we set out yesterday in the vaccine…12 Jan 2021