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HANSARD Education: Return in JanuaryMay I join the Education Secretary in paying tribute to all those working in schools at this difficult time? I welcome his statement and the announcement that all secondary school…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateAs the Health Secretary has said, today is clearly a day of mixed emotions. I hugely welcome the news about the Oxford vaccine and pay tribute to Cobra Biologics in my…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a pleasure to follow a typically excellent speech from my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne). I thank the House staff for all they have done to…30 Dec 2020HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden), who has had such an impressive first year in this place and, clearly, from the tour de…17 Dec 2020HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentYes, scrap the 0 to 6, as my hon. Friend and parliamentary neighbour says. Looking back, at the end of my first year as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, it is my…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI know the whole House was thrilled at those wonderful images last week of people receiving their vaccines, including at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Like other hospitals…14 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformWhat plans her Department has to reform the UK’s asylum system.14 Dec 2020HANSARDAsylum System ReformMy hon. Friend will be aware that approximately 60,000 people are currently stuck in our asylum system. Does he agree with me and my constituents in Newcastle-under-Lyme that we…14 Dec 2020HANSARDGambling and LotteriesI welcome this review and the opportunity it presents to update our regulations in the gambling and gaming sector. I know from my time in the industry that some firms have gone…08 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionDorothy Perkins in Newcastle-under-Lyme was already closed earlier during the pandemic, and we have also lost major tenants such as Laura Ashley and Edinburgh Woollen Mill during…02 Dec 2020HANSARD North Staffordshire Potteries Towns: Levelling UpIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. As my colleagues have done, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) on…01 Dec 2020HANSARD North Staffordshire Potteries Towns: Levelling UpAs usual, my right hon. Friend is right. We need to find a proportionate measure. There are lots and lots of hard choices; the pandemic has meant choosing between one bad option…01 Dec 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementA fortnight ago, I was delighted to receive an email from the embassy of Japan, informing me that my constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme will receive 30 of the cherry trees that…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateI thank the Chair of the Procedure Committee, on which I serve, for giving way. She has mentioned Members who cannot be here. May I put on record the case of my hon. Friend the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Virtual Participation in DebateOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I just want to be clear about what time I arrived here; as a member of the Procedure Committee, I would be grateful for the opportunity…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Funding for Local AuthoritiesThank you very much, Mr Hollobone. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, especially with such kind strictures on the time limits. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and join my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) in praising all the staff at the Royal Stoke for the work…23 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill my right hon. Friend join me in praising the staff at Keele University for all they have done to support students, those who have been ill with covid and those who have been…23 Nov 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation ProposalsI thank the Minister for his answers. Perhaps if we were dealing with this question in a week’s time, we would have some more clarity, because the negotiations are clearly moving…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 RestrictionsI thank the Minister for his answer. We will get through this pandemic only with a measure of trust between the public, the Government and the Welsh Government. Does he agree that…18 Nov 2020