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HANSARDApprenticeshipsNewcastle College in my constituency is a fantastic further education provider, which has invested significantly in its facilities and staff for its trainees and the 850 different…20 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my namesake, the hon. Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy). This Bill is about ending free movement. It is not the place for broader changes to…19 Oct 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market BillObviously, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, the whole of Staffordshire, and indeed the whole of the west midlands, there are a number of businesses that both source from and supply to…14 Oct 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market BillWhat assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on Wales of the provisions in the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.14 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health: Coronavirus RegulationsThe Secretary of State mentions that the Government will work with local authorities when moving areas between levels. Will he also give time to measures that local authorities…13 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateDoes my right hon. Friend agree that we need a flexible local approach to tackle outbreaks? Does he also agree that, when looking at which tier an area moves into, the distinct…12 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and I ask the Minister to comment on that in his summing up, but I reiterate that we have to go where the consumer is. I…07 Oct 2020HANSARD Flooding: StaffordshireIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. It is also a pleasure to follow my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo…07 Oct 2020HANSARD Flooding: StaffordshireWill my hon. Friend give way?07 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gordon (Richard Thomson), who made a lot of important points. It is also a pleasure and a novelty for me to speak without a time…07 Oct 2020HANSARD Flooding: StaffordshireThank you, Mr Hosie. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that the system is too fragmented; to give an example from my constituency, parish councillor Mike Joynson in Halmer End…07 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateFirst, I welcome the new centre at Keele University campus in my constituency, which opened last Friday, and I thank my right hon. Friend’s Department for that. Secondly, he may…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Students’ Return to UniversitiesSome 2,500 new and returning students arrived at the Keele campus in my constituency in the past week, all accommodated in small and tightly-defined households. I am pleased to…29 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, I spoke with my constituent David Bevan, who runs Alive Network, the UK’s largest live entertainment booking agency. He and I acknowledge that he has already had an…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald), although I fear there is very little common cause between her speech and mine. The internal…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Bim Afolami). I will start by paying tribute to everyone in Newcastle-under-Lyme for their…28 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodThe people of Newcastle-under-Lyme voted very clearly to leave the European Union, but contrary to the wild claims from the SNP spokesman earlier, they are not seeking a no deal.…23 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI congratulate the Lord Chancellor on this White Paper. The tougher measures within are certainly welcomed by me and will be welcomed by my constituents in Newcastle-under-Lyme,…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) and I thank him for his courtesy in rejecting an intervention and giving me and the people of…16 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a cogent speech in favour of independence, basically. I thank him for his lectures on constitutional history and I thank the hon. and learned Member…15 Sept 2020