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HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolLast June I was pleased to speak in favour of and vote for the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, because I believed that it was a necessary piece of legislation that served as a…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI welcome the commitment to four years because, to follow up on my earlier intervention, some people may feel that their three-year course did not set them up for the world of…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI am not sure whether my right hon. Friend was in the Chamber earlier when I intervened on the Secretary of State on precisely that point. This comes with a four-year entitlement.…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI must raise this point because I know that my hon. Friend has visited the institution concerned. May I take this opportunity to praise the work of John Caudwell, the founder of…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Orpington (Gareth Bacon), who represents the constituency where I went to school. I congratulate the hon. Member for…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillI fear that there will not be time for me to make a speech, so I will make my point more succinctly in an intervention. I know my hon. Friend’s feelings well, because, in…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberconwy (Robin Millar) on bringing forward the Bill. Our veterans and their families have made an invaluable contribution to the…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will address why the day one right, which was introduced in Committee, is so important. We all want a dynamic labour market. Although we…24 Feb 2023HANSARDPrayersI beg to move, That the House do sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163). Question negatived.24 Feb 2023HANSARD Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend and neighbour. The work the Tri Services and Veterans Support Centre does is across Stoke, as I should have said. It also has a retreat in…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillI could not agree more. Through that scheme, we are incredibly lucky to have not only the trips week to week, but the opportunities to go to places such as the Falklands and…24 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAntisocial behaviour is causing misery for my constituents, as I can tell from responses to my survey. Does the Secretary of State therefore welcome the stronger action that we…20 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundI thank the Economic Secretary for his statement and for the consultation. Perhaps it is apt that it is being launched on the day we have a new Department for Science, Innovation…07 Feb 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud Office: Prosecutions for Fraud and BriberyMy constituents want to see the Government crack down on corporate criminality. What measures are the Government considering in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill…01 Feb 2023HANSARDSerious Fraud Office: Prosecutions for Fraud and Bribery8. What steps she is taking to help the Serious Fraud Office investigate and prosecute fraud and bribery.01 Feb 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer). On the wording of the motion, I cannot really add much more to the comments from my right…31 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: Humanitarian SupportNorth Staffordshire MPs recently held an event at Alton Towers to welcome all the new Ukrainian refugees in the area and their host families. We were addressed very movingly by…31 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: Humanitarian Support21. What diplomatic steps his Department is taking to strengthen the international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusThe right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) has a difficult balancing act, because he has to hold his party together. He made a lot of promises to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: International ResponseI concur with my right hon. Friend that we have shown the way on Ukraine. We have consistently been at the forefront. He mentioned battle tanks; it was our announcement that set…30 Jan 2023