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HANSARDUkraine: 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 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit: Vaccine Damage Payment AwardsI thank the Minister for meeting me to discuss the case of Mrs Ward. As we all know in the House, the vaccines are incredibly important and largely effective in stopping covid,…23 Jan 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit: Vaccine Damage Payment Awards17. If he will review whether vaccine damage payment awards should be disregarded for the purposes of universal credit.23 Jan 2023HANSARD Prepayment MetersI thank that the Minister for his statement. I have a number of constituents who use prepayment meters. Should energy companies not be using all their efforts this winter to focus…23 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe British people rightly expect us to control our borders, so I was pleased that the Prime Minister made the need to stop the boats in the channel one of his five priorities.…18 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickThis is an appalling case and another very dark day for the Metropolitan police, for our trust in them and, in particular, for women’s trust in them. It is not the first and I…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Cost of Energy: Ceramics SectorI am grateful to my hon. Friend and neighbour for giving way. Next door, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, we do not have quite as many firms as in Stoke-on-Trent, but we do have…17 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerI welcome the order the Secretary of State made today. I am sure that the legislation passed by Holyrood was well intentioned, but in their unwillingness—I do not know whether…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudThe right hon. Gentleman is entirely correct. Indeed, as I mentioned last February in connection with Walleys Quarry, there was a suggestion that waste that should have been…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudI could not agree more. I cannot remember who it was who mentioned the Environment Agency earlier, but there has been a cultural problem with enforcement, and I should like to see…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudThe story of Niramax seems to foreshadow much of my experience in Newcastle. The Minister will appreciate, as an economist, that Gresham’s law says that bad money drives out good,…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. With illegal landfill sites in particular, we can almost rely on there being a suspicious arson attack. Getting the fire services…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), whose constituents experienced many of the same problems mine have, albeit a few years before, and to follow…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. That has been a significant problem in Newcastle. There have been accidents on the road outside the landfill caused by lorries…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Landfill Tax FraudI thank the right hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. He is absolutely right that someone with no qualifications can set up or, indeed, take over a site, and there will be no…12 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing us his experience from before he came into this place, and he is right to look at the long-term demographic challenges. Does he agree…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his work in chairing the Select Committee, and for the joint session with the Science and Technology Committee, on which I sit, about the…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyIn line with the wording of the amendment, which I rise to support, I thank all NHS staff, particularly those in Newcastle-under-Lyme and in north Staffordshire at the Royal Stoke…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyWill my right hon. Friend give way?11 Jan 2023HANSARD UkraineI am proud of the military equipment and aid that we have been giving the Ukrainians, and also of the humanitarian aid that communities such as mine in Newcastle-under-Lyme have…20 Dec 2022