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HANSARDLegal Rights to Access AbortionI may be more blunt than my hon. Friend for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy). Does the Minister foresee an early opportunity for the House to make a decision on whether abortion should…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFire Services: North-east EnglandIn Cleveland, the fire and rescue service faces inflationary pressure of £145 million, and there is no chance at all of finding further cuts. Either we put the public and industry…23 Nov 2022HANSARDFire Services: North-east EnglandI take no satisfaction in agreeing with my other neighbour, the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers), who said that Cleveland is the arsonist capital of the country. Does…23 Nov 2022HANSARDFire Services: North-east EnglandI thank the hon. Member and my next-door neighbour for giving way. She will have had the same letter as me from Ian Hayton and the chair of the Cleveland Fire Authority, which…23 Nov 2022HANSARDFire Services: North-east EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for giving way and I apologise for being a couple of minutes late for her speech. Teesside is served by the Cleveland Fire Brigade. Teesside is one of…23 Nov 2022HANSARDCommon PlatformOh dear, dear, what a mess: our courts systems were in chaos before the pandemic, and now it is much worse, with some cases taking years to come to court and remand numbers at…22 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsIt is no longer surprising, really, that the Government will not recognise their failures. The Chancellor claimed that this is an international crisis caused by an unprecedented…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsOn Thursday evening I had the privilege of attending the Chemical Industries Association annual dinner, where the principal speakers were ridiculing the Government for their lack…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsAs I understand it, carers who are able to claim carer’s allowance can earn up to £132 a week, but the welcome increase in the national minimum wage means that many of them face a…21 Nov 2022HANSARD Terminal Illness (Support and Rights) BillI just place on record my thanks to the Minister for the constructive way in which he is responding to my speech and my Bill. I hope we will be able to work on it sometime in the…18 Nov 2022HANSARD Terminal Illness (Support and Rights) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. May I be the first to congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on achieving a Second Reading for his…18 Nov 2022HANSARD Fleet Solid Support ShipsAs both a newspaper and radio reporter, I had the privilege of seeing British-built ships launched on both Clydeside and Teesside. It was exciting and I admit it really engendered…18 Nov 2022HANSARD Family Law TerminologyI agree with what the hon. Lady is saying. The problem is that there are insufficient resources in mediation services, but if we invested in them, we could make savings further…16 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureI draw the House’s attention to my interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary groups on chemicals and on carbon capture, utilisation and storage. Nowhere needs to see…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI congratulate my hon. Friend on her very good speech. I have been pleased to see lots of new homes being built in my constituency and nearby, because that has created jobs.…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way a second time. I remember the mortgage rates during the Thatcher years: mine exceeded 15%. Despite a good income, we struggled, but…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI am surprised by the Minister’s rewriting of history, particularly in relation to the Prime Minister’s role in failing our economy over many years. She has talked about fiscal…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial Futurerose—15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThere is no doubt that we have new manufacturing to celebrate in the north-east, but Teesside’s steel industry is a shadow of its former self. It has a few hundred jobs, instead…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBritain’s Industrial FutureThis is my second opportunity to welcome the Minister to his position, this time at the Dispatch Box. He heard me talk about carbon capture and storage. George Osborne wheeched…15 Nov 2022