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HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresI do not think that it was unkind of my hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle) to remind the Home Secretary that the system that she has rubbished time and again…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am sure you will be aware of the tragedy off the Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire coast, where crustaceans and other wildlife…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Diagnostic Hospital: StocktonThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me, especially given that I arrived late. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers), my constituency neighbour, on…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Diagnostic Hospital: StocktonThis is music to my ears. We have all worked very hard for this—local authority, health authority and politicians—and I am grateful for the positive message the Minister is giving…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillNo, I will leave it, thanks. Rather than scrapping any chemicals regulation, the industry wants to ensure that the system for managing chemicals is both risk and science-based to…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAs we have heard, the Bill threatens environmental, health and industrial protections by casting an enormous shadow of uncertainty. During an economic crisis caused by the current…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportYou’ve got to be joking!24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI am bamboozled by Government Members’ comments. Our smaller, regional airports are in deep trouble, and Peel will not do anyone any favours at Doncaster or anywhere else.…24 Oct 2022HANSARDCriminal Court Backlog: BoltonI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) for raising this question—a question that could be asked of each and every town and city with a…18 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind comments. I think that he will agree that the savings that could be made in the longer term by implementing an effective tobacco control…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillMy hon. Friend says, rightly, that we support this particular U-turn, but is he not as perplexed as I am about where all this money will actually come from—or does he know that,…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI am grateful; I enjoyed my time dealing with justice issues opposite the right hon. Member. Twelve years ago, one of his predecessors—a Lib Dem, in fact—cancelled the new…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillWill the Chief Secretary give way?11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThe Minister seems to have mentioned everything except the need for a healthy workforce. Local authorities spend £1.2 billion every year on social care needs caused by smoking,…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThe hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) has made this point: if £17 billion is being removed from the Exchequer, how can we have all that extra spending on the NHS and…11 Oct 2022HANSARDFish Stocks and Marine LifeI hope that the Minister is aware of the ecological disaster off the coast of Teesside and North Yorkshire that has had a devastating effect on the fishing industry. Catches are…08 Sept 2022HANSARDFish Stocks and Marine Life5. What steps he is taking to ensure that rivers, inland waterways and the sea can sustain fish stocks and other marine life.08 Sept 2022HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesThere are no fish in the sea off Teesside!08 Sept 2022HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesThe coastal development fund was important for coastal communities around the country. The Minister’s predecessor said that fishermen in Redcar could access the fund for…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [Lords]I, too, welcome the Secretary of State to her new position. I welcome the changes that the Government are introducing in this Bill, but as long as one in four terminally ill…08 Sept 2022