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HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)I recognise that, Mr Dowd, but the whole system is in crisis, and the point that I am trying to get across is that the Government have not properly addressed the Bill’s impact on…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fourth sitting)With that third reprimand, Chair, I shall wind up my remarks.14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)I am looking at subsection (2) which says: “It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that they had a reasonable excuse for the act…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)The Minister has just referred to oil refineries and private space. Chris Noble said in his evidence “If we moved more into a private space than currently, we would see that as…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend is correct. I was surprised to hear the Minister say, “It’s okay: we can already charge these people. There are plenty of offences that they can be charged with and…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Leadership ReviewI cannot really understand why yet another restructure of the NHS is the answer to the crisis we face. The last one diverted billions of pounds from patient care, and millions of…08 Jun 2022HANSARDBenefits Recipients: Effect of Inflation20. What assessment she has made of the effect of inflation on households in receipt of social security benefits.06 Jun 2022HANSARDBenefits Recipients: Effect of InflationAs well as being impacted by the soaring cost of living, two thirds of the near 50,000 children in the Tees valley and families on universal credit are affected by the punitive…06 Jun 2022HANSARDCourt Delays: AttritionLet me remind the Minister that 67% of a small number is still a small number. The recent criminal justice joint inspection report into pandemic recovery noted: “The prospect of…24 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Secretary of State support the chair of the Office for Students’ endorsement of Viktor Orbán, including his approach to academic freedom in higher education?23 May 2022HANSARDNorth East Ambulance ServiceThe Government have again failed the north-east. The failures of the North East Ambulance Service could fill a book and there is no doubt that there cannot be a north-east MP who…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThis is the first Bill of the Queen’s Speech and it is stark proof that the Government are out of steam and out of ideas. It is a sad day for democracy, as was best illustrated by…23 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeCan the hon. Gentleman answer a simple question for me: should it be necessary to have food banks in 21st century Britain?11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeIt is a pleasure, an unusual pleasure, for me to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Preston (Sir Mark Hendrick). Perhaps the Government have not been able to muster enough MPs…11 May 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030I wish the hon. Member a happy birthday and congratulate him on securing the debate. One of the problems that we have is that some deprived communities are in larger areas where…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030Surely the Minister has not lost sight of the fact that the “polluter pays” levy is a levy and not a tax, and the Department of Health and Social Care can introduce it, as it has…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. For the record, I confirm that I am vice-chair of the APPG on smoking and health. The Minister may know that in health…26 Apr 2022HANSARDSmokefree 2030Over the years, we have seen smoking in public places and all sorts of other things change under Labour and Conservative Governments. That reduction is a tremendous achievement,…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateMy constituent Jason Green wrote to me today to tell me how his wife lost her mother suddenly last year but could not travel to be with her father, who himself died three days…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillIt is exactly that; I could not agree more. I am sure that Ministers will work hard to try to find ways in which we can make the polluter pay—that is a polluter who pollutes the…30 Mar 2022