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HANSARDFreeports: WalesIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Vickers, and to speak on behalf of the Opposition. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie) on securing…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationThe implementation of a voter identification scheme has always been a solution in search of a problem. We are more likely to be struck by lightning 54 times than to be queueing…21 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Fund Round 2It was not just councils that put time and money into these bids; local people put their heart and soul into developing their community’s submissions, only to find that their bid…20 Feb 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2: Bidding ProcessIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher, and to speak in this debate on behalf of the Opposition. I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow North East…07 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Missions: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Davies, and to speak in this debate on behalf of the Opposition. As has been mentioned, it is a little over a year since we had…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. It is surely right that non-UK veterans who settle here after their service do not pay visa fees, but it is surely not right that that does not extend to their dependents.…30 Jan 2023HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayIt is an honour to speak for the Opposition in this important debate. Tomorrow, we will mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau,…26 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. It is clear that nationally led employment support simply is not working. Why are the Government not matching the Opposition’s commitment to let local communities take charge…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to make a statement on round 2 of the levelling-up fund.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. The Government are running scared of Parliament and their own Back Benchers—judging by the faces behind the Minister, I…19 Jan 2023HANSARDVoter ID: May 2023 Local ElectionsYou are very welcome. Those who set the standards for our elections, the Electoral Commission, thinks that May is too soon for voter ID reforms, and those who have to implement…09 Jan 2023HANSARDVoter ID: May 2023 Local ElectionsHappy new year, Mr Speaker, to you and to all of our colleagues.09 Jan 2023HANSARDFire Cover: NottinghamshireNottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is well led and staffed by excellent firefighters and non-firefighting staff alike. They keep our community staff in increasingly difficult…19 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022That is not the case that I have made. The case that we are making is that these systems have worked for these positions, and we do not believe that they ought to be changed. The…30 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. As we have heard, the three draft measures before us relate to changing the voting system for combined authority…30 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022
Draft Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022The Government Whip perhaps gets ahead of himself. I wonder how long we would have to stand in Parliament Square before we met a person who thought that addressing the issue…30 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is a pleasure to speak for the Opposition in these proceedings. The Public Bill Committee had 27 sittings over four months. The Government enjoyed it so much that they sent…23 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI agree with the hon. Gentleman that, when we talk about levelling up, it should never be north versus south or London versus the rest of the UK, and that it should recognise…23 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up FundThe autumn statement confirmed that round two of the levelling-up fund is to be frozen in cash terms, meaning that the Government’s inflation crisis has significantly eroded the…21 Nov 2022HANSARDTeenagers (Safety and Wellbeing)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to promote the safety and wellbeing of teenagers; to make provision to prevent…16 Nov 2022