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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Professor Leyser, for your time this morning. In your role as a member of the Levelling Up Advisory Council, with respect to levelling up, do you think that at the…21 Jun 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Graeme, we spoke a little in this morning’s sitting about the missions. As you know, whether the missions should be set out in the Bill, or whether the Bill should…21 Jun 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Inquiry: Final ReportMore than 170,000 people have lost their lives to covid-19. That is an awful lot of empty places at the dinner table and a lot of broken hearts. The families desire rightly to…09 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.09 Jun 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Inquiry: Final Report14. If he will take steps to help ensure that the UK Covid-19 Inquiry publishes its final report in this Parliament.09 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur constituents face ridiculous backlogs for passports, driving licences, decisions from the Home Office and much more across Government. I am afraid that my hon. Friend the…09 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank my hon. Friend for that important point. There are 200 clauses in this Bill, so if there are 20 words in each, that is 4,000 words, give or take. On the planning side,…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is a pleasure to close this debate on behalf of the Opposition. When it comes to levelling up, we have had a few rounds of departmental questions, the White Paper, the Bill…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI will always think carefully about the contributions the hon. Gentleman makes, but I am afraid that he will struggle to win an argument with Labour on NHS investment. […08 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ13. Jubilee LEAD Academy in my constituency, working with Nottingham citizens, recently asked me to visit the school to hear about their low pay campaign. They are tired of…25 May 2022HANSARDCourt Delays: Attrition3. What assessment he has made of the impact of court delays on victim attrition rates.24 May 2022HANSARDCourt Delays: AttritionLast year, a staggering 1.3 million cases were dropped because the victim could not carry on any longer. That is on top of extraordinarily low charge rates—7% for robbery and 3%…24 May 2022HANSARDLong-term Funding SettlementsThe hon. Lady knows that the story for local government over the past decade has been a devastating one. Even if an area is successful in the bids that I have talked about, it…16 May 2022HANSARDLong-term Funding SettlementsA new study by the Centre for Business Research shows that by the end of next year, more than half the UK’s slowest-growing economies will be in the north of England. So much for…16 May 2022HANSARDFairness at Work and Power in CommunitiesWe meet today with our constituents struggling more than they have in my entire lifetime, and that comes off the back of a very difficult decade or more for people in my…12 May 2022HANSARDElections BillIt is a pleasure to speak for the Opposition in these proceedings. We have said from the outset that this is a bad Bill. Rather than opening up our democracy, it closes it down…27 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillI do have concern about who will miss out as a result of this. We know from the Government’s own figures that there are 2 million people without the right sort of photo ID. I see…27 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care IntegrationAcross the country, tens of thousands of people sitting in hospital are medically fit to go home but cannot do so due to a lack of social care. The Health and Care Bill should…19 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsRecent weeks have only reinforced the need to invest in our defence, which is important for our economy and vital for our security. With that in mind, why will Ministers not give…28 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.28 Mar 2022