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HANSARDBingo Clubs9. What recent assessment she has made of the future prospects of bingo clubs.24 Mar 2022HANSARDBingo ClubsI am glad to hear the Minister talk about the brilliant benefits of bingo clubs to communities such as mine and about the low risk. Will he give an assurance to bingo players that…24 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI am old enough to remember when levelling up was the centrepiece of the Government’s domestic policy. People will be incredulous that we did not hear a single mention of it from…23 Mar 2022HANSARDDomestic Abuse Offences: Prosecution RateThe lack of reporting, understanding and prosecution of domestic abuse at child contact centres is creating a potential risk at those venues. Happily, the Domestic Abuse Act…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Local Enterprise PartnershipsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Rees. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) on securing this important debate and on the case…16 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIt is definitely fair to say that there are new arrangements. That is why the Minister said the amendment would be inappropriate, but I do not think it would be. By the way, I…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am grateful for the opportunity to speak for the Opposition in this debate. I listened very carefully to the case that the Minister made for his motion to remove Lords amendment…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am grateful for that intervention. I strongly believe in the maxim that how you do one thing is how you do everything, and I believe that the same cast of characters will…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe Lords amendment is a very modest safeguard to that in saying, “At least demonstrate that a majority of the legislature agrees with you.” It is not unreasonable to say that…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI cannot agree with the right hon. Gentleman. The idea that it was dreadful that a Government who did not command a majority of this House could not just always get their way—that…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI cannot agree with the right hon. Gentleman, because the reality is that before those parties could even come together to form that possible alternative Government, the Prime…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillSorry, Madam Deputy Speaker: 21 of the Minister’s colleagues. Of course, they were rare circumstances, but it has happened again in this Parliament that when the Government face…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. I say to the Government that it is not a one-way street and we think that having some checks and balances in our democracy is a good thing. In…14 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling-up White Paper: Impact on Regional InequalityThe reality is that the rhetoric is just not matching up to what the Government say they want it to deliver, but those analysts at Oxford Economics are not fooled. They say the…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House knows that the people of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are kind and good friends to have in a crisis. There has been an incredible outpouring of support…03 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Repeal of EU Restrictions in Devolution Legislation, etc.) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I am grateful for the Minister’s explanation. I do not intend either to divide or to detain the Committee today— […03 Mar 2022HANSARD What Works Network: Centre for FoodI beg to move, That this House has considered the addition of a centre for food to the What Works Network. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Miller. I have…02 Mar 2022HANSARD What Works Network: Centre for FoodI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention. I absolutely endorse such a visit. I went on a half-day visit to the Sutton Bonington campus to meet David Salt and colleagues…02 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineReports indicate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Can the Minister expand on how that is being tracked so that those who perpetrate these crimes and those who…25 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. As with the 2021 iteration, we support these draft regulations, so I will keep my contribution brief and not divide the…07 Feb 2022