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HANSARD UkraineTo follow on from the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) was with me…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Perhaps one reason why there has been such a long period without an increase in take-up is the way that people are employed.…06 Sept 2022HANSARDAgricultural and County ShowsThank you for filling in at the last minute, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden) for securing this important debate and informing us of the many…21 Jul 2022HANSARDWar in Ukraine: UK Farming and Food ProductionIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Angela. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson) on not only securing this important…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Prime Minister’s Meeting with Alexander LebedevAs we know, the Prime Minister often goes into meetings, has conversations and then has a lapse of memory. He had a lapse of memory after the meeting with Alexander Lebedev. Has…07 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government recently introduced a dual registration scheme to support touring trucks, because touring was completely forgotten during the Brexit negotiations. Although we do…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseAs we know, it is the end of days for this Prime Minister. It is also the end of days for this parliamentary Session before summer recess. The Leader of the House might not have…07 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022Thank you for officiating in our deliberations this afternoon, Mr Hosie. Just as the Minister is substituting for a colleague, I am, too. Clearly, I am not my hon. Friend the…04 Jul 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, including on privatisation, but there is another point, which is that the poorest in our society pay the most for services. They pay…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDischarge of Untreated SewageWindermere is England’s biggest lake, and the beautiful weather this week has attracted huge numbers of swimmers to its shores, but people are being advised by conservationists…23 Jun 2022HANSARD Antisemitism and Other Racism in FootballMy hon. Friend mentioned online antisemitism. I am a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Taskforce To Combat Online Antisemitism. We found that popular subjects, such as football…22 Jun 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. My constituent, Ellie Cokeley, wrote to me. She works as a receptionist in a local dental practice and gets hundreds of calls a week…21 Jun 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogMy hon. Friend is telling the stories of so many of our hon. Friends. I could not be here earlier in the debate, but I want to share a story from my constituency. Many of my…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I have many constituents in Leeds who work at Channel 4, but even more who work for independent production companies. Kay Mellor, the…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationMy hon. Friend is making an excellent start to his contribution and his point is well made. Channel 4’s 4Skills initiative is based in its headquarters in Leeds. It provides…14 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyMy hon. Friend is giving a customarily excellent speech. When I went to see one of my oldest and best friends Imran last year, his child was coming out as trans—as Hope. I want to…13 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesI think the figure I quoted was just dividends to shareholders, but I will check on that. I understand the point the right hon. Gentleman makes. We need to de-duplicate that data.…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOfwat: Strategic PrioritiesI sincerely thank the right hon. Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne) for all the work that he has done on this issue. He has done so as Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, on…09 Jun 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeOne way to cheat is to change the rules. We have seen the rules in the ministerial code being changed, and we are seeing a general levelling down of standards in public life. The…07 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ10. Prime Minister, food prices are going up, rents are going up and energy costs are going up. Every day, I have more and more constituents coming to me to say they thought the…18 May 2022